Time for a little update. I feel the new Magnaflow's look and just sound great its that simple and you can't beat the cost. Some of the after market replacement systems look so large and odd I really don't understand the reasoning?
One observation is my front exhaust coming right out of the engine and through the bend is now basically all golden yellow color with hardly any blue at all. When the original exhaust were on this area was blue to turning black. There actually is now only a little blue (only a few inches) coming right off the motor and this is only on the back side where the cool air is not hitting.
So what does this all mean? Well maybe someone on this forum who is a lot smarter than me can answer this for all of us. (and please while you are at it double check my math...lol...)
In the mean time, I found this information from the British Stainless Steel Association site.
Colour Formed Approx Temperature C
pale yellow 290
straw yellow 340
dark yellow 370
brown 390
purple brown 420
dark purple 450
blue 540
dark blue 600If dark yellow is 370 C or 698 F compared to dark blue at 600 C or 1112 F
that is approximately 230 C or 414 F difference!! COOLER!! Even if we use "blue" instead of "dark blue" compared to the same "dark yellow" it is still 306 F cooler!!
http://www.bssa.org.uk/topics.php?article=140With hot weather approaching (although I have driven it in 80 degree weather already) I'll keep an eye on color. If it eventually turns blue I will update this but for now it's so simple...just let it breath!
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