Well some of you have probably seen me post this before on my last RX-8 but now i have it on this one. My straight pipe no muffler exhuast is finished again. Here are some pics.
Hopefully i can get a sound clip soon...
***EDIT***
Well i got a sound clip already but its really shitty quality so you dont get the full potential of it But anywho here the bad quality version till i get unlazy and make a better one. And yes I'm sorry you get to see my fatty love handles when im getting in the car

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6SwjZTrA124

 

that's gonna sound like the speedsource car

 

Nice way to shed about 35Lbs

 

*BUMP* for editing and "cheap" sound clip

 

All the bugs ran away!

 

good god thats loud

 

thats nice, i would like to do that but i dont know where to begin and what kind of piping i need, what angle to bend and things like that or else i would...give me some instructions!

 

goto a muffler shop

 

That is a good sound. But is it possible to cruise quietly when needed? How many decibels at 1 meter are we talking about?

I might do something like that if they can quiet it enough with resonators.

 

I see why you need a new rear bumper cover now. What do the Police say about that? Wait till they put a decible meter 75 feet away.

 

It's actually quite quiet on the inside of the car when cruising.

 

heh. I kinda doubt that.

My car was loud as fck with the borla + catless midpipe (with resonator). With straight pipes all the way through, you should be several times louder than what I had.

And what I had was so bad I had to remove the borla and go back to the stock exhaust that same day.

 

He has the full catalytic converter, just straight piping after the cat.

I found a custom muffler shop and showed them your photos. Being temporarily in IL I was lucky to find them amongst the farms and cornfields. They can repair the hole in my existing stainless exhaust, plus build me a straight pipe exhaust like yours. It will cost me $300 for tips and pipes for a 3 hour job, if I reuse the middle pipe on my existing exhaust. If I want to build a new middle pipe, it will be $400.

What piping did you choose? Aluminized, 304 stainless steel, or the 409 stainless steel? This shop only has the 409 stainless which turns brown, or the aluminized piping which will rot out after some time. They do not have 304 piping nor silencer tips. They also do not have a mandrel bender, so I'm worried about not having mandrel piping like all the production exhausts do.

I notice your middle pipe is custom with two outlets. Any reason why you had two independent pipes coming out, rather than a Y pipe? What inlet and outlet diameters is your piping?

 

I'm not so sure of the "type" of metal used. But the custom middle pipe is so that i could maintain 2 1/2" inlet and 2 1/2" outlets cuz most conventional y pipes have a size reduction in the outlet. The tips i bought myself from pepboys. The tips costed $64 after taxes and the muffler shop that did my work (A1 Muffler) in Sierra Vista charged me $165 for the custom y pipe, piping, and labor. So total I spent $229 and am very happy wiith my results. But it was important to me to have 2 1/2 inch piping the whole way through. Everything else is still stock still got the stock cats and everything else. I have a catless midpipe but thats for when i get a turbo its too loud otherwise.

 

I have an appointment for next Saturday, 8:30 AM. Should take 3 hours. I have the ability to make a nice sound recording, but all my microphones and gear are in storage back in CA. I'll have to wait until sometime next year to make a decent sound recording. Thanks for posting the sound clip. I'll take pics for future use, but not sure if I'll actually post them yet when I can't make a sound clip because people start whining.

My current exhaust has melted through the shrouds, and may start eating through my painted bumper on the drive to FL. I don't want to pay $250 for the Mazda chrome exhaust finishers when $300-$400 solves the problem and gives me a totally sick, totally loud sound that can totally own anybody. I don't know, it might even be loud enough to own myself while driving.

 

hehe well welcome to the no muffler club... Population... me and you LOL i htink youll like it. And you'll see that inside isnt quite as loud as others think

 

damn it! i wanna know how to do this!

 

Well Dozer hopefully you'll get to see it in person. I'm gonna wash my car today and wax the trunk/spoiler and take some pics and if you like it then on sunday or something we can arrange to check out swapping trunks. I know i said i was gonna do it earlier but ive been in the hospitol and in phoenix getting parts for my * so yeah.

 

Wow! that is something I am wanting to do? Do you feel any power loss without the muffler? thanks...

 

power gain without the muffler

 

man that thing is loud...hope AZ cops dont care much about the sound

 

Sweet! Debating if I really want too? I live in Cali, and I know I will for sure get notice? But thanks for the Idea of what it looks like and sounds!

 

I HIGHLY recommend a shop that's located in Garden Grove.

B&M Performance
10622 Garden Grove Blvd.
Garden Grove, CA 92843
(714)537-8604

They do a really good job at VERY great prices. I strongly recommend it!
(They'll even make you a cat delete pipe for only $80)

 

I'm looking to do a electronic flange after the cat, so power gain without a muffler right?? Any CEL??

 

thats f'in loud man. you made that ant run away