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Old 01-29-08, 11:11 AM
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What kind of exhausts do you use?

What kind of exhaust do you use on you 1st gen. and how loud is it?
I am currently switching my racecar back to a street car, and am using a RB 2 pipe header straight back to a dynomax muffler. which is way to loud.
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If your exhaust has the dual pipes that don't collect until near the rear axle, run 2 presilencers. If it collects right after the header, then you need 1 really good one. You can use the RB pre-silencers or many are opting for the Borla XS/XR series of mufflers due to better pricing.
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Are you using the rb presilencer and the borla xs/xr or just the muffler?
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I made my own exhaust system out of 3" pipe for a future turbo upgrade with 2 Magnaflows. Way, way too loud. When the TII goes in, the mid-muffler will be replaced with a Borla, rear muffler may get changed too if it's still too loud. Live and learn from mistake and being cheap, lol. EBay is the best source for Borlas.
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RB header to resinator to RB muffler with stock midsection pipe is not too loud for DD use
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i have rb road race header with 2 pipes collected just at the axle then into rb muffler. kinda loud but not a problem here in sc. i did have the dual presilencers on it but removed them for alittle more sound. i have a vid on youtube with the silencers on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SQtwyL8cPc
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www.wickednicky.com
for your borla needs
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I dont have the dual header, but this video show's a RB streetable header with the RB Catalytic Converter-Delete Pipe with a 14" presilencer to Magnaflow Muffler.








I love this set up because daily driving (up to 3-4k) it isn't to loud, but if you want to open it up it screams for you...
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Mine is a custom one that I bought that is header - dual 2" straight pipes all the way back to a Monza muffler.

I don't recommend this set up bah!

Maybe with two pre-silencers it would be a little more...refined.
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RB Header, Borla Pro XS Muffler, Mazdaspeed Protege Muffler.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1cPD1TyY1U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMEMkpTTLIw
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Full Racing Beat Streetport System. I love it, its not to loud, but if you stomp on it it roars! Very deep tone.



I have some videos of it some where, ill keep looking for them.
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i was running:

RB streetableheader+RB presilencer+magnaflow+borla

i LOVED it

now im running a Rotary Engineering exhaust and i miss my borla

sound of the borla set up:

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/a...d7011488d3.htm

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/0...d7010e5fb5.htm
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Rotary Engineering tuned exhaust (headers, two torpedoe silencers and the RE muffler). Sounds great but not too loud. I got this back in 1991! lol. Its still on the car and still holding up well.
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define way to loud trochoid
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Here is a video clip of when I had my Dell, and my new RB streetport.

http://media.putfile.com/My-New-RB-Streetport
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Originally Posted by rxtasy3
i have rb road race header with 2 pipes collected just at the axle then into rb muffler. kinda loud but not a problem here in sc. i did have the dual presilencers on it but removed them for alittle more sound. i have a vid on youtube with the silencers on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SQtwyL8cPc
What about the car in the other video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4El8z8Jkc
Is that true dual?
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Originally Posted by djessence
define way to loud trochoid
To loud means I can't start it up late at night sitting in the driveway between my house and the neighbors, it rattle thier windows. When I was up at Ians' house, we were doing some tuning and jet changes, the guy from across the street came over and complained that his windows were rattling at idle. I so wanted to tell him to buy better windows, lol. Too loud means people sitting on the front porch when I drive by at 30 in a 25 mph zone call the cops cause they think I'm doing 60, no ****, that really happened. Cop was cool about it though. It also means I can't open it up to 7-8k cause it can be heard for well over 1/2 mile away.
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RB Road race header collected straight to RB muffler. Very tame with a very nice sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vy4W3E8rzuo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsXT1...eature=related
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Twin 2" to diff then joins to single 3" over diff. Two resonators and Rotaflo RF250 muffler with 4" side dump tip. This is on 13B PP and yes it is loud but not too loud
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Originally Posted by djessence
define way to loud trochoid
This is sort of loud http://video.google.com.au/videoplay...78763751884285 I have that motor in my 7 now
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RB streetport muffler with 3" stainless system,Bonez cat and S5 TO4B turbo......ahh,the sounds of silence!
I even pass the CA 94db noise test,so no worries from the cops.



http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v2...evepics014.flv
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thanks for all the replys , keep them coming
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Originally Posted by FIBREMAZ
This is sort of loud http://video.google.com.au/videoplay...78763751884285 I have that motor in my 7 now
Close, I think mine's a bit louder though.
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Originally Posted by Box_Man
What about the car in the other video?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x4El8z8Jkc
Is that true dual?
that's a friend's 83 gsl. did the vid the same day we did mine. his is the road race header with dual pipes all the way back, over the axle, and to each cbr muffler.
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I cut my muffler off...My old one was stock and sounded like a tin can...now it sounds like it has a lot more power than it really does and is quite loud. However I got pulled over for not using my turn signal but he never said anything about it being to loud...maybe he was nice. I do was a racing beat dual silencer exhaust though...


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