straight piped my rx8
05-11-2017, 03:22 PM
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straight piped my rx8
after many sleepless nights wondering if i should, or shouldnt, and infinite analysys of the yes's and no's.
i jacked it up and took off the catback and threw in some straight pipes all the way back. single 2.5" all the way to a 10" resonator and 90degree turndown.
what everyone whats to know: how fuct is it?
answer: not one bit. lost maybe 10-15lbs torque on the low end, but i can feel every bit i gain in the top end and god damn is it nice to pull from 5500-10k
about 112 decibles unkorked and 100 or so with the pipes going back
05-11-2017, 04:39 PM
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100 dB
Jet take-off (at 305 meters), use of outboard motor, power lawn mower, motorcycle, farm tractor, jackhammer, garbage truck.
Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure.
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Sleepless nights of analysis and this is where you landed?
Jet take-off (at 305 meters), use of outboard motor, power lawn mower, motorcycle, farm tractor, jackhammer, garbage truck.
Serious damage possible in 8 hr exposure.
Comparitive Examples of Noise Levels | Industrial Noise Control
Sleepless nights of analysis and this is where you landed?
05-12-2017, 12:16 AM
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haha well it's nice if u car park it outside, try parking it in ur garage and heating it up.
the smell will get stuck in ur hair, that burnt gasoline smell
haha well it's nice if u car park it outside, try parking it in ur garage and heating it up.
the smell will get stuck in ur hair, that burnt gasoline smell
05-12-2017, 08:28 AM
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05-12-2017, 08:43 AM
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A single straight pipe is actually loud as **** (and sounds like it too!)
I'm willing to bet that you're still slower than a Prius, and a stock 8, and my 8, and especially 9k's slow 8. Also there's no way you're getting anywhere near 10k RPM in a completely stock car.
I'm willing to bet that you're still slower than a Prius, and a stock 8, and my 8, and especially 9k's slow 8. Also there's no way you're getting anywhere near 10k RPM in a completely stock car.
05-12-2017, 09:00 AM
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The fact that you are debating the issue with people who have FAR more experience with the RX-8 (and life, in general) than you do is more a representation of yourself than anything else. For you to think that you revealed a huge power-loss and were the first one to do it is quite amusing, really. Here is a challenge; take your RX-8 to the track and hold that same attitude, make sure you capture the experience on video, and we will all see how you fare. LOL
05-12-2017, 09:04 AM
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i think your a bunch of nancies that sit on the forum while im sitting under the car. so **** talk all you want ive done more to the car than most of the fat kids here. and how would you know whats its like driving a straight piped rx8? let me meet you and you can take mine for a spin. ill put money on it that ur catback is coming right off
05-12-2017, 09:09 AM
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wheres that popcorn gif?
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*looks under car* nope it's still attached
so wait you want me to put my cat back on the car and put smaller more restrictive size piping 
i jacked it up and took off the catback and threw in some straight pipes all the way back. single 2.5" all the way to a 10" resonator and 90degree turndown.
what everyone whats to know: how fuct is it?
answer: not one bit. lost maybe 10-15lbs torque on the low end, but i can feel every bit i gain in the top end and god damn is it nice to pull from 5500-10k
about 112 decibles unkorked and 100 or so with the pipes going back
what everyone whats to know: how fuct is it?
answer: not one bit. lost maybe 10-15lbs torque on the low end, but i can feel every bit i gain in the top end and god damn is it nice to pull from 5500-10k
about 112 decibles unkorked and 100 or so with the pipes going back
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05-12-2017, 09:22 AM
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Plus, Red 8s are automatically slower than Lightning Yellows and Brilliant Blacks cause the added weight of the Mica paint coefficient adds more weight and drag, thus rendering any straight pipe gains moo.
05-12-2017, 09:30 AM
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also alot of us here have more done to our 8s the just a custom smaller than stock size catback(which lowers power)
since you're new here why dont you read this about ten times and then reread it
https://www.rx8club.com/new-member-f...t-here-202454/
my fiat is faster than the frs so thats not saying much