so i bought the midpipe with the resonator from rx7store, and i installed it today. It went about as smooth as it could. (2 trips to ace for stainless nuts and bolts) i got both the gaskets on there, and checked it 3 times for leaks, and no leaks what so ever. but i went out to take it for a spin and she how she sounds, and i was disappointed. it sounds really ricey. BUT i remember someone on here saying that the resonator has to get broken in and then it will sound nice and deep. (thats how glasspacks are) i just want to make sure this is true. is it?

 

It will calm down a little after some days, but don't expect a huge difference.

 

hmm, hopefully the ricey sound will go away, cause i have no idea what could be causing it.

 

What do you mean by "ricey sound"?

 

hard to explain, umm. it just doesnt sound low like i thought. and at first i though it was a leak, but i checked and its not

 

i would try to get a video of it, but my video format doesnt work on here. im just wondering if the resonator is the same thing as a glasspack as it has to have time to break in and get a deeper sound

 

i found the words i was looking for. it sounds like a high pitched raspy-ness. i want it to go away.

 

i ran just a midpipe with stock exhaust for a few weeks while waiting for my corksport to come in. i hate the way it sounds. sounded exactly like you say. sounded ricey/raspy anytime you were on the throttle. i thought it was me being paranoid but i had a few friends listen while i drove by, and they confirmed that it did int fact sound like ****.

now order an exhaust i m very pleased with my corksport

 

corksport? i heard that they are VERY loud with a midpipe. but they are really light

 

yA, my exhaust is pretty loud. but it does sound good and definitely not ricey.

 

damn it. why did everyone say it was gonna be nice and deep?

on a postitive note, the 8 has a little more "umf"

i will probably go with something like the mazdaspeed one. that sounds nice on the stock cat, so i will see how it is with a midpipe

 

the rx7store resonator is very small.. you might as well got a straight pipe..

and i can tell you if you find the stock exhaust with what you have loud or off pitch. you will be hating life with the corksport...

i had one.. great exhaust.. great sound, but a bit to loud.. that was with a hi flow cat and a resonator..

beers

 

damn, but thanks. gotta look for a not so loud but light exhaust now.

 

with what you have i can say the borla and racing beat... i think also the hks dual might be good..

beers

 

i will probably go with borla. its not heavy, and isnt that expensive. and it shouldnt be loud either

just have to save up 600 bucks, cause i HATE the way the midpipe sounds. i hate that ricey raspy sound

 

im still pretty dissapointed though

 

Chet, ull get used to it, I have turbo XS midpipe and it doesn't sound rice at all...........maybe its not broken in completely?

 

but you also have a cat back. i have stock

and its a different maker. swoope said that the resonator is really small in the rx7store midpipe, and it does look that way

 

one mans rice is anothers joy....

you have to hear stuff in person...

btw, the turbo xs is way loud..... that is the midpipe and catback...

beers

 

very true, but he only has the turboxs midpipe. he has the espilier (sp) cat-back, which is one that im looking into

 

link for that catback??? is it a single or a dual?

but as i said, you need to hear stuff in person...

beers

 

i believe its a dual, but dont quote me on that. but yea, in person is soo much better. thats why i like the mazdaspeed cat-back. its so nice and deep.

 

mazdaspeed = corksport...

beers

 

Sounds like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SEBUygZqFk

 

kind of yea

guess i wont go with mazdaspeed