hyunk24a2

hi everyone, i tried searching but all i could find were some lousy low quality sound clips and i know that they would sound different in real life. my question is which aftermarket exhaust is the loudest for the tsx. i currently have the dc sport and i love the low rumble of it but i think i might want something louder.. (i miss my teggy). ive only seen a few modded tsx's around atlanta and so i have no idea what the other exhausts sound like in real life. so maybe you guys in california or whereever could help me out?


thanks ahead of time

2k4CL9

why would u want a louder exhaust? trying to attract more cops?

mltk53

isnt the comptech pretty loud? and the greddy evo is loud too

godfather2

comptech is louder than greddy evo2

crazybaboon6000

tanabe exhaust is the loudest from what ive heard

lcrazyaznl

iTrader: (1)

I think dc sports is already loud, almost to the borderline civic sounding. It has a nice tone but its a bit too loud or drone for my comfort. Add a test pipe or even an highflow cat and that thing be a few db higher...

my fujitsubo is the quiet one and as soon as i got headers ad a highflow cat it opened up pretty nicely.

CCColtsicehockey

you sure about that. I know that the comptech header, rt cat, greddy exhaust is pretty darn loud.

EuRTSX

A little too loud Jason.


Hahaha. But it sure does sound good.

clee109

almost any exhaust on the TSX without header and cat is a bit on the quiet side. I have the comptech cat back, header, and RT cat and I don't think it's all that loud, at cruising speed you can barely hear it, it's loud on hard pulls, or up hills that's about it. But before header and cat it barely sounded louder than stock.

How about that J's Racing exhaust I hear so much about, is that loud?

hyunk24a2

i wish there were more modded tsx's around my area so i could get a feel as to how loud my exhaust is

visuelz

I have the Evo 2 exhaust and let me tell you. It is not loud at all unless you're going WOT.

ABPTSX

i think my dc sports is pretty loud, people tell me all the time that they hear me from far away. i would add a test pipe or high flow cat. or maybe skunk2 exhuast?

CCColtsicehockey

do you have a header and a hi flow cat though. my greddy had a very low sound and was not loud at all when I had it to begin with.

CCColtsicehockey

Don't know but I am sick of not knowing and about to just order it anyways.

CCColtsicehockey

my gf tells me that. she says between my exhaust and my sub she can hear me from 3 blocks away.

CCColtsicehockey

so you think my exhaust is to loud haha.

CCColtsicehockey

where is that.

CCColtsicehockey

maybe this will be loud enough for you

hyunk24a2

georgia



and as far as cops being dicks to loud exhausts they are generally pretty cool about it because the white kids with those lifted trucks are most of the time louder than any import anyways



ive looked into the hello kitty exhaust but its too pricey for me, gains i hear are terrific though

hyunk24a2

and ty ccc for whoring my thread! :p

CCColtsicehockey

well if you are BigBen is from georgia. maybe you can meet up if you too are close to each other.

Endless-Whitetsx

The greddy isnt loud until you push you car.. however my AEM SRI is louder then my exhaust for sure.. i think its the loudest intake out there haha.. as my gf says it makes my car sound like an airplane!!!

visuelz

I don't have aftermarket headers nor a high flow cat. I really don't think that will increase the sound by that much since you're only letting out a little more air. I am purchasing a header soon...

visuelz

Also....after installing the exhaust, I noticed more cabin vibration and more steering wheel vibration too at idle...

Switch

My Vibrant exhaust is pretty loud - altho not nearly as loud as other cars I've owned with bolt-on exhausts.

CCColtsicehockey

actually header plus high flow cat gives a large hp gain to tell you the truth. one of the largest if not the largest for the car.

Big Ben

I am in atlanta as you already know . I got DC header RT cat and comptech exhaust. Let me know where you want to meet up and you will be able to hear it.

JTso

iTrader: (2)

I think he is referring to sound not hp gain.
According to my observations and dyno results, the header being the first exhaust mod did increase the sound from the engine bay slightly most likely due to thinner header tubing and lack of heat shield. Very slight increased in exhaust tone. Power increase is very noticeable across the entire rpm range. The Metal' cat didn't add any noticeable sound from the outside, but the exhaust tone is ever so slightly increased. The gain is similar to the header across the entire rpm range. The overall gain is not as much as the header but the cat compliments the header very well. The exhaust on the other hand did increase the exhaust tone but with only minimal power gain when team up with the header and cat.

hyunk24a2

u thinkits worth upgrading the cat on a 06? imthinking about asking my mech to fabricate a test pipe for me

Big Ben

You can get a T1R test pipe for $184 from AJ. I still think it would be worth upgrading the cat. You will still get gains from it.

CCColtsicehockey

wont pass inspection with a testpipe though, and the gains from the test pipe over a 200 cell cat isnt worth buying both.

visuelz

Does anyone have the documentations for the Greddy Evo2 just in case the cops pull me over or if they wont pass me on inspection? =]

Audioserf

Yup. I have an 04 and just ordered an RT cat from Excelerate and am buying a Topspeed header. I'm looking forward to nice gains when I install the pair together (I don't want to do one then the other when it's easier to do both in one session). I'd get the T1R pipe for almost half the price, but I don't want to get hosed next July when I have to pass inspection. Too lazy to swap cats for the sake of going to 0cell from 200cell. Plus it probably smells and I'd feel like a bit of an a-hole for polluting so badly.

And to be more on-topic, whoever said Tanabe exhaust is the loudest is insane, I run the Tanabe MT on my 04 with an Injen CAI and it's damn quiet. At idle you can hardly tell I have a catback (except right at startup, where it hums nicely for a while until the engine warms up). Under throttle cruising at 70-80mph on the freeway it's BARELY there. You hear it when going up hills or flooring it though. If you want loud dont' buy Tanabe.

dBski11

im looking to buy a greddy evo 2 exhaust, right now i just have the injen cai in my 06 tsx, are the gains good and noticable when you put the exhaust on?

hyunk24a2

^ no most of the bolt on exhausts are not going to net any noticable gain. in fact with my dc sport exhaust i feel like i lost torque. but that might be due to a leak somewhere iono.

clee109

^the exhaust opens the engine up allowing it to breathe better, so the meager gains are met at the high end and you do lose a pinch of torque from that. That would then lead us into back pressure vs. no back pressure. Or how much back pressure is optimal.... That's a very very long debate that's been going on for years lol

hyunk24a2

^i dont know about that.. at least for the tsx. maybe if you went with a single outlet exhaust that might be true but most of the catback systems are dual canister and on an I4 engine they dont net shit for gains lol :p

look at the dyno charts, most of them typically only show like a 1-3 hp increase.

moda_way

CT header, RT cat, CT cat back w/out quiet tips.... (as quoted by the wife), "What are you, 17?"

yeah, its that loud.

Audioserf

That's funny... I've ridden in DAYTA's ride (06) with the same setup as you, moda, plus the Icebox... and it's really not that loud. A little louder than my Tanabe, and raspier, but not "hear it from two miles away ricer" loud.

Jason, care to comment?

Edit: 666th post, sweet

moda_way

I have the Icebox too, but you'd never know it was there. Funny, perception from another forum member out loudness. I know you can hear mine from a mile away, but not two. lol