Man this sounds awesome. Really can't wait..Just hope my cat lasts long enough for this! And put it through the paces Flashwing..? So you sat in your garage and held the engine to 9k RPM for an hour or something? ;P

I held the motor at 9k rpms for quite a while but I wasn't sitting in my garage...:)

I wasnt thinking of going midpipe route since my exhaust is on the louder side....but this midpipe sounds greatt.....any chance of testing it on a Exoticspeed R1-T cat back??

At this point, unless Charles demands to do so, I don't think we'll be conducting any more sound tests on other RX8's.

It's my standing opinion, and I believe the opinion of others who have helped, that the mid-pipe simply allows a moderate increase in sound from your cat-back exhaust. Simply put, if you enjoy the true sound of your cat back then you'll enjoy the sound of our mid-pipe.

I'll be working with Easy this week to see if we can get the video up from this past weekend. It's been busy around BHR's western HQ but I'll try and get something up for everyone.

What we've found is very very little noise increase over stock cat. Barely audible.
And the main perk was the tone got lower.
So if you have a stock mid pipe don't expect your car to be ear splitting loud.
Expect just to here the exhaust note change from tingy to throaty.

Oooh..So you were polluting Ray's garage then? ;)

Sounds awesome guys. Just still curious on the final suggestion for suggested Gaskets. I know Ray is very plug and play, and mentioned hopefully just being able to use the stock donut gaskets, but I'm curious if thats recommended for my setup, which has a aftermarket header, and the aftermarket catback.

well thenn i guess this is going to be the midpipe for me :-)


PS- Zelse get outta hereeee! ;-)

I tried this midpipe as well and all I can says is WOW. I experienced no noticable difference of noise in my cabin during idle or under heavy load. What do I mean by heavy load. 9000 rpm's thru 1 and 2nd gear before getting off the gas so I wouldn't get into trouble. :) Now was the sound different, YES. Less of the normal tinny sound a rotary puts out and more of a nice low tone. Great job RAY and the BHR crew.

Really looking forward to this coming out! Think it will be ready by SS XII?

What are you using for a header to mid--pipe gasket now. Send me some pics.

Azlizard was the one person that worried me about the pipe making to much noise. The man likes the no sound stealth mode.
And sure enough it was quiet on his car. So quiet you could barely tell any chang from stock.
Other than it was a deeper tone.

It will be ready before SSXII.

the best rotary exhaust packing material is stainless steel "scrubble", it simply won't burn up or mat down over time

And?

Flashwing has the test videos. He will make a nice full length movie for your viewing enjoyment.

Eric I think you need to get it right. You're not retards, your rotards

I know it works on my pots and pans :)

sure, the OE muffler has no packing either and is very quiet

IMO packing can always make any muffler/resonator quieter. I'm not really a fan of the Flowmaster concept etc., but these are all just general statements of experience not intended to reflect on your product, which I have zero experience with anyway :dunno:

just friendly talk from a guy who's on your side :)

fixed :wink2:

Testing Your Midpipe
 

Just thought I'd ask...

I'm on the track May 29th at Oregon Raceway Park. I'll be running my modified supercat midpipe, but I think I may kill it on the track. So, you want me to test your prototype at the track?

If not, thats OK. I may just cut the cat out of my midpipe for this event.

So that means...

:dunno:

Means no I'm assuming. :( I just hope this is released before my cat goes.. I really don't wanna be out of race season when I'm doing SCCA for the first time this year. :(

Guy's as much as BHR would love to give everybody one to try out,,,, we just can't.
Development is under way for the finished product. It will be out, I hope, by the end of the month. At least our first finished production model.

Wow, what sh-tty customer service :stickpoke

:lol: :p:

that's great! +1 for accelerated timelines. ;)

:fingersx:

LOL - I was hoping to thrash the crap out it on the 29th... Hope my home built one works!

:lol:

End of the month... DAMN! That's quick! (I know its a maybe)