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Originally Posted by MichaelJohn

Thanks all for the responses. Again I'm reducing weight in the car. Not looking at more power. At 2602lbs right now (no driver/half fluid/no junk in the trunk/LW battery/rear seat delete and other stuff removed) Shooting for 2580ish. I like the sound it currently makes, but could go a little more louder for weight loss. speedfactory headers are too loud. heard them in person. I'll keep searching. Best.

This may help with your sound problem:
I have the FT86 catted UEL & 2019 TRD SE exhaust. Though it's factory, I felt that the noise can still be a cop magnet. What I've done which is quite effective is I have wrapped the front pipe & mid pipe with Design Engineering Form-A-Shield which is basically a thick yet very light thermal insulation. This absorbed the tonal frequency of the pipes & created muffled the exhaust's mid-high "tin can" note & left what sounded like a bassy hum. My family can definitely notice how much quieter it is in the cabin. If you wrap the muffler/resonator, the sound will definitely be more muffled as this it's the last area where air & the metal reverberate.

Since you're also into weight reduction, have you also tried switching to aluminum/cf drive shaft? It's approx 12 lbs lighter than stock & lets you accelerate faster. Light racing wheels that are less than 18 lbs like Enkei RPF1, Enkei PF01, & Motegi MR140 to name a few fall in that category even at 18x8.5 vs 20 lbs of 17x7 stock will not only help reduce weight but also improve the handling.