I giggled like a school girl today :D
06-12-09, 03:23 PM
#1
I giggled like a school girl today :D
I was in the middle of installing my new gaskets for the RB muffler and mini silencer when it struck me... I wonder what it sounds like if I drive it with no muffler bolted up! So I fired her up and it gave me a little chuckle. Sounded pretty good sitting still actually. I back it out and stroll down the neighborhood street. Ok... maybe it's a TAD loud... I proceed to the stop sign at the highway intersection so I figure "hey, no houses around, I'm gonna stomp on it!"
Holy crap!!! Loudest exhaust I've ever heard while in the car! The higher the RPM the louder it got. At 7000RPM it was echoing through the atmosphere! I was laughing my *** off the whole 10 miles I drove her.
Anywho, thought I'd remind everyone how fun these things are! I've heard all my 13b transplants into rolling chasis with just a manifold on first start up and I've heard this car idle with an open header, but damn. This took the cake actually putting it under load.
RB Nikki intake topper
Pacesetter header (heat wrapped)
RB mini silencer
Mazda connecting pipe
RB muffler removed temporarily
Of course the muffler and presilencer are all installed with the new gaskets so it's nice and quiet again.
Holy crap!!! Loudest exhaust I've ever heard while in the car! The higher the RPM the louder it got. At 7000RPM it was echoing through the atmosphere! I was laughing my *** off the whole 10 miles I drove her.
Anywho, thought I'd remind everyone how fun these things are! I've heard all my 13b transplants into rolling chasis with just a manifold on first start up and I've heard this car idle with an open header, but damn. This took the cake actually putting it under load.
RB Nikki intake topper
Pacesetter header (heat wrapped)
RB mini silencer
Mazda connecting pipe
RB muffler removed temporarily
Of course the muffler and presilencer are all installed with the new gaskets so it's nice and quiet again.
06-12-09, 04:36 PM
#7
7-less
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: No. Virginia, USA
Posts: 2,053
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I drove my 7 around with just the 2nd Gen header on it and holy ****, was that thing loud as ****. Winding it up to 7K, and a few times to 8K (just to hear how loud it could get), really got people to look and take notice. I swear, I could drown out a Harley chopper with that thing. Altho, it didn't help when I was driving beside a curb or wall that reflected the noise back into the cabin.
Very disorienting. But, still kinda fun to wind it up and have it sound like the thing belonged on a race track.
Very disorienting. But, still kinda fun to wind it up and have it sound like the thing belonged on a race track.
Trending Topics
06-12-09, 08:43 PM
#8
Get an exhaust cut out right after the header and tube it behind the front wheel.
If there is one thing I hate, harleys with open headers flooring it everywhere. I remember when a harley guy was a car behind me one lane over and just revving his bike over and over and over at the red light. So I just took the ol' girl to 7k and hovered there til it turned green. Shoulda seen his face
Oh, and flamage ensued.
If there is one thing I hate, harleys with open headers flooring it everywhere. I remember when a harley guy was a car behind me one lane over and just revving his bike over and over and over at the red light. So I just took the ol' girl to 7k and hovered there til it turned green. Shoulda seen his face
Oh, and flamage ensued.
06-13-09, 12:19 AM
#14
making paper cranes
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Ottawa, ON, Canada
Posts: 189
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I ran a snowcross car where the exhaust ended at the downpipe. It was intense bouncing off the redline. We painted it pink for contrast.
I have a 1970's car with a big snarly v8 in it, my catt got punctured and you could seriously hear it over a mile away. My friends new I was coming when I was at least 5 min away.
I have a 1970's car with a big snarly v8 in it, my catt got punctured and you could seriously hear it over a mile away. My friends new I was coming when I was at least 5 min away.
06-13-09, 12:20 AM
#15
Junior Member
iTrader: (1)
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Tampa
Posts: 36
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
yeahhh i did the same with my 12A first gen when i was putting another transmission in except i had the header on and it caught the guy's attention across from my alley way that owned a beefed up camaro he popped his head out the door looking both ways for the car that was putting out that loud *** sound :P and for 12A's they do sound louder carbbed with just a straight pipe i drove into a parking lot garage and set off every damn car alarm in that **** LOL
06-13-09, 02:33 AM
#16
In my neighborhood you can't have cars parked in the street overnight. There is ALWAYS this chevy avalanche in the street.
I make sure that I set its alarm off at 3am.
Hell, If I have to pay $25 a night to park in the street (we have 7 cars) and they don't ( they have had many more warnings than we have, and they have only 2) then hell yeah, I will set their alarm off at 3am every night when I get home.
I dunno, maybe I am just an *******
I make sure that I set its alarm off at 3am.
Hell, If I have to pay $25 a night to park in the street (we have 7 cars) and they don't ( they have had many more warnings than we have, and they have only 2) then hell yeah, I will set their alarm off at 3am every night when I get home.
I dunno, maybe I am just an *******
06-13-09, 02:35 AM
#17
yeahhh i did the same with my 12A first gen when i was putting another transmission in except i had the header on and it caught the guy's attention across from my alley way that owned a beefed up camaro he popped his head out the door looking both ways for the car that was putting out that loud *** sound :P and for 12A's they do sound louder carbbed with just a straight pipe i drove into a parking lot garage and set off every damn car alarm in that **** LOL
You think 12a's are loud... 10a's are freakin SHREAKING
06-13-09, 12:19 PM
#18
Moderator
iTrader: (3)
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: https://www2.mazda.com/en/100th/
Posts: 30,832
Received 2,603 Likes
on
1,847 Posts
yep, loudest thing ive ever heard has got to be the car and driver rx2, bridgeport into megaphone, i swear it sounds like the whole pack of cars, and then this little rx2 comes around the corner.
to put it in perspective, AT a race you can hear them start and warm it up in the pits. so its louder than the other 20ish cars who are on the track RACING
to put it in perspective, AT a race you can hear them start and warm it up in the pits. so its louder than the other 20ish cars who are on the track RACING
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post