Thread: New exhaust system arrived....PICS inside!

3 inch will probably be slighty louder.

+1 Mr-4door sr20det, had the same exhaust set up minus the header(SSAC 2.5) on my DE and it wasn't loud at all. Just recently swapped the DE for a VE with N1 cams and the same exhaust sounds like the factory exhaust that came with the car. Think VE's are at this advantage due to there larger better flowing heads and obviously the VVL. Currently running VRS 3" piping with a Thrush 3"x 24" glasspack for a resontator and a original WS 3" muffler, this set up sounds great inside the car (no drone) but outside it sounds a 1100 with a Yoshimira pipe when the VVL cracks. Prior to the WS i had a magnaflow oval and it was extremely loud, hopin your 2.5' piping will keep it quieter than mine Viprdude. CleanSER, If your lookin for quiet please do yourself a favor and get the largest resonator and muffler you can fit under there, what i mean by large is ones with a large body and alot of packing. More packing = less drone, atleast from my experiences.

Another thing I just noticed about your system. Your resonator is 6" and mine is 4". I know Vadim had clearance issues with 6" on a B14. I have a 4" on there now and when the system had no holes in it, it was not loud, but certainly not quiet. It droned on highway cruising near 3000rpm. I am hoping the extension on the resonator and the oval muffler will eliminate the droning and make it quieter than my video of the first exhaust install.

Wish me luck, fellas!

Updated first post with videos.

Exhaust is on. Pictures are uploading now. More videos to come in the next few days.

You and me...two vultures on the same "exhaust threads." Quiet, simple, and good flow characteristics. Is that too much to ask? Oh yeah...make it ten bucks. Shipped.

I absolutely have to replace my 17-year old OEM cat back. It is shot. I actually cannot put it off much longer. It does not sound like ass yet, but I bet I could punch a finger through a few spots on my muffler.


That it highly appealing.


One, is that an entirely bolt-on affair? Because that has a very strong appeal to me.

Two. The apparent differences are in the header and the muffler as you are both using Magnaflow and VRS piping for everything else (correct?). The header we can agree would have minimal effect on the exhaust note (assuming there is an exhaust), so is the main sound difference in the Apexi muffler?


Thank you sir for the highly informative and well-documented thread.

Looking forward to the video.

Vids are on page one. Before and After vids are listed. My YouTube page is accessible from any of my sigs as well.

Sweet.

Just listened. Much better "after." Deeper, subdued and more mellow when idling, and significantly quieter when revving. Plus the 2.5" tip looks very "stockish" to me, it is certainly not an "attention getter" of any sorts. A very, very noticeable improvement all the way around.

My only concern/question is did you rev to the same RPM in both videos?

Hah, I was JUST finding this. The Day three video has a slow crepe rev to 3500 and then a list of throttle (of the old system) and the new "Day one" system. The car is revved slowly up to 3500 rpm and then zero throttle. That is when they are similar. As well as same parking location and stuff. Environmental acoustics are relatively the same. Same model camera.

Like I said, I will have more videos up. I lost my cable a few days after I put up my first videos, just bought a new cable for $1.64 and got an offer from another member to use his in-car rally cam. I will have more videos.

Lovin the setup, no raspy at all and I guess dyno butt showed some gains too

I do not trust my butt anymore. I will get on a real dyno August 21 at Import Intelligence during the SR20 meet and greet day.

It sounds LEAGUES better than the previous setup.

My previous setup DRONED hard at cruising on the highway speeds. (You know, 50-70, the only legal speeds you get anymore in PA)

No more droning, the car is an absolute pleasure to daily around town, when it gets 5200 plus, it gets much more louder compared to farting around town. But, still loads quieter than the previous setup.