I've done searching and read over the exhaust overview sticky thread, but want to get a general consensus... what exhaust do you have and what are your feelings on it? Sound level? Additional power? Sound QUALITY? Looks? All that good stuff... Thanks!

no Racing Beat and HKS? :banghead: how come you just put these two in other? :rant: lol

alright, mazdaspeed, first one here!!! haha, love it, not too loud, not to soft, subtle until you start really climbing on rpm. but i there are better ones out there, i just prefer mazdaspeed :)

no Racing Beat and HKS? :banghead: how come you just put these two in other? :rant: lol
haha my bad. :kiss: better? lol

^ i can't say it'll be better,because i'm a guy :rofl: anyway,i vote for Racing Beat i like the sound,not to loud,its nearly a sound stock to me,but give a nice sound when you start to rev it high,just my opinion :smoker:

haha, ya, I know what ya mean... but I didn't know what the major brands were and what were the best, so that's why... Anyway, did you notice much in the buttdyno gains - pull wise? Also do you know the dyno numbers, and what other mods you have - if any?

^ no prob :) as for the buttdyno,i never had it dyno when it was stock,furthermore my car is AT,just feel a bit wise with it and i like it,can't say more.. anyway my other mods are Racing Beat intake and duct too ;) maybe there'll be a noticeable dyno with it on MT,just my guess :beerchug:

alright, mazdaspeed, first one here!!! haha, love it, not too loud, not to soft, subtle until you start really climbing on rpm. but i there are better ones out there, i just prefer mazdaspeed :)


ah,

ms first one or the corksport copy.... very different exhausts???


beers :beer:

i have the borla now.... has a 3" back pipe... nice sound... not ricer...

beers :beer:

I like my Greddy sp2. i dont find to be to loud but i have the K&N intake as well so it can get loud at times but i dont mind it. its got a nice deep tone to it. you just have to be a fan of the enormous tips. other than that its awesome.

MS dual can for me. Not too loud, but noticeable when you want it to be without a persistent drone. I find the noise to be tolerable enough that I will be adding a supercat in a few months to squeeze out what power I can from my current exhaust set up. As a side note, I have the RB duct mated to the stock box so I don't get much noise from under the hood.

Greddy SP2 here. I also have the Rotary Performance hi flow midpipe. It is very loud, but I like it. It is a different sound.

you're gonna get alot of "other" votes since you left Racing Beat off the list. In compiling exhausts for the exhaust,exhaust, exhaust thread...there are too many options for the 8.

I'm happy with my Racing Beat, but have thought about switching it out for the new Mazdaspeed (dual cannister) one...given the weight savings over the Racing Beat one...as well as the deeper sound of the MS exhaust. I think I am ready to go louder.

racingbeat, great sound, nice and deep, no rice.

ah,

ms first one or the corksport copy.... very different exhausts???


beers :beer:

:scratchhe You mean the other way around, yes? The Corksport preceeded the MS copy by a couple years!! Certainly if MS thought enough of the Corksport design to copy it, the original should be considered one of the best and therefore gets my vote :)

Racing Beat - if you want an exhaust which is physically heavy and BARELY louder than stock, buy it. If you want an exhaust which sounds better, look to GReddy :)

Greddy SP2 with SR Motorsports high flow cat without a resonator.

I didn't hear it with the stock cat. Imagine it would be a lot quieter.

Love the tips although they take some maintenance to keep them silver, English Custom polish "Hot Chrome" helps keep them silver. :)

Love the sound.

If a person goes the route of Turbo FI it will be much quieter than NA.

:scratchhe You mean the other way around, yes? The Corksport preceeded the MS copy by a couple years!! Certainly if MS thought enough of the Corksport design to copy it, the original should be considered one of the best and therefore gets my vote :)

i was refering to the first ms exhaust compared to the ms dual can... and you of all should know i had a corksport...

beers :beer:

you're gonna get alot of "other" votes since you left Racing Beat off the list. In compiling exhausts for the exhaust,exhaust, exhaust thread...there are too many options for the 8.

I'm happy with my Racing Beat, but have thought about switching it out for the new Mazdaspeed (dual cannister) one...given the weight savings over the Racing Beat one...as well as the deeper sound of the MS exhaust. I think I am ready to go louder.

yes,

right now other is kicking ass!

beer :beer:

I am surprised to see how many MS dual owners there are.....because they must have all done what I am thinking about doing...trading in their existing aftermarket exhaust for the newer MS version.

I have a HKS Legamax exhaust and I am extremely happy with it, amazing sound, very good quality and nice tips...

I had an Hymee before and HKS is louder with nicer sound tone

When you see a post that says "low and deep" combined with "not ricey", I think all it means is "not shrill sounding". The fact is, all ricers have nice, low deep sounding exhausts that exceed what is available for an RX8. The noticeable Civics that sound shrill aren't ricers, just normal people driving an old car that is physically broken/something wrong with it.

magnaflow here and after 2 months I absolutely hate it so much that I am going back to stock, I sound like a honda crx without a muffler.... my old rx-7 never sounded this bad

Racing Beat here. like the sound not to loud or too quiet. its a refined sound but i may want to change to another if i ever go FI

Mazdaspeed single muff. I got it for free and it was the only MS exaust available at the time.
I like it, not too loud at all and sounds good under hard accel.

racing beat

i have it and i love it

it also goes great with the RP high flow cat which i also have.

so im assuming im the only one here that went with Tanabe..bought Tanabe's Ultra Medallion Exhaust..love the exhaust..the exhaust tips has that real aggressive look to it..the sound quality..its awesome..ite got a deep rumble at idle, and of course, its got a deep sound to it

Borla here, gone through many exhaust/combo and personally I think borla has the best sound and appearance. Borla just has a really smooth and deep secksi tone. From 1-5k its a smooth deep tone and after 5k this thing howles. I'll try to get some video clips up.

I have the Borla as well, sound is perfect for me...deep and powerful...but not ricey.

go..go...others, lets go