I installed my turboxs full exhaust today and all i have to say is...........HOLY SHIT, THIS THING IS UNGODLY LOUD......i think i might put my cat back on....the silencers dont help a bit....any suggestions...is it poss for a shop to weld in another resonator??? my wife is really mad, and theres no way it is legal....

lol


There is a way to quiet it down.

Turbocharge it :)

I have no cat on my car either, and look how quiet it is:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pUoA0RuD7Pk

Hahahahahahahahaha!

http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/gg117/chancejat/?action=view&current=Video0018.flv
theres mine...

Even with the turbo on, this exhaust will be loud for the 1st couple hundred miles. It will start to mellow out, and sound great. It is a tad on the loud side N/A, even after it is broken in. So I'd have to agree....boost that bitch!

there's no way to tell how loud that is because it exceeds the ability of the camera's mic.

if you keep that exhaust, the first thing you want to do is cut off the tips and install a longer one.

For a while I thought no exhaust could be too loud with a turbo in place, but the hks hi-power proved me wrong.

Even with the turbo on, this exhaust will be loud for the 1st couple hundred miles. It will start to mellow out, and sound great. It is a tad on the loud side N/A, even after it is broken in. So I'd have to agree....boost that bitch!

i you guys want to start a "boost chances 8 donations account" i wouldnt mind but until then....any suggestions.....btw this is the only mod where i actually noticed a power gain with my butt dyno....

there's no way to tell how loud that is because it exceeds the ability of the camera's mic.

if you keep that exhaust, the first thing you want to do is cut off the tips and install a longer one.

For a while I thought no exhaust could be too loud with a turbo in place, but the hks hi-power proved me wrong.

imo the exhaust doesnt look bad and the tips are centered perfectly i dont see my shrounds melting any time soon either, probably do to the fact that ill be keeeping the revs down for a while so i dont get pulled over

I thought my TurboXS exhaust was too loud at first also. After a couple hundred miles is quieted down but it was still loud as hell. The exhaust is designed for a turbo car and the only way to bring it back down some is to install a cat or put a turbo on that bitch. I choose the later. :)

maybe mazsports dual resonated midpipe....but its 400 bones

You start with an exhaust and end up with a turbo... Talk about scope creep :lol:

maybe mazsports dual resonated midpipe....but its 400 bones

You have to make sure that if you replace anything, all pipes and connecting points remain 3" or you may as well have kept using the OEM exhaust system.


As far as not melting the shrouds, I suspect the issue isn't when driving, since air will be left rearward, but more when the car isn't moving much, or idling, with the exhaust heat radiating upwards directly into the shrouds. Then again, when I engine brake, I sometimes get huge blue / orange flames that can lick upwards across my rear bumper and as high as my trunk.

You have to make sure that if you replace anything, all pipes and connecting points remain 3" or you may as well have kept using the OEM exhaust system.


As far as not melting the shrouds, I suspect the issue isn't when driving, since air will be left rearward, but more when the car isn't moving much, or idling, with the exhaust heat radiating upwards directly into the shrouds. Then again, when I engine brake, I sometimes get huge blue / orange flames that can lick upwards across my rear bumper and as high as my trunk.
true....anyone know if the dual reso pipe is true 3in???

I don't know the specs on that midpipe, but I know most exhaust parts for the RX-8 are designed to mate up to the OEM parts, so even when 3", the point where the exhaust meets the midpipe is usually 2.5".

That's why the turboxs is different, both exhaust and midpipe are 3.0"

what about a muff shop welding in a resonator??? can that be done?? i do love the low end sounds of the turboxs though it just at higher rpms its so loud...

yes, for the first couple hundred miles it louder. then it mellows out, plus you get used to it. im running it with the stock cat. which helps a bit. but all my friends say they can hear me coming from about 2-3 minutes before my arrival. apparently its louder than i think. it sounds great tho. nice purchase

sweet, thanks for all the info, hopefully another reso will help.....any idea on how much theyll charge??

since the sound level is the only thing you seem displeased about, i'll take it that you didn't have the fitment issues that i've seen others complain of. is that correct?

RB sells a presilencer that should help out a bit or perhaps you could source another (Magnaflow or something) somewhere else.

fits perfect....i think the problem most people have is that they tighten the midpipe to the rear single pipe all the way(which binds the rotating plate), you have to leave it loose at first, then after you connect the mufflers to the rear pipe you can tighten up the spring screws all the way.........i guess the only other thing is that the tips dont really come out enough but they are centered on the shrouds...

imo the exhaust doesnt look bad and the tips are centered perfectly i dont see my shrounds melting any time soon either, probably do to the fact that ill be keeeping the revs down for a while so i dont get pulled over

A friend of mine ran a Turbo XS catback for one track day. Both shrouds melted into goo stalactites.

i have same catback with race pipe loud ass hell

i love that exhaust makes my car sound intimidating, like a race car!!!! hahahaha

i dont know about race car ....sounds like a ricer too mee

but you get what you pay for

i dont know about race car ....sounds like a ricer too mee

but you get what you pay for

not really, dude do you know what rice sounds like????? i think all rx8 exhaust with a cat sounds like rice!!!! the xs exhaust, looks better and sound better than alot of the exhaust out there, alot of the other exhaust have rice like 4inch + tips that look like coffee cans and stick out farther than the bumper, not clean at all bro!!!!

Rice sounds HAPPY!

http://www.eng.ritsumei.ac.jp/asao/seminar/riceman/riceman_1/rice-man01.jpg

i like fried rice!!!!

I loved the way mikeluv8's exhaust sounds. it scared the shit out of me:lol: I may order the xs exhaust next week.

i do like the sound of it.....it does sound like a race car but its just kinda annoying at 2000 rpms when it drones....but im getting the resonator installed next week so hopefully it will sound the same but just quiter....i also get mixed reviews....i guess people either like it or hate it....

all the haters havent even experienced the exhaust.