Since there was great interest on a Spyder Facebook page about where to purchase exhaust systems, I'm reporting that @chines1 at Special Edition currently has some in stock. I spoke to Brad at their sales desk, and a new one is on its way. Can't wait to hear the new sound, as I'm not fond at all of what's mounted on it now! 😆
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need a youtube clip on the sound..worth a thousand words..
@barncobob -- I hope to post before and after audio clips.
@dlearl476 Well, I did ask him about this yesterday when I ordered them over the phone. To confirm, I just emailed Brad.
I'm unfamiliar with Remus cans -- I'll go google them up.
That exhaust pictured looks EXACTLY like my Vintage Spyder exhaust, down to the holy trans bracket/hanger and the V-band clamps. There are Magnaflow cans on mine, the brand name is on the bottom.
@DannyP I’ve yet to hear back from Brad, but I’m hoping my memory of our conversation— where I’m pretty sure he said they were Magnaflows— is correct.
The same manufacturer makes the Spyder exhausts for me, Vintage, CB and others.
@chines1 -- Carey >> thank you, Sir. 
@dlearl476 posted:Hmmm. I guess the bare metal threw me. Mine’s a CB performance model.
We stock them all in raw mild steel or in raw stainless. After pre-fit to a car we have them ceramic coated locally. So many variations in builds/engines that I've had to modify too many pre-coated exhausts and then strip them and re-coat them, so we decided just to do it ourselves and save a step.
Interesting. I thought they all came ceramic coated. They’re listed that way on CB. I bought mine from you guys.
I’m hunting a new exhaust system for my 1998 Vintage 550 Spyder with a 2.2L type 1 engine. It’s current Magnaflow system is ragged and pretty well shot. I checked with CB today and they don’t provide their Spyder systems anymore. I’d really like to try one with the Sebring Silencers, and found TT in the UK, but wonder if there’s anyone in the US doing these for the 550 Spyder. Any help is appreciated.
In the US? I don’t think so, but Vintage Speed sells one.
https://store.vintagespeed.com...ST-SYSTEM-p132916148
Probably pretty similar to the TT one, if not identical.
I’d love to try one, too, but they’re pretty pricey. Pretty sure Greg and Carey can both still get the CB perf styled one.
@Charlie S posted:I’m hunting a new exhaust system for my 1998 Vintage 550 Spyder with a 2.2L type 1 engine. It’s current Magnaflow system is ragged and pretty well shot. I checked with CB today and they don’t provide their Spyder systems anymore. I’d really like to try one with the Sebring Silencers, and found TT in the UK, but wonder if there’s anyone in the US doing these for the 550 Spyder. Any help is appreciated.
Pretty sure Greg is using the exhaust systems built by Tiger at A1 in Santa Ana, CA. Tiger built the system that was put in my Speedster with a 2110. And he built the exhaust in several of the Spyder's I've seen. So suffice it to say he should be able to build you whatever it is you want too.
@Robert M posted:Pretty sure Greg is using the exhaust systems built by Tiger at A1 in Santa Ana, CA. Tiger built the system that was put in my Speedster with a 2110. And he built the exhaust in several of the Spyder's I've seen. So suffice it to say he should be able to build you whatever it is you want too.
I’d like to know what’s in those square boxes. If they’re just resonators, they’d be pretty loud. I’m kind of disappointed that my CB-type is as loud as it is. TBH, I don’t think it’s any quieter than the straight pipes that were on it when I bought it. The cookie cutter helped, but I could use an exhaust that was about 3db quieter.
As much as I love my cookie cutter, that oval tailpipe is just dead sexy
I’m on my 3rd Remus,* and I really love the sound. It’s why I suggested replacing the Flowmasters with a pair of Remus cans.
ps: The guy that welded my cookie cutter for me did work like A1 for a turbo manufacture before he branched out in his own. He told me he could do whatever I wanted to my exhaust, and suggested tucking it up a little bit under the clamshell. Maybe one of these days I’ll get a pair of Remus cans and let him work his magic
*Two bikes and my Smart.
@dlearl476 posted:
I’d like to know what’s in those square boxes. If they’re just resonators, they’d be pretty loud. I’m kind of disappointed that my CB-type is as loud as it is. TBH, I don’t think it’s any quieter than the straight pipes that were on it when I bought it. The cookie cutter helped, but I could use an exhaust that was about 3db quieter.
As much as I love my cookie cutter, that oval tailpipe is just dead sexy
I’m on my 3rd Remus,* and I really love the sound. It’s why I suggested replacing the Flowmasters with a pair of Remus cans.
ps: The guy that welded my cookie cutter for me did work like A1 for a turbo manufacture before he branched out in his own. He told me he could do whatever I wanted to my exhaust, and suggested tucking it up a little bit under the clamshell. Maybe one of these days I’ll get a pair of Remus cans and let him work his magic
*Two bikes and my Smart.
There is also a company in Clovis, CA that builds a lot of the aftermarket exhaust system that are marketed under several different names for Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, and etc. He could build whatever you want but that would mean you’d have to get your car here to be fitted.
@dlearl476 — I’m seconding your comment regarding your CB exhaust, as I had the similar one from Special Edition installed this past week on my Spyder. I went from a single muffler setup to a dual, but it sounds almost the same. I was really hoping for something a bit calmer.
And, regarding a question earlier in this topic, it did not come with Magnaflows. Would Magnaflows potentially have made the exhaust softer? I guess without knowing what’s in the unbranded cans it came with, it would be a difficult to know.
@Robert M posted:There is also a company in Clovis, CA that builds a lot of the aftermarket exhaust system that are marketed under several different names for Ferraris, Lamborghinis, McLarens, and etc. He could build whatever you want but that would mean you’d have to get your car here to be fitted.
No need to go anywhere. The guy that welded my cookie cutter made exhausts that wouldn’t look out of place on a F1 car. I wish I could remember the name of the company he worked for. Their website has pictures of his work.
This really isn’t a good representation of what he does, but this is a Turbo LS-powered 240Z drift car he’s making.
@Wulfrik (John) posted:@dlearl476 — I’m seconding your comment regarding your CB exhaust, as I had the similar one from Special Edition installed this past week on my Spyder. I went from a single muffler setup to a dual, but it sounds almost the same. I was really hoping for something a bit calmer.
And, regarding a question earlier in this topic, it did not come with Magnaflows. Would Magnaflows potentially have made the exhaust softer? I guess without knowing what’s in the unbranded cans it came with, it would be a difficult to know.
John, I think Carey posted earlier, the CB exhausts had Magnaflows, they were just upside down so you can’t see the name. Mine are Magnaflows. I was just confused because I’d never seen one of those exhausts in bare metal.
