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queso
07-04-2012, 08:50 PM
would a race header be as loud as a test pipe?

tinman5
07-04-2012, 08:57 PM
From experience, a race header will be louder.

queso
07-04-2012, 09:26 PM
From experience, a race header will be louder.

guess no RH for me :(

i could handle the test pipe after a few min of driving it

thout i was gonna get pulled over for sure

my megan cat back didnt help

AKEP
07-04-2012, 11:40 PM
go turbo. more power, less noise.

Popeye
07-05-2012, 03:35 AM
Word. What HE said!

whatsvtec
07-05-2012, 05:29 AM
My ebay test pipe and catback was much louder than my OBX RH and t1r catback. They'll be about the same. Save yourself the trouble though and get a race header. Better gains and better sound.

Her-Name's-Ally
07-05-2012, 09:54 AM
cheese your cat back is not too loud sounds louder when youre in the car but when we are on the freeway its not as loud as you may think. as long as youre not reving it everywhere you go you should be ok.

queso
07-05-2012, 09:01 PM
go turbo. more power, less noise.


haha i wish i could get a turbo
actually a supercharger is in my mod list, goes after the k20A
in other words its all the way down the list

just wanted some power so i can be set for now


My ebay test pipe and catback was much louder than my OBX RH and t1r catback. They'll be about the same. Save yourself the trouble though and get a race header. Better gains and better sound.

the test pipe i got is a megan replica, maybe thats why it was loud :/
dont knw
but ill just forget it, didnt know RH are still hella expensive
can just buy something else with that money


cheese your cat back is not too loud sounds louder when youre in the car but when we are on the freeway its not as loud as you may think. as long as youre not reving it everywhere you go you should be ok.

the test pipe made my car sound really loud thou
at least twice as loud as it is right now so i didnt wanna risk it ...

whatsvtec
07-06-2012, 04:13 AM
OBX is a cheap race header, decent quality for the price!

black05ep
07-06-2012, 06:47 AM
It also depends on your exhaust. I had a shorty header and cat with a skunk 2 cat back it was loud. Now i have a dc race header i bought used on here for 180 ceramic coated to now its even louder but its deeper and has a nice burble to it going slower.what exhaust are you running? Skunk2 apexi n1 megan drift buddy club. They are all loud as hell. Anything "n1" style. The canister looking ones are loud unless you put a silencer in.mine with a silencer sounds more like a apexi worldsport.

queso
07-15-2012, 09:34 PM
you got vids of the sound?

i have a megan catback
dual tip exhaust
so i cant get a silencer

my friend has a BC RH with a stock catback (or at lest a stock muffler)
his isnt that loud

i think mine could get loud :(