Which header to pair w/$3,500 Amuse R1 CB?

[LOLS2K]

Originally Posted by Teseo

But why $3.5k cb?

Because Amuse.

[Leonardo]

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I can't imagine buying an exhaust that expensive.

Seems like selling it could help you go in the direction you want.

[Clipping_Path]

Originally Posted by JazzleSAURUS

What do you really want, just to lose some of the torque dip? Have you had your car tuned? That may do enough of what you're looking for. Adding a header will make it significantly louder, and may make you hate your catback.

Yeah, have the OFT, shared extensive logs w/Shiv and Wayno. Running a custom E85 tune. It got rid of 2/3 of the torque dip.

Thought, if I'm $400 away from removing the final 1/3, hey, might as well. But I don't want to screw up the nice setup I presently have.

Originally Posted by Teseo

But why $3.5k cb?

Wasn't my money!

[Azzudien]

Originally Posted by Teseo

But why $3.5k cb?

Do you want a 3000lb fat twin, or do you want a 2500lb skinny twin? Some owners go to extremes to cut out weight, and a titanium exhaust is a pretty substantial weight loss.
On daily driver or a few time a year track car, completely unnecessary imo

[Clipping_Path]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Welp, which do you want ........ a good sound and a little torque dip ...... or ...... a loud sound with very little torque dip ........ ??

I agree with @Clipdat (this time) ...... I'd just leave it alone .......


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I think she's settled. Thanks, brothers.

[Teseo]

Originally Posted by Azzudien

Do you want a 3000lb fat twin, or do you want a 2500lb skinny twin? Some owners go to extremes to cut out weight, and a titanium exhaust is a pretty substantial weight loss.
On daily driver or a few time a year track car, completely unnecessary imo

Why not muffler delete

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Why not muffler delete

Why not manifold delete ??.........

humfrz

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Clipping_Path

So the previous owner of my FRS went ham w/the blue titanium Amuse R1 catback. I also have a Nameless Front Pipe/Over Pipe combo. Car sounds phenomenal as-is but I’d still like to remove any remaining torque dip with new headers.

My concern is the few YT videos I’ve seen with Amuse CB’s and a header is they sound horribly raspy - almost like an exhaust leak. The owners usually remark “yeah, it started sounding that way once I put the header on. That’s how a titanium exhaust ultimately sounds.” I find that hard to believe. I think they simply selected the wrong header.

I don’t want to screw up the solid setup I already have. Any insight on whether I should hold off on the header and/or what I should pair it with? I also currently don't have much cabin drone at all - not looking to turn this into an alarm clock for the neighbors.

You should consider one of two options:

1) get a front pipe with a large resonator (or even put it back to stock, front pipes don't do much for performance)
2) get an aftermarket header/OP/FP setup (from a single company) WITH a large resonator in the front pipe. So far I think only Apex'i and HKS has this setup.

The exhaust is nice but your lack of sound suppression in the front pipe is what's causing all that excessive noise.

Originally Posted by Teseo

But why $3.5k cb?

You should direct your question at the previous owner of the car, not OP.

-alex

[ajh88]

Originally Posted by Teseo

But why $3.5k cb?

The definitive answer lies in this peer reviewed expert report.

Edit: I can defend the PO too since I have a $1500 SARD axle back for no other reason than I really like what SARD does and think it's a cool piece to have. Why do people collect thousands of dollars worth of Star Wars toys? Perceived value. Shit, look at BitCoin!

[Azzudien]

Originally Posted by Teseo

Why not muffler delete

Most tracks in the NE have sound limits. LimeRock is actually a funny track to be at because race track + quiet cars = strange. If I remember right LimeRock is 86db limit