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Poll: Which sound do you like better
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Burning Brakes
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Poll: Which sound do you like better
Which do you like better? Same car, different setup.
Feel free to guess what each setup is, winner gets a prize
So the answer is.... Setup A is the L46 stock motor, long tube headers, Pypes 2.5" X-pipe system with RacePro mufflers. 2.5" all throughout the tips. Interior tube ceramic coating all throughout. It was a little quieter than I was expecting, I think the X-pipe mellows everything down. Absolutely no drone no matter what RPMs. It does get louder during acceleration and its a nice deep tone.
So I tried setup B: same as above but no mufflers, in place of mufflers just 2.5" tubes going to the tips. At first the sound was just loud and not clean..... since then as can be heard in the additional video, it started sounding more.... "organized"? It is not too loud at idle, kind of sounds nice actually. During acceleration it gets nice and loud. Only drone is present at lower RPMs ~2k. No popping at deceleration. Video shows interior sound at highway speeds. I can have a normal conversation inside. Keep in mind I do have lizardskin on the undercarriage. Again...I think the X-pipe along with the interior tube coating keeps everything more quiet than if it wasnt there.
I'll run with no mufflers for now until it gets boring, then back to the RacePros.
Feel free to guess what each setup is, winner gets a prize
So the answer is.... Setup A is the L46 stock motor, long tube headers, Pypes 2.5" X-pipe system with RacePro mufflers. 2.5" all throughout the tips. Interior tube ceramic coating all throughout. It was a little quieter than I was expecting, I think the X-pipe mellows everything down. Absolutely no drone no matter what RPMs. It does get louder during acceleration and its a nice deep tone.
So I tried setup B: same as above but no mufflers, in place of mufflers just 2.5" tubes going to the tips. At first the sound was just loud and not clean..... since then as can be heard in the additional video, it started sounding more.... "organized"? It is not too loud at idle, kind of sounds nice actually. During acceleration it gets nice and loud. Only drone is present at lower RPMs ~2k. No popping at deceleration. Video shows interior sound at highway speeds. I can have a normal conversation inside. Keep in mind I do have lizardskin on the undercarriage. Again...I think the X-pipe along with the interior tube coating keeps everything more quiet than if it wasnt there.
I'll run with no mufflers for now until it gets boring, then back to the RacePros.
Last edited by rafalc; Oct 15, 2013 at 10:51 PM.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2011
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From: NJ
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