Chiefyman

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!

foo77

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

Mazdaspeed RX8 ver2

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

Chiefyman

haha my bad. better? lol

foo77

^ i can't say it'll be better,because i'm a guy 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

Chiefyman

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?

foo77

^ 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

swoope

iTrader: (5)

ah,

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


beers

swoope

iTrader: (5)

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

beers

snipaz2420

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.

Zielritter

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.

rx8guy86

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.

kwescott

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.

Labop

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

Spin9k

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

dmp

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

BoosTED

iTrader: (2)

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.

swoope

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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

swoope

iTrader: (5)

yes,

right now other is kicking ***!

beer

kwescott

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.

YaRiX8

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

User24

iTrader: (1)

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.

Fearsomefatman

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

N rider89

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

otherside

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.