ne0guri
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I think I'm getting too old to enjoy having a loud exhaust sound. I'd rather have better sound coming from the engine while I am accelerating. Can't wait for my PRL intake, gonna sound so niceI just want to take a minute and say that the hardest thing to do with an aftermarket exhaust is to make the car sound quieter and smoother without losing power.
I mean, come on... I look at the Abarth-tuned Fiat 500 and think, "Wow, that little car sounds tasty," before reconsidering whether I'd want to drive with that throaty exhaust EVERY SINGLE TIME I DRIVE THE CAR.
I put an aftermarket exhaust on my EP3. Fujitsubo RM-01A, spec'd for the Type-R, bolted up easy with RSX-S parts. I thought it sounded pretty sweet. That evening, I took it to the guy I bought it from, had him drive it around the industrial park, and I thought of those scenes in Initial D where the racing sounds echoed off the mountainside. From outside the car, it sounded great.
Then I drove six hours into Pennsylvania. I almost wanted to take the exhaust right back off. The drone at 70mph was not what I was accustomed to. It wasn't as bad as when the mid pipe on my '86 Civic rusted apart, but it sure wasn't civilized anymore.
This whining from journalists and bloggers about the Si's (and Type-R's) exhaust sounding "boring" is getting on my nerves. It's just not complicated, or even expensive, to make an exhaust noisier. But unless you've got an expert magician at your exhaust shop, you're not going to conjure up a muffler that's smoother (and, IMO, easier to live with) than stock.
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