Experimenting for that perfect sound
05-13-2016, 01:10 AM
#26
Senior Member
05-17-2016, 05:48 PM
#29
Member
Well, latest installment.
I went back to try the straight pipe with an H crossover in place of the X pipe this morning. The guys at the shop didn't want me to waste my time or money testing that since I felt the straight pipes with no crossover were already too loud. They almost talked me out of it but I figured if I'm going to test, I'm going to test all options. To everyone's disbelief, the H pipe quieted down the straight pipes considerably. It gave back that refined sound, it's now a bit louder than with the resonator, has a nice sharp bark upon start up, a good mellow rumble at idle, sharp nasty revs, and a nice bit of raspiness on up/down shifts. I expected a slight sound difference over straight pipes but I didn't expect this level of muffling by just adding the H...and neither did the guys at the shop with decades of exhaust experience.
Anyways, this is the best set up so far, followed by resonator in place. I think my experimenting is done and I'll try to get some sound clips up.
I went back to try the straight pipe with an H crossover in place of the X pipe this morning. The guys at the shop didn't want me to waste my time or money testing that since I felt the straight pipes with no crossover were already too loud. They almost talked me out of it but I figured if I'm going to test, I'm going to test all options. To everyone's disbelief, the H pipe quieted down the straight pipes considerably. It gave back that refined sound, it's now a bit louder than with the resonator, has a nice sharp bark upon start up, a good mellow rumble at idle, sharp nasty revs, and a nice bit of raspiness on up/down shifts. I expected a slight sound difference over straight pipes but I didn't expect this level of muffling by just adding the H...and neither did the guys at the shop with decades of exhaust experience.
Anyways, this is the best set up so far, followed by resonator in place. I think my experimenting is done and I'll try to get some sound clips up.
01-31-2019, 05:20 PM
#30
Reviving this old but useful thread.
I just went catless and I also have straight pipes in place of resonator its loud with throttle, there is 0 drone and it sounds normal during regular driving. I do however have a question for anyone with similar setups
my only complaint about this setup, emphasis on "only" is that Im not really a fan of how the idle sounds. the idle isnt loud or obnoxious by any means but its slightly choppy like an american muscle car sound. I dont really like that and im wondering if putting H pipe or resonator would fix that? based on Chiro's post im already pretty decided on trying the H pipe but I want to know if adding the H will fix the choppy ness at idle . I dont want an x pipe, not really a fan. if anyone can answer this let me know.
I just went catless and I also have straight pipes in place of resonator its loud with throttle, there is 0 drone and it sounds normal during regular driving. I do however have a question for anyone with similar setups
my only complaint about this setup, emphasis on "only" is that Im not really a fan of how the idle sounds. the idle isnt loud or obnoxious by any means but its slightly choppy like an american muscle car sound. I dont really like that and im wondering if putting H pipe or resonator would fix that? based on Chiro's post im already pretty decided on trying the H pipe but I want to know if adding the H will fix the choppy ness at idle . I dont want an x pipe, not really a fan. if anyone can answer this let me know.
02-01-2019, 12:08 AM
#31
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Thread Starter
Reviving this old but useful thread.
I just went catless and I also have straight pipes in place of resonator its loud with throttle, there is 0 drone and it sounds normal during regular driving. I do however have a question for anyone with similar setups
my only complaint about this setup, emphasis on "only" is that Im not really a fan of how the idle sounds. the idle isnt loud or obnoxious by any means but its slightly choppy like an american muscle car sound. I dont really like that and im wondering if putting H pipe or resonator would fix that? based on Chiro's post im already pretty decided on trying the H pipe but I want to know if adding the H will fix the choppy ness at idle . I dont want an x pipe, not really a fan. if anyone can answer this let me know.
I just went catless and I also have straight pipes in place of resonator its loud with throttle, there is 0 drone and it sounds normal during regular driving. I do however have a question for anyone with similar setups
my only complaint about this setup, emphasis on "only" is that Im not really a fan of how the idle sounds. the idle isnt loud or obnoxious by any means but its slightly choppy like an american muscle car sound. I dont really like that and im wondering if putting H pipe or resonator would fix that? based on Chiro's post im already pretty decided on trying the H pipe but I want to know if adding the H will fix the choppy ness at idle . I dont want an x pipe, not really a fan. if anyone can answer this let me know.
