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Originally Posted by Ganthrithor
IIRC it was some stupid law about tips extending past the bumper surfaces or something. The JDM tips poke. Yeah, the stock exhaust looks like shit.
Haha, yeah, never-not redline this car. The engine gets pretty happy at the top end.
I, too, am spoiled by better sounds. I'm really not sure what to do with my car. I've got a resonated Milltek catback on it right now that sounds good (it's similar in character to the stock exhaust, but a bit louder and a little bassier / more rumbly / growly, especially in the bottom half of the tach under load). Unfortunately because it maintains a similar overall sound to the stock exhaust, it still sounds a bit characterless (especially at high rpms once it stops growling) and it's a little quiet. I'm really at a loss regarding what to do, since it's nice to have an exhaust that's not too loud on your daily driver, but it's also a little boring at times.
Unfortunately, after listening to god knows how many clips of various exhaust setups on youtube it seems like your options with this car basically boil down to:
- EL headers and louder exhaust: sounds like every generic ricer car ever.
- UEL headers and "make it sound like an STI": I think the thundering rumble suits the WRXs, but just seems out of place on a a high-strung engine that makes no torque.
IDK, even the old Porsche 912s (another boxer 4) sounded better than our cars. The Elise with a little 1.8L I4 sounds better than our cars. Surely there must be a way to make them sound less boring without making them sound like a ricer Civic or a WRX. I hope I can figure it out sometime, otherwise I might have to give in to my Porsche temptations and just get that flat-six sound.
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Yeah it is a bit strange to hear the Subaru rumble on the FR-S. Even in the youtube vids, I expect to see a WRX or STI, not the Twins. Haha, but it does sound good. If someone posts a video of the Perrin CBE (I have this exhaust) + OFH and it's not too loud, I'll probably go that route myself.
By the way, I tried looking up a video of the Milltek resonated exhaust. Deeper sounding than I was expecting!