Lightest Exhaust
05-11-2005, 02:32 PM
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I'd rather have both tips. Although i dont really care how the car will look after mods ( it already looks GREAT), i think having 1 tip when there is room for 2 is just ugly. Unless the exhaust will weigh only 1 LB... hehe
05-11-2005, 02:58 PM
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I agree, that is why I would rather keep my current RB exhaust (& the extra weight) or eventually go to the JIC titanium. Just putting it out there as there are some people that no matter how ugly it looks, they want to save weight & increase hp.
05-11-2005, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Spin9k
Cork Sport Catback $599
mid pipe 7.0 lbs === stock was 5.4 lbs
muffler 18.8 lbs === stock was 33.6 lbs
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----------25.8 lbs-------vs stock------39.0 lbs
mid pipe 7.0 lbs === stock was 5.4 lbs
muffler 18.8 lbs === stock was 33.6 lbs
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----------25.8 lbs-------vs stock------39.0 lbs
05-11-2005, 05:55 PM
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
when you're racing it looks a lot odder when you're staring at your competitors exhaust pipe rather than the other way around
most racers aren't out there to be pimping around the track
most racers aren't out there to be pimping around the track
05-11-2005, 06:35 PM
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I heard & saw the cork sport this past weekend at Mazfest. The ride also had a straight thru test pipe. Loud as hell. Sounded like one of those race cars. I would say it's unstreetable to me, but they drive it everyday. Saw on their website that the cat back unit is supposed to be 24 lbs. lighter than the stock cat back unit, which would make it 15 lbs., kind've hard to believe.
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05-11-2005, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Fanman
I heard & saw the cork sport this past weekend at Mazfest. The ride also had a straight thru test pipe. Loud as hell. Sounded like one of those race cars. I would say it's unstreetable to me, but they drive it everyday.
I LOVE TO MAKE THAT WAIL, and do on regular occasion, but it is up to me the sound , which I like. I go home in my own street and I am quiet as a mouse. :D
As an example, at the last track session my friend and I had the same instructor, so I asked about the relative loudness between the CS and my friend's BORLA on the track (Now the B has a hi-flow cat, but still...) The guy said " Hell - yours is a NICE sound, we can talk and it's NOTHING compared to the BORLA, I coundn't even hear him talk to me (on the helmet intercom)!!, laughing.
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05-11-2005, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Spin9k
This is just plain wrong to think the CS is not streetable, at least with the OEM CAT. I have the Cork Sport, and by the way it is BEAUTIFUL POLISHED SS, and it is WAY LESS LOUD than BORLA. The CS on the street can be VERY QUIET, almost like stock with a gentle touch of the throttle, but when you open her up, STILL not too loud but a NICE BRASSY THROATY WAIL.
I LOVE TO MAKE THAT WAIL, and do on regular occasion, but it is up to me the sound , which I like. I go home in my own street and I am quite as a mouse. :D
As an example, at the last track session my friend and I had the same instructor, so I asked about the relative loudness between the CS and my friend's BORLA on the track (Now the B has a hi-flow cat, but still...) The guy said " Hell - yours is a NICE sound, we can talk and it's NOTHING compared to the BORLA, I coundn't even hear him talk to me (on the helmet intercom)!!, laughing.
I LOVE TO MAKE THAT WAIL, and do on regular occasion, but it is up to me the sound , which I like. I go home in my own street and I am quite as a mouse. :D
As an example, at the last track session my friend and I had the same instructor, so I asked about the relative loudness between the CS and my friend's BORLA on the track (Now the B has a hi-flow cat, but still...) The guy said " Hell - yours is a NICE sound, we can talk and it's NOTHING compared to the BORLA, I coundn't even hear him talk to me (on the helmet intercom)!!, laughing.
...nice:D
05-13-2005, 08:40 AM
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Although you will gain performance by means of reducing weight by going with Titanium, wouldn't you throw off the balance of the weight distribution of this car? We're talking about shaving almost 20+lbs. off. Would you prefer balance or power? However, I think most autocrossers would opt to go with moving the battery to the trunk to offset the change in weight distrubution.
06-05-2005, 02:28 AM
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Actually, wouldn't having a 200-lb DRIVER in the front seat ruin the mystical fifty-fifty weight distribution way more than having a cat-back exhaust that's ten or fifteen pounds lighter than normal?
06-05-2005, 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by zoom44
where was this corksport exhaust fan man? whos car was it on? the corksport RX-8 was sitting next to mine on saturday in wenatchee washington at a car show.
06-05-2005, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by El Kabong
Actually, wouldn't having a 200-lb DRIVER in the front seat ruin the mystical fifty-fifty weight distribution way more than having a cat-back exhaust that's ten or fifteen pounds lighter than normal?
actually mazda quoted the "near 50/50 weight distribution" included a driver. Yeah I doubt the exhaust is going to do much, lowering overall weight is always good from a performance standpoint.
06-05-2005, 07:31 PM
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Originally Posted by El Kabong
Actually, wouldn't having a 200-lb DRIVER in the front seat ruin the mystical fifty-fifty weight distribution way more than having a cat-back exhaust that's ten or fifteen pounds lighter than normal?
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