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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:19 AM
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Just got my RB Dual Tip in

Looks great and its bigger than i remember when i seen it on someones car, kinda thought it would of been a little lighter still love it, i will be installing it tomorrow but wont be able to hear, or drive my car for awhile since i had to get my cluster repaired. i already took pictures but i seem to lost my wire to connect to my camera so i will see if i can find it tomorrow.

Another thing, UPS sucks they cant handle packages that well or what, this is the second time iv had a box that looks ripped open. the whole top of this one was off when i got it, the first one was when i got my spoiler, and that was hanging out the box.. Luckily they had the whole thing wrapped in bubble wrap so no damage.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:25 AM
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Originally Posted by FD3S2005

kinda thought it would of been a little lighter still love it

Did you have a stock muffler on the car? Can you estimate the weight savings of the RB over stock, if any?
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:45 AM
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haha, ya I went from a full Titanium catback to an rb dual. It was hard adding all that weight to the car but I love everything else about it.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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how was the Titanium exhaust? did u sound good? or raspy and buzzy like a honda?

i'm lookin at changing my exhaust too.. and the light weight of the Titanium appeals to me
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:02 AM
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Such good tone from the RB dual tip. No rasp, all growl.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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i have some weird universal silencer as a cat back atm, the owner before me put it on and had a Super Dragger exhaust tip welded to it. it sounds nice and low, but doesn't get as loud as i would like at wot, but it does sound OK, just not loud. and this is with a magnaflow midpipe.

i have a video of it on the dyno but it seems like its not as loud and a bit lower in the video than i remember, but then again im never behind my car while its going. also im not sure if i was in the glass room the first time. P.S the smoke was from the turbos



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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:32 AM
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Such good tone from the RB dual tip. No rasp, all growl.
i have to agree. i have the rb single tip with a midpipe. great sound. its really mean sounding after the second turbo kicks in
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 06:59 AM
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i have to agree. i have the rb single tip with a midpipe. great sound. its really mean sounding after the second turbo kicks in
are you running a resonated or NON resonated mid-pipe??
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 08:09 AM
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A buddy of mine has this exhaust; it's fairly new. I absolutely love the sound and look of it.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 09:29 AM
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Best exhaust out there in my opinion! There is something about that sound when the engine is at full-song....
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 09:31 AM
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I love mine.

See 2 psi gain with it.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 10:19 AM
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[QUOTE=FD3S2005;8858814] P.S the smoke was from the turbos

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That's not something to be taken lightly. Your intercooler fill up with oil? Your intake have oil in it? Oil coming from the leaking turbos through your motor and out the exhaust as smoke?

Oil lowers the octane rating of fuel, only slightly. Oil being force fed into your motor damages seals. After the turbos force feeding oil into the motor, it lowers your octane enough to cause detonation, ask me, just a few hours ago i confirmed that one of my corner seals has cracked (detonation) or collapsed (no more spring no sealing so no compression either now), and the oil is the only possible reason for it. I think it has collapsed due to the combustion chambers being under too much pressure (big compression with extra oil in chamber, oil takes up volume, less volume means higher comp. ratio) and its caused the seal to collapse, or its the detonation possibility. Pulling the motor this weekend to check the damage.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by lwnslw
are you running a resonated or NON resonated mid-pipe??
non-resonated. its strait 3"
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 01:25 PM
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[quote=james81;8859277]
Originally Posted by FD3S2005
P.S the smoke was from the turbos

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That's not something to be taken lightly. Your intercooler fill up with oil? Your intake have oil in it? Oil coming from the leaking turbos through your motor and out the exhaust as smoke?

Oil lowers the octane rating of fuel, only slightly. Oil being force fed into your motor damages seals. After the turbos force feeding oil into the motor, it lowers your octane enough to cause detonation, ask me, just a few hours ago i confirmed that one of my corner seals has cracked (detonation) or collapsed (no more spring no sealing so no compression either now), and the oil is the only possible reason for it. I think it has collapsed due to the combustion chambers being under too much pressure (big compression with extra oil in chamber, oil takes up volume, less volume means higher comp. ratio) and its caused the seal to collapse, or its the detonation possibility. Pulling the motor this weekend to check the damage.
how did u determine you had a problem with the corner seal?
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 01:48 PM
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Just kind of confused because it seems like your saying forcing oil into your engine period is bad because it damages seals, yet many people say that premixing and spraying fogging oil into the intake before storage helps protect the seals.

Ohh, and sorry about kinda jacking your thread.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by 20B 3 Rotor
Just kind of confused because it seems like your saying forcing oil into your engine period is bad because it damages seals, yet many people say that premixing and spraying fogging oil into the intake before storage helps protect the seals.
Yeah, I thought about that statement, too.

