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05-17-2013, 09:31 PM | #45 |
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Mike, if you're still in town for the long weekend we should find a time for a quick meet-up; I'd like to hear your setup. Who knows, if I like it, you may have a local buyer if your month-long eval ends unfavourably.
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Thanks for the ride! It's difficult to tell after a quick trip on city streets, but it sounds pretty sweet and low down to me. Definitely a nice rumble from outside the car.
For mine, I'll probably start at the front (headers and section 1) before doing x-pipe and mufflers. |
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No prob Steve.
If your goal is ultimately performance, makes sense to start at the front, though I wonder if a more restrictive muffler might hurt potential performance gains. Not sure though. |
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05-18-2013, 07:51 PM | #50 |
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Have you had the car hot yet Mike? My exhaust gets louder when I've done a long cruise or hit the track. Your volume will go up when everything is hot.
Give it at least a month of solid driving. Toss in the carpet in the back like I did and you will get used to it. The carpet reduced the noise a little bit. However, top down, it won't make a ounce of difference :P Would love to hear it. Did you guys meet up today? |
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05-18-2013, 08:13 PM | #51 |
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Mike; you may want to hear mine before you go making changes.
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I dunno about the whole top down and the mat not making a difference. I don't think it will be a cure all but since there does not seam to be as much drone when standing outside, I can only assume a lot of it is coming from resonance of some of the metal (trunk pan, etc) and that's why I really hear the majority of it in the car. Just a theory, we'll see. |
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05-20-2013, 06:49 AM | #53 |
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Mike usually on roadster/cabrio you have less drone with the roof down.
The whole cabin act like an resonating chamber. For example, we just had a Mini Roadster in for the full tune job (full oversize exhaust - downpipe, cat, centr pipe and muffler, Evolve Intercooler, Evolve R tune, Ohlins coilovers) and it sounds fantastic but it does drone with the roof up and the windows closed. Do you have pictures of your car with the exhaust fitted? Videos? |
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