De-Catted E55 AMG (W210) questions..

[V8 TEJ]

Hello,
I will be buying an E55 AMG W210, pre-facelift saloon on Saturday. I've been to look at the car, it's in really good condition (one of the very rare non-rusty ones and not silver) FSH, gearbox has had regular maintenence etc. but it has the usual exhaust mod carried out of resonator and secondary cats delete. It's sounds like thunder but I'm wondering if this mod is actually worse for performance? Has anyone here had the modification done and found otherwise? As I will be buying the car with it already carried out I have nothing to compare it to. I've read various posts on MB forums where owners claim to have more power and 'better' mpg but I'm not so sure.

The car is very nice and I will be taking it regardless, but I was hoping for feedback on this from experienced owners so can plan to revert the system back to standard in future if required.

TIA.

[ZX10R NIN]

I've dyno'd all of my cars & you don't lose power.

[V8 TEJ]

Thanks mate, good to know

[ArmaghMan]

I bought mine with the secondary cats removed (apparently) and it goes well enough.
Does like a drink though !!

[V8 TEJ]

Lol, thanks for the info.

From reading various forum posts, it doesn't seem much more thirsty than the XJ8 I had and the current E28.

[V8 TEJ]

I've got the car, it's not too loud

It certainly feels fast enough and is good on fuel for what it is.

I'm chuffed

[ZX10R NIN]

Glad you got it OP

[V8 TEJ]

Thanks mate

Here is a pic. I still need to remove The window tints and put the original grille on.

[r129sl]

I had a 140 on which some idiot had removed the secondary cats. The noise it made was not particularly pleasant and was irritatingly loud. I found it a bit embarrassing.

[V8 TEJ]

This is nothing like that

It's a lovely muted V8 burble at low speed with a nice growl when you press on. My 5 year old daughter loves it and says it roars like a lion Cruising on the motorway it sounds no louder than my friend's completely standard W210 E320 V6.

So no 'chav' shenanigans here In fact the chaviest thing about the car is the window tints which will be removed on weekend.

[r129sl]

They're forgotten gems these E55 AMGs. An absolute bargain these days.

[Bellini]

And have those black wheels returned to standard.

Lovely E55. Ours is also black and utterly standard, but the exhaust modification is something I'd like to have done.

[V8 TEJ]

Bellini said:

And have those black wheels returned to standard.

Indeed, that is part of the plan. The correct earlier rear lights are also on their way to me.