I want my 2.5 engine rumble back!

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Just to get all your attention, I'm posting a new thread that has a shef life of only 36 hours! Rang the exhaust shop and he laughed when I yold him the car was too loud. No worries, he says, bring it back monday and We'll quieten it down.... What do you reckon? Keep the 2 1/2 and replace the rear muff. New headers and a cat will come later with more funds, but what can I do to get that subtle rumble from the 2.5 without ( I have to admit it... gulp) sounding like a bloody lancer. Those cars with the big exhaust sound and little to back it up were the ones I always heaped cr@p onto... Now I'm one of those drivers! Help me restore my pride in driving my beaut wagon ! I want my engine rumble back!

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haha, do U think its too loud? Or did ur gf get a hold of you and make u take it bacK?!

Change muffler only.

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PM me buddy, http://img531.imageshack.us/img531/6194/movie050mw5.flv

that is what my NA gen2 sounds like. And sounds even better in person.

It wont rumble without Aftermarket Extractors.
The reason is, the OEM items actually fire the pullses into each other, i know this utterly stupid and i myself cant understand why this is
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no, it actually does sound like one of those lancer cars with an exhaust tip. We went for an impulsive midnight drive to Wollongong last night through bundeena National park, absolutely beautiful, but I have to say that the droning noise of the muffler when climbing and when the emgine sits about 2 1/2 thou rpm reverberates throughout the car and we both (thats right WE!) arent the biggest fans. As I said, I'm kind of impulsive and the car will be doing a few long drives, which I absolutley love, and we aint gonna bear that Milo tin lancer sound for hours and hours on end. What size pipe? Any pref on the muffler also? I'll keep the exhaust and just change the rear end..... 2 1/2 pipe out the back?

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Nice oval sports muffler will fix it..  You'll love it..  My wagon has a diff back 2.5" in 4" out and sounds sweet..  no drone..

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This is what I've got, no drone, almost silent at idle, but barks like and angry dog when the foot is planted, good for watching rexy drivers crap them self at the lights smile

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3851/1004678sr2.jpg

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http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p301/blak_b4/gtrear.jpg

4 inch tip does it for me...

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:ohmy:   i had a 4inch tip on my old cannon, i thought it stuck out too much, just my opinion tho.

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Suprauc wrote:

This is what I've got, no drone, almost silent at idle, but barks like and angry dog when the foot is planted, good for watching rexy drivers crap them self at the lights smile
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huh? i dont understand??

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what dont you understand?

Also, i just remebered that these headers wont fit an Gen2 RX, my bad sorry.

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i have a set of headers now. have a full zorst now too that i need to get rid off. shame your in sidanee but.

Uneven headers are what will give you that burble. like paul said his style wont fit the rx due to the xmember. same thing happened with my styled ones so i had them modified to fit.

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postage FTMFW.

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Suprauc wrote:

postage FTMFW.
Prob find it cheaper to buy a set and have them modified than send something like that down

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Get Quote. I'm fairly sure it wouldn't be big_smile

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I dont mind the exhaust at the back at all, Actually I quite like it,  but the sound seems very hollow and the buuuur while accelerating is really giving me the shi#s. Will custom headers and cat solve the problem? Can anyone recommend a place in Sydney for custom manifolds? MRT? I want it to pur at idle and roar when the foot goes down. (yeah i know the engine is stock but I'm yhinking in the long run I'm gonna stick to N/A rather than a conversion. Maybe a rebuild /new motor in a few years though.

So anyone..... keep the canon and get new headers or ditch the canon and eventually get new headers anyway?

Suprauc, why do you say the pod will do more harm than good? I notice much cleaner revs and smoother accel, also the insulation would keep hot engine bay air out and suck cool air in from the intake hole made by Subaru, no? I do like the sound of it, but I like performance better....

Cheers all!

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Muffler wont make the car go Bup-bup-bup.
The headers will.

Also the Pod will be sucking in hot air, search "resonatorectomy" or "CAI" for better options.

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that hollow sound is also due to the fact the zorst is still clean. Meaning the carbon that is in the exhaust gases hasnt lined the metal hence the harsh sound. once it does line it, you will notice the car sounds smoother than tinnie

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when you guys say they wont fit an RX, and that you have to modify them, what exactly did you have to mod?

wont the turbo ones fit? i dont know how these boxer engines work, but arent the turbo headers the same but they utilise an up-pipe to go from headers to turbo instead of going straight to the exhaust?

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castek wrote:

when you guys say they wont fit an RX, and that you have to modify them, what exactly did you have to mod?
wont the turbo ones fit? i dont know how these boxer engines work, but arent the turbo headers the same but they utilise an up-pipe to go from headers to turbo instead of going straight to the exhaust?
thanks
have to extend the pipe work that heads up to the motor as they, the headers, hit the x member.

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that sounds pretty easy. did you do it yourself or get the exhaust place to do it?

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The zorst place bought them from X-force. X-force said they were a direct fit. they weret so they modded them and xforce got the bill

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Suprauc wrote:

This is what I've got, no drone, almost silent at idle, but barks like and angry dog when the foot is planted, good for watching rexy drivers crap them self at the lights smile
http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3851/1004678sr2.jpg
what exhaust is that?
i like the look of it, almost OEM looking just shinier smile

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