Abaddon's Riv

The car just got done gettin the front end fixed.....some douche decided to back into me with his truck. Had to replace the bumper. I had em repaint the hood, the RF fender (scratched), and blended the LF fender. This is a link to some pics while it was gettin cleaned up. I decided to paint the inner grille the same color as the car....turned out sweet. Some of the pics are grainy, but good for the most part....

https://s944.photobucket.com/albums/ad281/MuchPsi/My%20Rivi/

She looks like new! Great job on the clean-up after that nasty accident.

Yeah, car looks good as new. I like what you did with the grill, its kind of a throwback look. Those detail bays must be nice to have at your disposal, I assume thats where you work?

What are the ports in between your back seat for? I am assuming you may have an audio system and perhaps they're for a sub, or even just sound transfer to your cabin. Is this right? Or do they serve another purpose?

The grill looks good. Nice touch.

BMD wrote:

Yeah, car looks good as new. I like what you did with the grill, its kind of a throwback look. Those detail bays must be nice to have at your disposal, I assume thats where you work?

Yep, that's where I work. The guy cleanin the car in the one pic is our porter/detail guy. He was finishing it up after I helped him wheel the pinstripe off and wax it.

Hometown Hero wrote:

What are the ports in between your back seat for? I am assuming you may have an audio system and perhaps they're for a sub, or even just sound transfer to your cabin. Is this right? Or do they serve another purpose?

Those ports are exactly that...for the subs. I hate the fact that all the sound from them gets trapped in the trunk, so I took two 4-inch ports from an old bandpass box I had and gave it a try. I need to paint the seat frame behind the lower hole (my first calculation was wrong, which is why there is 2). They really do work. They allow enough sound into the cabin to fill it with bass. When I "close" the armrest, the sound totally changes.

Looks great! As people already said, looks new. Especially in that overhead pic in the garage. Wow

Very clean riv there! I really like the port idea.

very nice .no one can tell there was a hit.

(Cronos,Mantas,Abaddon)

Cleaned her up for the first time in a while. She looked sexy sittin there, so I thought I'd take a pic. I really need to get a real camera for high-res pics.

dats a nice ideal about the port holes iam wondering what would it sound like with one speaker and a port hole just a thought

My good eye must not be working. I can't see any port holes in the above pic.

nice riv.

Rickw wrote:

My good eye must not be working. I can't see any port holes in the above pic.

Look up and read Rick! The link on the first post shows the "portholes" for my subs.

Abaddon wrote:

Rickw wrote:

My good eye must not be working. I can't see any port holes in the above pic.

Look up and read Rick! The link on the first post shows the "portholes" for my subs.

Allow me to translate... The ski pass-throughs behind the rear armrest.

AH, now I see them. How difficult was that job.?
Or I should ask, How did you do that, a simple write up and some closer pic's would be nice. I like that idea as well.

I know Aaron mounted a sub back there, but if i remember correctly he said he an interior guy do the work, so i just assumed it was out of my budget right now.

I finally got my amps from my brother (one 4 channel and a 2 channel) and am considering a small sub in that space or as you have have shown, two small ones will work as well.
Nice clean install.

Or put the holes in that space as ports for a trunk mounted 10" or 12" woofer in an enclosure which i already have. I don't know how that would sound though.

Actually Rick, the box is in the trunk. The ports aren't attached to the box. I just put 'em there to let the (more) sound into the cabin. When I close that armrest, the sound level decreases dramatically, and the quieter bass notes (like a bass guitar) don't come through well. I like a nice, full sound, which is why I did that in the first place.

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I know Aaron mounted a sub back there, but if i remember correctly he said he an interior guy do the work, so i just assumed it was out of my budget right now.

I had a guy build the box from my drawings. I did all the wiring, mounting, and interior work.

So, I had to get a new exhaust. My DynoMax Super Turbo's I had decided to rust through . I bought 2 SS Pypes M80's with 3" inlet and outlet (they're tubes) to mount right after the DP. These are advertised as mufflers, not resonators. They lie.......bastards And after looking at this pic, it appears I'm missing a clamp?!


It was ridiculously stupid f*@king loud, and I was embarrassed to drive it. Now, I like a good sounding loud exhaust, but these things are ridiculous. They do sound cool by themselves, just about 50dB too loud. I couldn't hear the S/C, I couldn't hear the radio......So, I ended up ordering 2 DynoMax 2 chamber welded mufflers the next day. I had to drive the stupid thing for 2 days until they arrived. Made a trip back to the Exhaust shop. The guy that did it met me in the parking lot before I could make it to the door. The first words out of his mouth were "Change of plans"?....with a little grin. This is what we ended up with.


I missed a spot cleaning the tips on the left inner pipe.....
It sounds pretty cool IMO. It's not that loud until you hammer the gas. I left the other mufflers on there, so I have 4 total lol. It's still louder than I thought it would be, but whatever.....The cruising drone is less than my old mufflers, which is surprising. Apparently, even 4 performance mufflers can't tame the raspiness this 3800 emits. It's different, but that may be why I like it....

I actually got to make a video for 'ya. The woman let me borrow the camera that I bought her All that hissing you hear is a fountain in the pond to the left. I took this vid in a subdivision that has 3 occupied homes (8,000 sq ft +) and 7 not finished. It's been like that for 4 years.....

i like em! nice sound. the ciggie gives the whole video a noir feel.
btw, did you remove the rez? and what are the part #s for the mufflers?

It sounds really nice as it drives away!

robotennis61 wrote:

i like em! nice sound. the ciggie gives the whole video a noir feel.
btw, did you remove the rez? and what are the part #s for the mufflers?

There is no factory anything left in my exhaust, including no cat.
The P/N for the SS M80's is 958-MVR203S from Jegs.com
The P/N for the DynoMax mufflers is 289-17655 also from Jegs.com

As stated above, all 4 mufflers are still on the car. I suppose you could use just one of the M80's as a resonator, but I bought 2 thinking they'd be quiet. So I just left 'em on the car.

Abaddon wrote:

robotennis61 wrote:

i like em! nice sound. the ciggie gives the whole video a noir feel.
btw, did you remove the rez? and what are the part #s for the mufflers?

There is no factory anything left in my exhaust, including no cat.
The P/N for the SS M80's is 958-MVR203S from Jegs.com
The P/N for the DynoMax mufflers is 289-17655 also from Jegs.com

As stated above, all 4 mufflers are still on the car. I suppose you could use just one of the M80's as a resonator, but I bought 2 thinking they'd be quiet. So I just left 'em on the car.

good to know. the nice sound comes from the whole set up. expensive! i might get a similar sound using cherry bombs instead of the pypes. but the set up must be pretty heavy right?

Actually, it's not heavy at all. Those SS M80's are very light and so are the Aluminized DynoMax Muffs. It's now 3" all the way until the end of the backseat, where we used the reducer from 3" to 2-1/2" that came with the headers. Then it goes to the Y-pipe where it splits into 2-1/4" pipes and out the mufflers.
The guy that did the install did a great job. Even though those tips are up in the bumper (notice the cutouts), they don't touch. The "end" of the system is rock solid tight with steel hangers dampened by rubber inserts. Before, I could feel the exhaust sway when taking corners. Now, it doesn't move.....

Expensive.....lol. I think I ended up spending a grand total of around $400. Let's add this up....
Headers (with wrap and everything) = $500
New Exhaust = $400

LOLOLOL Didn't realize I have damn near $1000 into the exhaust
No wonder I'm broke

aahhh..its only money. nice job though..