Our Project CLA45 has received quite a lot of treats to it since taking delivery back in September. The latest addition to the car is probably one of the best next to our RevoZport carbon kit. We added the famous or should I say infamous ArmyTrix exhaust system. Yes you have seen these guys all over the internet featured on Lamborghini Aventador, Ferrari 458, and other cars shooting flames all over the streets. Well they actually have a great line up of exhausts besides the exotics including cars such as the CLA45/A45, Nissan 370Z, BMW M3, Porsche Cayman/Boxster, and more. Having had other valvetronic exhausts on previous project cars, I was definitely excited to get something like that on our CLA. However I did not want to endure a check engine light from a catless downpipe, super loud drone, or lose that overally cool snap sound as I paddle through the gears. Guess what… ArmyTrix delivered all my wants and with style!
First off, the presentation when you open the box is awesome. Instead of a couple remotes and wiring in a bag, you get this box that looks like only the most expensive Rolex should come. This houses the remotes, wiring, actuator solenoid, and OBDII dongle. What is the dongle for? I was curious too. Where other valvetronic systems have the remote and power box that is required to mount under the hood or in the trunk, the ArmyTrix exhaust gets its remote power from this little OBDII plug in. Whats cool is you can mount it to be visible and when you change between modes, the logo lights up different colors to let you know where you are at. But I don’t need to see the color to feel the power and hear the rumble. Cruising the exhaust sounds fine like it would on a 2.0L Turbo car, but when the throttle is applied, the catless turboback exhaust roars. Each click of the paddle up a gear gives me that incredible Mercedes AMG slap that if you did not know what I was driving, you would be scared of these sounds! The quality of the system and fitment could not be better. I would not expect anything less from a company that uses the slogan, “We Rule“. Thats bold and as picky as I get with parts, they did that slogan justice.
What blew my mind even more is that the catless downpipe produces NO CEL. On our CLA45, we are running the VRTuned Tuning Box kit that boost horsepower about 60bhp. So we are not controlling the O2 sensors. I have put about 100 miles on the system and no light. So not sure if the stock O2 sensors even care which is awesome for exhaust manufactures and the horsepower hungry. We have not had a chance to dyno the full exhaust compared to our Agency Power high flow cat downpipe and stock catback, but you can definitely it spool faster and go through the Rrrrrr’s quicker. Check out our installation photos below and this short video clip of the exhaust between race and street mode. Make sure to keep posted to our BLOG HERE as we will be doing a full Vivid Racing Video Production on this exhaust that will rack your brains! Check out all of our ArmyTrix Exhaust Photos Here.
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