in October's Issue of OPTION magazine... too bad I do not have a digital camera. Basically polished tips with single muffler and it had a pie chart wiht 50% on it, whatever that means. 50% done? 50% performance gain? Dual tip and colorful burnt muffler. Thats all, also have a short ram intake with blue filter and simple metal adapter.

By colorfully burnt, do u mean the blue shade of steel at the tip of the exhaust like a titanium tip?

if you cant post it, where can I buy option mag

www.v-opt-usa.com, is the option website in the USA, and you can buy like evry magazine and dvd/video there...if that doesnt work for ya there is also ebay, just type option magaine, and you'll get a few....


i have seen the blitz page in my friends.....it looks nice

andrew

anywhere besides online that you can get it

hmm......they were actually selling it at our import expo this past weekend here in houston.....i dont know where else you can buy it.....it was at the option stand at expo




andrew

i have that issue too...

it's 50% done...still in the process development..

I'm going try barnes and nobles and tower records

Originally posted by mikeb
I'm going try barnes and nobles and tower records

Mike- I highly doubt B&N will carry it in stock. Try Japan Town in Los Angeles that is ur best bet. As far as in OC... I have no clue, maybe Mitsuwa in Costa Mesa.

Efini - did you see that amuse R1 titan neo muffler for the 8... on page 65

The dyno sheet is very interesting. 217ps normal. 230.1ps for the R1Titan Neo. The dB is only a few decimel more....

The Dyno has the torque curve.... it increase peak torque from 20 --> 21.15 kg/m OMG :o

8.4kg rather than 17.6kg...

Dream come true:cool:

But it is about 190,000 Yen break my bank though :mad:

Originally posted by takahashi
Efini - did you see that amuse R1 titan neo muffler for the 8... on page 65

The dyno sheet is very interesting. 217ps normal. 230.1ps for the R1Titan Neo. The dB is only a few decimel more....

The Dyno has the torque curve.... it increase peak torque from 20 --> 21.15 kg/m OMG :o

8.4kg rather than 17.6kg...

Dream come true:cool:

But it is about 190,000 Yen break my bank though :mad:

Hey takahashi,

Anything like a pic you could post?

cheers,

Kev.

Too lazy to get my scanner

But... digi cam just next to me

Originally posted by takahashi
Too lazy to get my scanner

But... digi cam just next to me

Thanks takahashi


Something like that is certainly in the future for my 8

Originally posted by takahashi
Too lazy to get my scanner

But... digi cam just next to me The car will get more power from a larger single pipe with one muffler or you can stick with the two but it will be so simple to just get a shop to give you a bigger pip you can go too any shop and they can make it. dont wate for a company to do it. Do you guys know what size pip you have 2.25-2.5-2.75?:D You could have a great power mod in one day good luck

Originally posted by 1 BAD TIB
The car will get more power from a larger single pipe with one muffler or you can stick with the two but it will be so simple to just get a shop to give you a bigger pip you can go too any shop and they can make it. dont wate for a company to do it. Do you guys know what size pip you have 2.25-2.5-2.75?:D You could have a great power mod in one day good luck

Unless someone produced a new rear underbody section that suited a single pipe and looked really good, I wouldn't go down the single pipe route.

The car's balanced appearance is important to me.

Originally posted by Kev


Unless someone produced a new rear underbody section that suited a single pipe and looked really good, I wouldn't go down the single pipe route.

The car's balanced appearance is important to me. I can understand that. i did the same thing with mine i should get a single but i have both still just larger piping:D

thanks for posting the pic, but that is the AMUSE exhaust, not the Blitz, right?

Originally posted by Efini 8
thanks for posting the pic, but that is the AMUSE exhaust, not the Blitz, right?

that is right... I am going to post some other pages in the Option mag when I get the scanner from the cupboard

I heard a sound clip of amuse and its awesome

Originally posted by mikeb
I heard a sound clip of amuse and its awesome

Link?

-Chris

sorry I dont remember

Amuse (http://www.raynet.gr.jp/~se3p/Amuse01.wav)

AutoEXE (http://www.autoexe.co.jp/products/STAINLESSMUFFLER/se-02.mp3)

Fujita (http://www.raynet.gr.jp/~se3p/Feed02.wav)

I personally like the deeper sound of the AutoEXE.

