Just like the title says. How does the racing beat catback exhaust system perform to some of the other catback exhausts for the FD such as HKS and Greddy and what not?

My experience, has been mainly on first gens, im soon to buy a FD though, but the racing beat mufflers for the first gens were more conserend over noise rather than flow. Magnaflow setups would easily out perform it.

 

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Yeah, it's probably not the highest-flowing cat back, but it actually does pretty damn well. Many people have made impressive numbers with it.

Dale

 

I have the old racing beat exhaust that is made by RSR. It's quiet....sounds almost stock. If you can't stand droning or loud exhausts on your FD (especially a straight pipe FD) then go with the racing beat as it is a very high quality unit.

 

I love my RB cat back Very high quality, perfect fitment, sounds just right IMO.

 

Is it all rusted now?

Dave

 

i have a question...sorry to take your thread away but its kinda the same...i have a straight piped fd...3" dp, 3" mp, and a apexi gt spec exhaust...would it be very noticeable if i switched to a racing beat...just the exhaust? because its extremely loud...and i dont like it as much anymore...or should i get a resonated mp or a hi flow cat?

 

^^ From what everyone says yes.

I have a DP, MP and a stock muffler. The car is really quiet even though it has a mild streetport. From what I hear the RB is *just* slightly louder than the stocker.

 

it's true.

only when you get on it, it's loud.

 

I have an RB and its not slightly its a few more decibles than stock but still tons better than the apexi and any single 3 inch tip. Also it gets alot less attention which is why I like it so much.

 

The racing beat catback is the ONLY catback you can put on a straight piped FD and be tolerable and below ear shattering noise levels. All other catbacks just hurt your ears. I think the racing beat sounds mean when you want it to and it can be well mannered otherwise. I had a RB duel tip on a straight system and I was ver happy with it.

Yes you will lose some flow compared to say a straight N1, but it's not that much at all.

Yes the RB muffler for the 1st gens are a bit conservative, but it's not the same for the 3rd gens.

 

no it is fine

 

I used to have the N1 Single straight pipe and it was super loud. It was so loud that on the freeway you couldn't hear another person talk because it droned so much. With a racing beat cb, it dropped teh sound levels down a lot. Another alternative in between is the Greddy Evo exhaust.

 

If you look at the design of the racing beat catback it's a straight through design. That has to be pretty high flow. Racing beat is able to make them pretty quiet because they design and test the system on an actual engine dyno. With proper engineering you can make a system that flows well and is not overly loud.

In my opinion unless you're pushing out massive amounts of horsepower the racing beat dual tip will have almost no power difference compared with a straight pipe.

 

thanks guys....does anyone want to trade my gt spec for their rb? lol

 

I have the single tip RB catback I would be willing to sell/trade, PM me with questions or email me at PDViper77@yahoo.com

 

actually im looking for the dual tip

 

Noise does not equal power.

The racing beat design is straight through just like the others. However, one of the major
differences is in the amount of packing that RB uses. There Catback is even heavier than stock, because they use a ton of muffling material in the packing of the actual canister.

I do not believe you are going to lose much power at all by using it. But, even if I lost 10RWHP as a result of using it, I would. The other options, are just too loud.

 

yeah... just daily cruising its a great sound... slightly louder than stock but nice and deep not "cannon-ish" at all, but God almighty, when you step on it, its got a whole 'nother tone to it. its still deep, its gets louder, but its nowhere near what things such as the N1 are like. in my opinion, based on the others i've heard in person, the RB cat-backs are the best option for people with "old ears" (meaing, you like it quiet).

 

I know the old style is painted - is it carbon steel, or stainless steel construction?

Sorry to be a PITA I'm just wondering.

Dave

 

The old style racing beat came in two versions: one was a full stainless steel construction while the other one was painted black.

 

cool makes sence. I didnt know the third gen RB catbacks were a straight through design. The first gen ones werent

 

Yeah... you can get away with a straight through design on the FD because it's turbocharged. Having a turbocharger does decrease the exhaust noise significantly. Any type of straight through design on a non turbo rotary is WAY too loud.

 

greddy sp is louder but tolerable for daily use.

 

I have the old style RB single tip and it's not rusted at all dgeesaman; i love my exhaust . . . it sounds great.