RPI exhaust - the gates of hell have opened

[johanness]

Sooooo excited to get these on, and so let down by the experience. I've run loud Corsa's on my old SRT-8, a straight-thru system on my turbo B-20 '73 Volvo 142, hell even my current turbo 62 Beetle is tame compared to this thing - and it's a beast!

It's not even the fact that my change rattles in the ashtray when I drive around town, or that my voice trembles when I'm on Bluetooth (which has been rendered inoperable).

I don't give a rip about drone, or my in-cab experience at all. My door panels could fall off from the vibration, and I wouldn't care.

But it's the disconcerting amount of db this thing throws outside of the car. On top of that, this thing sounds like a 92 Civic with a huge fart-can driving around town. I don't think the carpet matches the drapes.

Does it tone down at all once it's get carbon-ed up? I mean, women duck when I drive by and god forbid I give it any throttle in a tunnel or over-pass.

I feel like I'm slinking down in my seat, embarrassed by the whole ordeal. Looks like I'll be on the Stromung group-buy despite my loathing for the last experience I had with them.

There'll be a brand new set of RPI exhaust up for sale soon.

TLDR: Hear these in person before you throw down your $.

[ZeD4Mr]

Let me hear them before you take them off..

[SCHMOUPE]

I can't speak to RPIs but have gone through a few set of other M exhausts and I can relate to your experiences. All exhausts tame down after breaking in but I think RPI's are going to stay pretty wild. On an unrelated note I was pulled over recently for having a very loud car. Mind you this was in early winter with everyone's windows rolled up and I was doing 25-30 in 3rd or 4th gear. Keep that in mind as you could probably get pulled over for those RPIs

[seank]

With that kind of write-up, they may be more difficult to sell. "I hate them, but you will love them!"

[Devious21]

I lol'd at the title.

I've had the pleasure(?) of hearing these in person. I have to concur with your whole post

[Cybmx]

Strange, I had the exact opposite experience when I just got it. From the outside it sounded just right, maybe a bit quitter than my liking. But, the vibration/drone inside the car drove me nuts. Fortunately the drone is all gone now…

[Devious21]

Originally Posted by Cybmx

Strange, I had the exact opposite experience when I just got it. From the outside it sounded just right, maybe a bit quitter than my liking. But, the vibration/drone inside the car drove me nuts. Fortunately the drone is all gone now…

J-pipe?

[nekky]

I'll buy your RPIs... PM me.

[johanness]

Originally Posted by seank

With that kind of write-up, they may be more difficult to sell. "I hate them, but you will love them!"

They're not for me, that's it. Other people obviously love them. It could very well be that they're not as obnoxious from the street, so I'm meeting with a fellow Zpost member to get some perspective next sunny break we get.

My fire sale won't play into your theory.

[pokeybritches]

Diablos are 75% the volume with way more balls.

[Nate4641]

Originally Posted by johanness

god forbid I give it any throttle in a tunnel or over-pass.

Hopefully he will because that much fun should (and just might) be illegal. They do tame a little bit with time, but tunnels are just a hysterical blast to downshift and rip through.

[pokeybritches]

Diablos

[Devious21]

God. I need to get some kind of mic to record the evolve tunnel sound.

[dubsesd]

Get someone to drive your car and you listen to it from the street. It literally sounds 5x quieter than in the cabin. I installed decibel batting in my trunk space cavities behind the carpet, installed dkf hangers and let the exhaust get a little use. I don't find them loud at all anymore. Sometimes I wish they were louder. With any loud exhaust however, you will get drone unless you make a j pipe.

[a_riddler]

Let me know the next time you are going to be around Seattle. I'd like to compare the RPI's with a full DKF setup.

[dubsesd]

I think dkf is definitely louder

[johanness]

Could be I have the perfect storm with headers, SuperSprint X-pipe and these cans. However I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and get some drive-bys done with me outside the car along w/ detailed videos.
Right now I feel like I'm firing a rapid-fire cannon at the cars behind me. It is a deep sound tho

[DRedman45]

I have been considering swapping from stromungs to rpi, but I just can't justify spending money to do it since the stromungs sound so fantastic haha

if you are interested in a milder set up stromung is the way to go

[dubsesd]

I used to have stromung and loved them, but as a weekend car, they were a little dull for my taste (and it made my car sound like a prius when cruising with porsches and lambos) so I changed to rpi. I can see yours being exceptionally loud since you have both headers and x pipe! I even baffled my rpi inlets before installing to mute some sound, and I cant see myself with anither exhaust.

[DRedman45]

Originally Posted by dubsesd

I used to have stromung and loved them, but as a weekend car, they were a little dull for my taste (and it made my car sound like a prius when cruising with porsches and lambos) so I changed to rpi. I can see yours being exceptionally loud since you have both headers and x pipe! I even baffled my rpi inlets before installing to mute some sound, and I cant see myself with anither exhaust.

Yeah that is basically my reasoning for wanting to change it up, although my set up is certainly not quiet by any means and wide open it sounds amazing, but I don't get the burble on downshifts that I want haha.

[Yvette]

check any
loose bolts under, i had
loose bolts
on hanger and tighted it ,vibration got better

[pocket hercules]

Anyone have a j pipe installed with there RPI exhaust?