WTB, quiet Exhaust... suggestions?

Hey all.

I am tired of my Thermal, and I want a new exhaust.

I know mugen's are really quiet, but I dont care to spend $1100.

DC's are just as bad as mine, I dont know why people think they are quiet.

apex'i or any other with a silencer is not an option.


Is the Comptech quiet?

Is there a way to use a stock muffler with mandrel bend pipes? Or anyway to modify a stock muffler? Or a Type-R muffler? THis way would be preferred if at all possible, to go back to the sleeper look/sound, but I have no clue how feasbile, or how much HP may be lost.

Any other suggestions?

BTW< the car is a 4dr GSR.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 22, 2003 07:08 PM: Message edited by: gsrteggie ]</font>

I've been thinking about the same thing these days. I'm pretty tired of my Borla. It's not "that" loud, I guess. I REALLY like the way the new G35 coupes and 350z's sound. I want an exhaust that can emulate that soft burble.

I know someone on this board has a Remus exhaust. How are those?

Okay, I'm gonna confess my shameful story. But I'm happy with the sound and that's all that's important.

I had one of the Greddy systems, (from header to exhaust) I never did like the sound all that much when it was new, but as it aged (either me or the system) it just began to sound worse.

I was at Pepboys (for something else at the time), and looked at some of their universal exhausts, and bought one for 100$. I took my car to Meinike muffler, and they cut off that shitcan greddy, (just the exhaust and tip) and put on this new shitcan. I don't have the reciept anymore, but the printing says "AR racing" on the tail pipe. I think, its American products company but not sure. I measured the inside diameter at 2 1/2 inches. The inside of the exhaust has a swirl going through the center of it when you look through it and it marked as a universal muffler for imports.

And get this: THIS FUCKER IS LOUDER, BUT SOUNDS BETTER THAN THE GREDDY EVER DID. It gives off a low growl -- even the two guys working at the shop were impressed with the difference -- neither of them particularly import fans either. Further more it doesn't give me a headache.

But this is just my opinion, and your results may vary. I'm just offering my 2 cents. I also added a resonater to the pipe around the area of the car near the (approx under my seat) to the original greddy system -- so this may make a differnece as well.

My car came stock with a 1 and 3/4 inch exhaust. I eventually went with the DC Sports catback, and had it for maybe 2 years, and eventually got tired of the loud import stereotype exhaust sound, so I traded it with a guy for an SI catback exhaust... sure I'm getting a bit less HP out of it than the DC, but more than stock, but it's a hell of a lot quieter, and its 2 and 1/4 inch piping, the same as the DC Sports.

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Reddelsol. . . did you add a 2nd resonator or was that your first resonator?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Greddy built one in, so really there are two. I could probably take one out and get by though. The second resonator was really an attempt to fix the greddy, and although it did quiet it down, it really didn't change the overall tone.

I had the same complaint with my Thermal until I snapped and traded it for a Greddy Evo with a mid-pipe resonator. It's way quieter with the Greddy. I can actually carry on a normal conversation in my car now and listen to the radio.

Definitely Old-School RS*R... I had a DC system, and got sick of the droning noise on long trips, so I luckily scored the RS*R from a kid in Central Jersey. It's quiet as stock.
If you can find one, it's a great way to not sacrifice HP and keep the volume down!

http://www.ranneypeimer.com/RSR2.JPG

There is a guy on H-T that sells mandrel piping and he sells magnaflow mufflers. K-teller I think is his name. Someone on here has this setup its 2.5 and he said it was loud but said he put a 18 magnaflow resonator and its ALOT quieter. I will check to see if I can find that post for you.

B18C-Check PM

Reddelsol. . . did you add a 2nd resonator or was that your first resonator?

can i weld a type-r muffler onto my thermal (i.e. cut the muffler off), yet still have mandrel bends up to the muffler?

I think this can be possible if I can find the exhaust itself.

<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ November 24, 2003 02:27 AM: Message edited by: gsrteggie ]</font>