Okay folks, looking for help here...
I bought a Bassani exhaust from Maryland Speed a few years ago, along with Kooks SS headers and Catted 3" mid pipes for my 2006 GTO. I've since added a good bit of HP over stock (over 500 RWHP), and I think this may have overwhelmed the Bassani system. A few weeks ago, I heard a loud backfire directly under my seat (where the Bassani x-pipe muffler sits). Definite exhaust leak from that location afterwards. On the lift, you can see that the muffler casing has split open down the seam. Bassani offers a lifetime warranty on their systems, but do you think they will honor that given all of my other upgrades? I'm running a Procharger at 6psi, plus a cam and 60lb injectors. I may need to move to a 3 inch system like the Kooks or Spintech, but I don't want to spend the money if I don't have to.
I'm really wondering why the Bassani muffler split open like that. I believe that so much fuel was going through the system, that it made it's way down there and detonated. BEHE tuned my car and put the cam and injectors in. They claimed that the previous tune was way too lean, but I never had an issue with it in over 2 years of hard running. Since I'm no expert, I went with what they said as truth, but now I have to say that I'm not too sure. I'm not real happy with them in general. They took some shortcuts on things, and did some work half-assed, hoping I wouldn't notice, so the trust is gone.
I'm wondering if the tune is now way too rich? Since I've added the cam and 60lb injectors, I always smell gas in the cabin and all around the car at idle. At WOT the smell is almost overpowering. Now with the exhaust leak on top of that, it smells like someone doused the whole car in gasoline every time I step on the go pedal!
I'm going to need to repair or replace the exhaust in any case, but I would hate to do that only to have this type of detonation again. I hear good things about Andrew at CSP in PA. He was originally my fist choice during the last round of mods, but since he doesn't do suspension work, I went with BEHE since they were also a Pedders installer. I'm thinking of getting in touch with him, to see if he'd be a good choice to do the exhaust repair/replace, and more importantly, check out my tune.
Any thoughts from the great and the wise out here would be appreciated!
I bought a Bassani exhaust from Maryland Speed a few years ago, along with Kooks SS headers and Catted 3" mid pipes for my 2006 GTO. I've since added a good bit of HP over stock (over 500 RWHP), and I think this may have overwhelmed the Bassani system. A few weeks ago, I heard a loud backfire directly under my seat (where the Bassani x-pipe muffler sits). Definite exhaust leak from that location afterwards. On the lift, you can see that the muffler casing has split open down the seam. Bassani offers a lifetime warranty on their systems, but do you think they will honor that given all of my other upgrades? I'm running a Procharger at 6psi, plus a cam and 60lb injectors. I may need to move to a 3 inch system like the Kooks or Spintech, but I don't want to spend the money if I don't have to.
I'm really wondering why the Bassani muffler split open like that. I believe that so much fuel was going through the system, that it made it's way down there and detonated. BEHE tuned my car and put the cam and injectors in. They claimed that the previous tune was way too lean, but I never had an issue with it in over 2 years of hard running. Since I'm no expert, I went with what they said as truth, but now I have to say that I'm not too sure. I'm not real happy with them in general. They took some shortcuts on things, and did some work half-assed, hoping I wouldn't notice, so the trust is gone.
I'm wondering if the tune is now way too rich? Since I've added the cam and 60lb injectors, I always smell gas in the cabin and all around the car at idle. At WOT the smell is almost overpowering. Now with the exhaust leak on top of that, it smells like someone doused the whole car in gasoline every time I step on the go pedal!
I'm going to need to repair or replace the exhaust in any case, but I would hate to do that only to have this type of detonation again. I hear good things about Andrew at CSP in PA. He was originally my fist choice during the last round of mods, but since he doesn't do suspension work, I went with BEHE since they were also a Pedders installer. I'm thinking of getting in touch with him, to see if he'd be a good choice to do the exhaust repair/replace, and more importantly, check out my tune.
Any thoughts from the great and the wise out here would be appreciated!