RX-8 aftermarket exhausts SUMMARY
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Can anyone tell me about the sound in the car on the highway?? I'm torn between the Borla and Racing Beat cat back systems. I don't want a ricey sound and I don't want it too loud although I want people to notice it. I have a concern with how much noise you get in the car.. I want to be able to have a conversation at a normal volume going down the highway. Any thoughts?
It has a great mellow sound...even when catless...
It gets kinda of loud when you get on it...especially after 4k...
But its not ricey at all...its a nice grown up sound...
As long as your not putting the car under load, its nice and quiet...
#427
Does anyone know a web site where you can buy a single sided exhaust for the rx8 i have been looking all over the place and can't seem to find anything except for the hks high power exhaust any help will do this is driving me nuts not being able to find anything
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Can anyone tell me about the sound in the car on the highway?? I'm torn between the Borla and Racing Beat cat back systems. I don't want a ricey sound and I don't want it too loud although I want people to notice it. I have a concern with how much noise you get in the car.. I want to be able to have a conversation at a normal volume going down the highway. Any thoughts?
I'll have some youtube vids up early next week. I have my stock ones up so you'll be able to compare and hear a stock vs. a stockw/Borla.
I don't think either the RB or Borla give you a 'ricey' sound. No one is going to mistake you for a civic with a can and a bullhorn strapped to the exhaust.
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I went with the borla... Installed it on Wednesday and I am sooooo happy with it. I might have to get a midpipe though, it's quieter than I thought it would be. Other than that, absolutely no complaints, it looks amazing compared to stock. Wait, I do have a complaint, I can barely lift my left arm now because the install schooled my shoulder, haha.
#431
borla with a catless midpipe will not sound good. It will drone like a ****, and even 2,000 rpm is loud.
The hks legamax is not as deep or as loud as the borla, but it can work with a NA car with catless midpipe just fine.
The hks legamax is not as deep or as loud as the borla, but it can work with a NA car with catless midpipe just fine.
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Hmm... so you're saying if I want louder but not need-to-wear-earplugs loud, I should get a different cat back and combine it with a mid pipe? Wish I had asked these questions before I took the jump.... Any other comments/suggestions?
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Besides what DOESN'T sound obnoxiously loud with a straight midpipe? Anyone planning on driving anything with a straight pipe better expect to be annoyed. But at least the Borla will give you a deep, annoying tone with a straight pipe.
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most catless midpipe have a resonator. They will still drone with the borla. The mazsport midpipe uses something closer to a muffler than a resonator. Look up racing beats presilencer.
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Not sure you have to go with the 2 resonated midpipe. There are single resonated midpipes out there that cost less and don't take months to have shipped.
Besides what DOESN'T sound obnoxiously loud with a straight midpipe? Anyone planning on driving anything with a straight pipe better expect to be annoyed. But at least the Borla will give you a deep, annoying tone with a straight pipe.
Besides what DOESN'T sound obnoxiously loud with a straight midpipe? Anyone planning on driving anything with a straight pipe better expect to be annoyed. But at least the Borla will give you a deep, annoying tone with a straight pipe.
i am running a big resonator and a very hi flow cat with the borla right now.. works great..
the little resonators on most mid pipes just look like they do something.. they just take the edge off the sound..
food for thought..
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Without a cat, the car should put up a CEL. Getting an AccessPort can resolve that issue by masking out the CEL so it doesn't get thrown anymore.
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So if I'm thinking of a turbo in a year or so, should I bother with a midpipe now or just wait until I get the ball rolling on the turbo? Hmmm... I really don't know what to do..
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Must find turbo thread..
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Must find turbo thread..
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So if I'm thinking of a turbo in a year or so, should I bother with a midpipe now or just wait until I get the ball rolling on the turbo? Hmmm... I really don't know what to do..
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Must find turbo thread..
Later when you get a turbo - you can run a less muffled midpipe quite satisfactorily ....
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Here's some Borla vs. Stock Youtube clips. Used a digital camera in video mode so it's no where near high quality sound but should give anyone thinking about a Borla exhaust a good idea on what they're getting. I think the first set in a parking garage is arguably the best. It's the same garage on both clips so the acoustics should allow for a good comparison.
Parking Garage w/Stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSxbaVqkbsY
Parking Garage w/Borla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYqRXRSKAs
Highway at high RPM, windows up w/Stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCtgFf_9iY
Highway at high RPM, windows up w/Borla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAk_5ov-LC0
Highway at high RPM, windows down w/Stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNMOQ_dSMKk
Highway at high RPM, windows down w/Borla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzDL1zogJM
Parking Garage w/Stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSxbaVqkbsY
Parking Garage w/Borla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thYqRXRSKAs
Highway at high RPM, windows up w/Stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovCtgFf_9iY
Highway at high RPM, windows up w/Borla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAk_5ov-LC0
Highway at high RPM, windows down w/Stock: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNMOQ_dSMKk
Highway at high RPM, windows down w/Borla: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzDL1zogJM
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Ahhh, with the parking garage videos, whenever you went towards the end of the garage where you turn, there was a bright light and I felt like I was gonna crash :O
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I find this interesting too. The 2G Eclipses can run catless midpipes without throwing a CEL too.
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I believe that HKS is the only single outlet exhaust available. Buddy Club or Blitz may also make one, but I am not sure. The Racing Beat single exhaust is a racing exhaust and it isn't street legal. You also won't see it since the outlet is under the bumper, so you will have both shrouds empty which would look pretty lame IMO.
Last edited by Nopstnz8; 07-15-2008 at 08:18 PM.