so I just got done fabing up the rest of my exhaust system for the RX.

I already was running the Ghetto 2.5" down pipe I made and the last guy chopped the muffler and did 2.5 pipe(no muffler) out the back. so it had a good down pipe and axle back system but restrictive middle.

he he.. not any more:)

 

I did the center all 2.5" pipe as well. man the test drive was loud.

its going to be fun in the dirt but I dont think I could drive it long on the street without going deaf or geting pulled over all the time.

 

and turbo whine? oh yeah. you can hear it purr at idle:slobber:

 

pics would be lame and you really would not appreciate the sound unless you heard it in pearson. so no.

why post this if you're not going to share this awesome sound with us?

 

don't be such a lameass and record that sound j/k

 

Joost

When I had my first turbo(second Subie), The exhaust fell apart on my ride home from getting it inspected! So, I cut the exhaust 3 inches past the O2 bung on the downpipe, clamped on some flexible exhaust pipe to make the bend down, and clamped on a small glasspack muffler. That was my exhaust for a year and man was that loud! I could see people turning to see what the hell was flying down the road and see the confusion on their faces when they saw a blue Subaru! The turbo whine sounded sweet too!

I have 2.5" exhaust with no muffler and its not that loud. Of course, I do have 2 cats still.

 

-Brian

My EA81T has a cat. and 2.5" piping. The outlet is something like 3". It sounds 'throaty' and I love it; I can turn heads toward my vehicle by rev'ing it and the off-throttle sound as it rev's down is probably my favorite thing ever.

I suspect my sound will change when i put my 2.5" catless downpipe in. The Stock downpipe is on there right now with 2.5" welded to the end of the downpipe, going to a high flow cat and 2.5" to the end of the car.

 

-Brian

You might try a couple of glasspacks in series. One where the cat used to be and the other where the muffler used to be. I did this on a 4cyl Porsche and it really sounded tough but not annoying. Smooth ...

Try eliminating the exhaust all together and just have the downpipe. I drove like this on my way to an exhaust shop to have a custom exhaust made and installed. Now that was LOUD!

i was drivin around like that for awhile until i got my 2.5 in catback. loved the looks of people next to me wondering what the hell it was