The Amuse and Fujita links are not working... please email me those if you have them in your computer.

rx-8@step-hen.com

Thanks

Originally posted by Speed Racer
Amuse (http://www.raynet.gr.jp/~se3p/Amuse01.wav)

AutoEXE (http://www.autoexe.co.jp/products/STAINLESSMUFFLER/se-02.mp3)

Fujita (http://www.raynet.gr.jp/~se3p/Feed02.wav)

I personally like the deeper sound of the AutoEXE.

The Feed/Fujita exhaust sounds a bit like "farting in a tim", but the other two are really impressive.

Love to see a dyno chart of all 3 on the same donk - dreaming...

The AutoExe is the only one I would even consider... the other 2 sound like farting civics :confused:

Originally posted by pr0ber
The AutoExe is the only one I would even consider... the other 2 sound like farting civics :confused:

I agree it's got the best sound - a real free revviing soirts car sound.

Can anyone shine some light on the part of an exhaust that plays the greatest part in the way it sounds? Is it the shapes of the baffle and the structure of the holes? Is it the size of the muffler the sound its resonating in?

Kev.

Or, the type of microphone and nature of the area it is being recorded in perhaps?

Be careful drawing any conclusions from these audio clips. Unless they're all taken with similar equipment under similar conditions, the clips could indicate wildly different-sounding exhausts while in reality they could sound identical.

jds

Originally posted by Kev


I agree it's got the best sound - a real free revviing soirts car sound.

Can anyone shine some light on the part of an exhaust that plays the greatest part in the way it sounds? Is it the shapes of the baffle and the structure of the holes? Is it the size of the muffler the sound its resonating in?

Kev.

QUOTE]Originally posted by Kev


I agree it's got the best sound - a real free revviing soirts car sound.

Can anyone shine some light on the part of an exhaust that plays the greatest part in the way it sounds? Is it the shapes of the baffle and the structure of the holes? Is it the size of the muffler the sound its resonating in?

Kev. [/QUOTE]\

It does have a nice sound. You have to ask yourself if you want sound, performance or what. Just because it sounds good doesn't mean it gives the best performance value. Sadly enough in most cases the louder more blatty sounding exhausts offer the better performance. They are usually less restrictive and have no or minimal resonators/mufflers. That is why all the Hondas sound like crap except for a few here and there. Next time look at the rear sections and see what Im talking about. Like Tanabe for example makes good HP gains on Hondas but sound horrible. Why? They are a straight through design with minimal bends and an almost non existent muffler on the rear section. Yes it is true that a single outlet exhaust would be the most beneficial for HP/TQ gains. The layout for the dual exhaust just isnt practical as far as free flowing design goes. You have basically two 90 degree angles in a row... The ultimate for gains and design (as well as keeping balance) would be a center exit exhaust. Then if you are looking at turbo and such stepping the piping up to a three inch diameter. Hope this helps.

A three inch centre mounted pipe would only look acceptable with a redesigned rear apron.

The rear apron is probably the least attractive (cheap looking)part of the car, so I wouldn't be too sad to give it up - but I wouldn't be happy with a ground scraping mutha either.

I'd be first in line if someone produced a rear apron and exhaust combo that had the tailpipe exiting via an enlarged rotary crest!

If anyone like's this idea - how do we make it grow legs?

I cant stand the rear apron. I dont like it at all. Yeah 3inch is a big pipe but that is pretty much industry standard when it comes to turbo performance in general. If you were going to stay NA you could get away with a smaller pipe. The center exit is the straightest most reasonably doable point of exit. You wouldnt notice the 3inch all that much if the apron design was good enough. It would be an idea worth looking into for asthetics as well as performance. For both NA and FI applications.

Originally posted by NJJDM
I cant stand the rear apron. I dont like it at all. Yeah 3inch is a big pipe but that is pretty much industry standard when it comes to turbo performance in general. If you were going to stay NA you could get away with a smaller pipe. The center exit is the straightest most reasonably doable point of exit. You wouldnt notice the 3inch all that much if the apron design was good enough. It would be an idea worth looking into for asthetics as well as performance. For both NA and FI applications.

OK sold! The rear apron must go - and it's replacement must be finished in piano black and real mesh - not the crap plastic fake. Larger rotary accent - the centre being the exhaust port... carbon fibre may be a good look for this too!

exhaust coming out the middle in rotary shape would be so sweetttttt