Well guys I am thinking of putting some straight pipes (If I can find a used set) THe catless kind! I am wondering if there are any mods to the bumper tips ect? How much louder will it be then a first gen Fab speed LOUD! I just don't think it's loud at all.


Anyone got any for sale?


Thanks
Ralph

 

I could only imagine that catless straight pipes are going to be LOUD

 

ralph its gonna be LOUD lol , but hey go for it.

 

I'm sure Thats why I want to buy a used set. I probably won't like it. I wanted to see how much better the turbos spool.

 

100 cell cat and straight pipe vs straight pipe from turbo are about the same as far as noise. New a set is only around $500. cheapest exhaust you can buy and best hp and lightest weight to boot. Only way to go IMHO. Car accelerates faster, spools faster, and easier to heel toe, and sounds like a Cup car!!
Interior noise is not bad, can still talk and listen to the radio. At idle car sounds aggressive as it should and no cop will ever say anything to you on the street unless you get on it. Best thing I ever did!!
Of course not for the faint at heart.
Stock tips bolt right on, no mods needed.

 

some people have gone from Fabspeed Loud to straight pipes and complained about non-responsiveness. i have no personal experience but this does make some theoretical sense - exhaust velocity helps spool; with the straight pipes, the exhaust just dumps out and never really gets going.

do a search and you'll see some posts...

I, for one, have lost enough hearing thanks to my Fabspeed Loud

- chuck

 

Couldn't agree with you more Chuck.. I will admit, first fire up and day it was very cool,but then I realized it sounds horrible, big loss in low end power and overall throttle feel, throttle felt soft and loose opposed too stiff, and the sounds was so obnoxious I didn't want to drive the car ever. And this is coming from someone who had a stripped and ridiculously loud M3

 

You guys are pansy's, straight pipes FTMFW. After my truck is done, all four of my vehicles will have straigt pipes. Sure you lose a *little* low end torque, but the top end gain compensates for it ten fold. I usually don't start a race off idle anyways.

 

WHAT? (you're only 22 - i've had 10 more years to kill my ears w/ loud music, open wastegates, and this fabspeed loud exhaust...)

- chuck

 

But for the last 7 years or so I have been in racecars with no sound deadening, my hearing ain't the greatest either.

 

I had straight pipes and what got me was the drone...it is GOD AWEFUL...straight up eardrum thumping...so I went with an interesting combo...I now have a B&B GT exhaust (100 cell system from the factory) which I have blown the cats out...now, I get nearly all the straight pipe wonder during take off WITHOUT ANY DRONE WHATSOEVER...I obv through a code, but it is always easy to take off...

 

Wow!! my kinda guy!!!!!

 

Anyone ever try running supertraps? I want to have more sound at idle. A little more when I am beating on it.

Thanks
Ralph

 

Have some tissue, dont want it to get all over the car