How does the racing beat catback perform compaired to others on the market?
02-15-05, 01:52 AM
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How does the racing beat catback perform compaired to others on the market?
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.
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.
02-17-05, 10:49 AM
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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.
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02-17-05, 10:59 AM
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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.
02-17-05, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by 1FooknTiteFD
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.
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02-17-05, 11:42 AM
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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?
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02-17-05, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by montego
^^ 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.
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.
only when you get on it, it's loud.
02-17-05, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by montego
^^ 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.
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.
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.
02-17-05, 12:31 PM
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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.
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.
02-17-05, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Adam Berger
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?
02-17-05, 12:58 PM
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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.
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.
02-17-05, 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by John Magnuson
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.
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.
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.
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02-17-05, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by omochi
it's true.
only when you get on it, it's loud.
only when you get on it, it's loud.
02-17-05, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by dgeesaman
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
Sorry to be a PITA I'm just wondering.
Dave
02-17-05, 11:49 PM
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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.