But, it IS known that oil in the combustion mixture is not good either for power, or for octane rating (detonation prevention). I do expect, though, that the longevity benefits of better seal lubrication outweigh the other factors, and that is the reason for using premix, or other additional seal lubrication.

Too much of a good thing is very often bad. And, along those lines, excess oil in the combustion chamber would also be bad.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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[QUOTE=james81;8859277]
Originally Posted by FD3S2005
P.S the smoke was from the turbos

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That's not something to be taken lightly. Your intercooler fill up with oil? Your intake have oil in it? Oil coming from the leaking turbos through your motor and out the exhaust as smoke?

Oil lowers the octane rating of fuel, only slightly. Oil being force fed into your motor damages seals. After the turbos force feeding oil into the motor, it lowers your octane enough to cause detonation, ask me, just a few hours ago i confirmed that one of my corner seals has cracked (detonation) or collapsed (no more spring no sealing so no compression either now), and the oil is the only possible reason for it. I think it has collapsed due to the combustion chambers being under too much pressure (big compression with extra oil in chamber, oil takes up volume, less volume means higher comp. ratio) and its caused the seal to collapse, or its the detonation possibility. Pulling the motor this weekend to check the damage.

no worries that was about almost a year ago, about 4 months ago i got BNR stage 3 twins and a Rebuild.. my coolent seals went out on me. It had a good first life, 84k miles

i mounted the exhaust but it seems because i didnt have the original passenger side mounting bracket since the owner before me put that other exhaust i couldnt mount 1 side of it, the one with the bolts i gotta order it
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:18 PM
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BACK TO THE RB DUAL TIP!

It sounds like pure sex if you have a streetported motor . . .
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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Do you have any photos of it installed?
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:00 PM
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my RB dual tip is my fave mod by far. it just makes the car sound soooo nice! its deep and it growls, not raspy or loud at all just an overall great catback. i get compliments all the time from friends and strangers alike. and my buddies drive STi's and a built v8 camaro and they usually clown on my 1.3L

anyone who is thinking about it and doesnt want anything too loud should seriously consider the Racing Beat
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:20 PM
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I had an old PFS catback (4.5" single tip) which was pretty good, except that it droned on the highway right in the speed range (60-80 mph) that you always wanted cruise. Putting a resonator in the pipe from the cat to the muffler didn't fix that. I also didn't like the "tomato-can" look of the exhaust tip.

Therefore, I bought a used RB dual-tip ($400 shipped), and I am sure glad I did. The RB sounds better under all conditions - exhaust pulses are more distinct at idle and low RPM, the full-throttle sound is beautiful and throaty, and it has NO drone on the highway. And, it looks similar to stock, only better.

Dave
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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RB... great exhaust and I love mine.

2 things that crack me up about people that complain about RB duals:

1) does not flow well or as good as other 3 inch exhausts out there... Yet there is not one single piece of evidence that supports it. They only base it on the fact that it's not obnoxiously loud therefore it must not flow as well. When in fact Canister design has a great effect on muffling sound.

2) It weighs so much... Well unless the driver races for a living then the extra 15 lbs (opposed to a greedy) will go unoticed. Complaining about an exhaust being 15 lbs heavier on a car that is mostly street driven with some light autoX/drag is pretty ridiculous IMO.
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by montego
RB... great exhaust and I love mine.

2 things that crack me up about people that complain about RB duals:

1) does not flow well or as good as other 3 inch exhausts out there... Yet there is not one single piece of evidence that supports it. They only base it on the fact that it's not obnoxiously loud therefore it must not flow as well. When in fact Canister design has a great effect on muffling sound.

2) It weighs so much... Well unless the driver races for a living then the extra 15 lbs (opposed to a greedy) will go unoticed. Complaining about an exhaust being 15 lbs heavier on a car that is mostly street driven with some light autoX/drag is pretty ridiculous IMO.

Well put. There always IS that crowd that seems to insist on the 'fart-can' obnoxiously loud exhaust as being a statement of, "Look and listen *************....I am important...I am FAST!!!!"
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 04:36 PM
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Do you have any photos of it installed?
From RX-7 store photo:

Last edited by DaveW; Jan 8, 2009 at 04:55 PM. Reason: Cropped photo
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Old Jan 8, 2009 | 07:14 PM
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how was the Titanium exhaust? did u sound good? or raspy and buzzy like a honda?

i'm lookin at changing my exhaust too.. and the light weight of the Titanium appeals to me
It sounded great but it was way too loud for socal. My car is street ported and single turbo. With the rb dual and a resonated midpipe its quiet enough to not draw too much attention and the external dump wastegate makes plenty of noise under full throttle.
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