Pics of completed RX8 exhaust. 7lbs. dyno tests next weekend!!!WOOHOO!
08-18-2005, 11:38 PM
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Originally Posted by fastmike
Quite honestly, I do not know how to do a "soundclip"...sorry.
I can do Db testing with my Radioshack sound meter though.
I have heard a true straight pipe racing and it sounds AWESOME.
Loud..but makes the car sound WAY meaner.
Street use on this car sometimes so we had him put the bullet in.
Takes some of the raspyness out of it.
FM
I can do Db testing with my Radioshack sound meter though.
I have heard a true straight pipe racing and it sounds AWESOME.
Loud..but makes the car sound WAY meaner.
Street use on this car sometimes so we had him put the bullet in.
Takes some of the raspyness out of it.
FM
08-18-2005, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Sempher
No offence... but its ugly...I like fat pipes... and i mean pipeS duel exhaust rules.... what the hell is that? a drinking straw?
08-19-2005, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Sempher
lol, is that a challenge?
Mike, what kind of muffler is that? Burns Stainless painted black? And what happened to Shelbi getting a straight pipe?
08-19-2005, 06:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Sempher
No offence... but its ugly...I like fat pipes... and i mean pipeS duel exhaust rules.... what the hell is that? a drinking straw?
Our custom quad-exit exhaust is almost finished. Yeah, it's 52lb heavier than stock and loses power but it looks TIGHT.
08-19-2005, 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by fastmike
Heck...I can coast past the meter and still beat you...:P
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You know.. joking or not, that's exactly how clubs lose sites....because someone cruises past sound meters, but break the limits elsewhere on the course. Many sites are now imposing sound restrictions on their sites.
If you *know* you're going to be too loud for a site that has sound restrictions, stay home... that region doesn't need you there ruining it for them just so *you* can have some fun for a few minutes.
You want to keep this sport alive in places that you visit? Meet the rules of the region. They're there so others can continue doing what they enjoy.
The best place up here for auto-x (Devens, Ma) has a sound restriction. 1st time you break it, you're told to fix it. If it's not fixed on 2nd run, you get sent home. Not fixed 1st time out next event? You're sent home. And this continues.
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08-19-2005, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by ULLLOSE
Well I know you and Joe wont make the SD tour next year, no way you will be under 93db. :D
08-20-2005, 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by fastmike
I just got done driving around and it really is not that loud. I was surprised and happy.
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Really, after driving it just once it does sound ALOT better (less raspy) than the Celi straight pipe (even with the cherry bomb on the end).
Crusing on the freeway I could not even tell a difference.
08-20-2005, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by LiL BenNy
what a 20 pound lighter exhaust is really gonna win him a race?
fwiw Mike, 0.00x difference is likely more of a driving situation than 20#
Last edited by TeamRX8; 08-20-2005 at 12:26 PM.
08-20-2005, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by LiL BenNy
what a 20 pound lighter exhaust is really gonna win him a race?
08-20-2005, 08:36 PM
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while we are on the subject.
Any idea how much a sport + appearance package model weighs? And how much weight could be lost by removing appearance package.
Kinda a moot point, since the driver is a fatty and is about 75 lbs overweight...
Any idea how much a sport + appearance package model weighs? And how much weight could be lost by removing appearance package.
Kinda a moot point, since the driver is a fatty and is about 75 lbs overweight...
08-20-2005, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by clyde
I don't know...Although Mark's pretty much goes straight with a turndown at the bumper, it looks pretty similar. The Isley design 18" Borla on mine is louder than his.
yeah mines 1/2 the weight of Mike's and probably quieter too :p but it probably cost 3x as much
Originally Posted by TeamRX8
while a straight pipe probably won't pass 93 dB the owner is aware of it and will likely address it, but saying that
other people's exhaust won't pass a sound test when you haven't even heard it yet is talking out your tailpipe :p
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08-22-2005, 10:17 AM
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Talk about to loud. Barbara's car has a system like mine but uses a shorter Borla, 12" instead of 16", she got a tickect yesterday for being to loud. 
I drove it a few times at our natls warm up yesterday, had to try out those 28 series Konis 
, it is painfully loud in the car even with a helmet on. 
I drove it a few times at our natls warm up yesterday, had to try out those 28 series Konis , it is painfully loud in the car even with a helmet on.
08-22-2005, 06:35 PM
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A few pounds of weight in a street car isn't going to affect the way your car drives or performs. On a race car however where they are trying to get any little advantage they can, 20# is definitely something to address.
08-25-2005, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Sempher
lol, is that a challenge? Ok for racing i guess... but still man its so small does it backfire?
oh yeah, if it's bigger it must be better
what happened to the results of the whimpy exhaust? :p
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Last edited by TeamRX8; 08-25-2005 at 08:13 PM.
