I need to hear some of these in person. I know this thing needs something although I'm definitely not a fan of the fart can, those high-pitched lawnmower exhausts are out of the question. From what I heard in a clip on youtube, the Borla sounds decent. I'd buy it if there weren't concerns with fitment. So, I'm open to options. I need to hear them in person before I take the plunge and as of yet, I have never come across an RX8 with aftermarket exhaust.
I live in west county... anyone around?

 

I live in south city, but grew up in Ballwin and I do go there quite often. My 8 has RX7 store exhaust (magnaflow mufflers, but sold by rx7store.com). I've had it for about a year and like it. Gives a good deep note without being too loud. Some of the other STL 8 owners can give a less biased opinion of my exhaust!

TerretsBoy has Borla exhaust and lives near me in Shrewsbury. We need to plan a get together so you can hear this stuff. I'd almost rather you drive your Z06!

 

I could do that.

 

Based on comments from owners across the forum, it seems like a lot of the aftermarket exhausts sound pretty good as long as you keep the factory cat in place. Add in a test pipe, or even a race cat and the sound of many of the exhausts get loud and annoying. Does TerretsBoy still have the stock cat in place with his Borla? I know the Borla has been reported to sound pretty bad with a test pipe in place, but pretty nice otherwise. The Borla is also one of the few 3" exhausts though if you are looking at FI. I currently have an RP supercat on mine, but running the factory exhaust still and would love to hear some aftermarket exhaust first hand as well.

 

All the STL 8s i know have cats on still. N1OS you're the first i've heard with anything else.

 

Not sure if you were there that day at Wim's or not, Fisher, but I remember when we were working on my exhaust and had it dropped prior to the cat.....man, that thing sounded mean. I know Bill and I were chuckling about the sound it put out.

 

How about the 3rd? I am also interested in hearing the different notes.

 

I have Greddy exhaust and it sounds great. Architect i live in west county in Ballwin if u wanna hear mine just say time and place and we can meet.

 

I got a Racing beat 3" racepipe and their Rev-8 exhaust... sounds amazing... how a true high-strung rotary should sound.. I live in south county if anybody is interested.