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Originally Posted by serialk11r
Let me ask you a question, do you think your car is loud?
My MR2 has extra sound deadening over the firewall and a stock muffler, and it's louder in the cabin than my FR-S when it had a track pipe, despite sounding just like a stock Corolla from the outside. There is such a thing as unacceptably loud.
Even if you don't care about loud, there's also the heat issue. You cannot pipe air to the center of the engine so it gets hot, and so you'll need substantial thermal insulation. This is why a Porsche Cayman is not much lighter than a Boxster with its power soft top.
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no my car is quiet. My last car was a Yaris, and I removed everything behind the front two seats. It had even less insulation than the twins do and I literally could here the gas sloshing in the tank if I turned off the radio. It was wondrous. If you get the venting and ducting done properly heating won't be an issue. The VW Bug was rear engined and never once did anyone complain about the car being too hot.