09 BRABUS dual center exhaust NO Hp GAINS

[2micro4u]

I have been wondering why even with the BRABUS dual center exhaust thats on the new 09 BRABUS will have no Horsepower gain over the stock single exhaust Passion/Pure models.

EVEN the AFTERMARKET dual center exhaust from Smartmadness, SCP, or BPP has Hp Gains of 5-8 HP?????

[GHammerly]

Test them all on the same car, same dyno, same day, and same procedure to get meaningful HP numbers. I'm not convinced about the 5-8 HP gain claims.

[jwight]

Can only assume they want to hide the huge horsepower gain to keep insurance costs down.

[tbone28]

I"m not concerned, as long as the exhaust sounds good

[Bigperformance]

IMO it doesnt sound any different to a stock 71.
Brabus are JUST bling on the smarts

[Chantalnp]

Since you guys know much more about the Brabus than I do, I have a question....I currently own an Orphan and I am still on the waiting list for mine...now that we can switch for the Brabus model (unfortunately limited in the color choices)...could my actual body pannels fits on the Brabus so I can resale my Orphan with the Brabus pannels....and have the turbo in my actual color?

[smarticus]

The U.S. car will not have a turbo unless you add it yourself. It's a cosmetic package.

[brian r]

I spent some time today checking out the Brabus about to be delivered in Hartford. The exhaust appears to be the same stamped-steel unit that's on all of the other cars, except for the location of the tips, which are covered with some chrome cans. There's nothing to indicate that it flows any differently. John told me that it sounded the same as the other cars to him.

The Brabus fuel door was just a stick-on trim addition. For the price, the whole package left me kind of cold.

[Chantalnp]

I don't understand, I received a letter from smart saying that anyone on the waiting list that want to switch for the Brabus model would have priority (available only all silver or all black)....so my question was is my current body pannels would fit the Brabus' and the Brabus' fit mine?

[Chantalnp]

If not a turbo how come it has more horse power?