i am going to buy a 7 soon, but every one that i have driven before had that sound to it, kind of like a chainsaw rite next to my head.. and i think its gonna drive me nuts.. is there anything i can do, to make it sound better?

 

your an idiot

 

Get a good exhaust. Get a Racing Beat or Greddy Evolution or Power Extreme exhaust and the car will sound great. If you go with an Apex N1 or something it's going to be loud and ricey.

 

The grammar fiends will soon be attacking you.

 

I don't think hes talking about the exhaust... I guess he can't stand the sound of the rotary

 

Dem' fighting words around deez parts son!

 

im telling you, get a greddy power extreme or a racing beat exhaust and it will sound like a performance car.

 

This sounds like you just cant stand the sound of a rotary. In which case, you should just get a new exhaust to make the car sound better. All your problems will be solved.

 

Maybe the sound of a bridgeported rotary engine will change his mind.

 

or a ride in it with a T78 ahaha

 

if u cant stand the sound of driving a rx7, maybe u shouldnt get one.

 

Agreed

 

Actually, i'm gonna have to agree with that too.

 

just get a civic and add a fartcan exhaust to it
itll be more pleasing to you than the "chainsaw" sound

 

Why not just use a factory style muffler? I guarantee "all the one's that you've driven" weren't stock exhaust, because stock they don't sound anything like a chainsaw. Find one that hasn't been modified and ask the owner for a ride. If you're not happy with that, buy something with a V8, whether it be a converted RX7 or something else.

 

that's what i was thinking!

 

If you don't want your FD to sound like a chainsaw on crack or a powerboat, then keep a cat in the exhaust system and run a true muffler exhaust as some have mentioned above. Avoid cannister-style exhausts.

All that said, the exhaust note of a pre-renesis rotary is not a clear focused tone like with other engines -- it is a higher-pitched sound, it's never going to sound like a V8.

 

My car sounded like a chainsaw for a while but that was due to an exhaust leak.

 

Like many others have said, an rx-7 with a downpipe, stock-cat, and a racing-beat dual has a nice pleasing performance sound. It doesn't sound anything like the annoying chainsaw-buzz you've heard before. One step further and you can put on the stock exhaust and pre-cats, then you'll barely be able to hear anything except the V8 behind you...

 

Brings back memories I had a HUGE exhaust leak DP-CAT, the bolts were so loose there was a 1/4 inch gap between the pipes. It made the loudest, craziest sound. It kinda was the thrub-thrub-thrub sound of a v8, but louder and higher pitched. I had to drive 20 miles home to fix it. I'm lucky I didn't get pulled over by the couple of cops I passed, who gave me some strange looks.


dp, stock cat, rb exhaust isn't annoying loud. Its more of a vrooming sound, low pitch, but nothing like a v8.

Anyone else think that the primary spools faster with the stock exhaust? At least it feels that way on my car. Perhaps the stock exhaust is restrictive enough to cause more of the exhaust gases to spool the turbos?

 

Or that the car is an FD3S, not FD3. It's not a plural ... "eff-dee-three-ess" ... not "eff-dee-three(s)"

 

as for the sound of rotaries, I LIKE IT. a lot of people do find them irritating though

 

A lot of people meaning soccer moms and old people

 

unfortunately I must say here that the worst sound I have ever heard in my LIFE is my old FC with a RB road race header into the stock catback at 7000RPM

 

^^got a sound clip?