Need quiter/MUCH less droney alternative to Tanabe, but louder than IPL exhaust
01-29-2018 | 07:53 PM
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I wonder if it varies car to car... I had ZERO drone with the IPL. Now, under 2K RPMs I HEARD the exhaust when on the pedal, but it was the sound of the exhaust coming in from the outside, not the droney resonance filling the cabin. I wonder if we have different definitions of drone? Mine is the resonance inside the cabin, not the sound from outside. In any case, thank you for your feedback!
I was actually a bit curious how much of it was drone and bought a decibel meter. I got it yesterday and played around for a few minutes doing some readings. Semi cold start the car is about 80dB. Normal driving is 70-80dB, more on the 70 end. WOT is like 98. I don't think I topped 100dB.
When it's droning, it's like 80dB. So yeah it's not so much the loudness.
01-29-2018 | 08:03 PM
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For me, drone is this loud hum that rumble/vibrates the car. I usually experience the worst drone about 1600RPM going 50mph giving more than 15% throttle. This is why I like to keep my RPM over 2K.
I was actually a bit curious how much of it was drone and bought a decibel meter. I got it yesterday and played around for a few minutes doing some readings. Semi cold start the car is about 80dB. Normal driving is 70-80dB, more on the 70 end. WOT is like 98. I don't think I topped 100dB.
When it's droning, it's like 80dB. So yeah it's not so much the loudness.
I was actually a bit curious how much of it was drone and bought a decibel meter. I got it yesterday and played around for a few minutes doing some readings. Semi cold start the car is about 80dB. Normal driving is 70-80dB, more on the 70 end. WOT is like 98. I don't think I topped 100dB.
When it's droning, it's like 80dB. So yeah it's not so much the loudness.
While I didn’t measure the sound level, you just described drone the same way I would. I have it with Tanabe, none with IPL (some sound yes, but not drone). Weird... thanks for the input!
01-29-2018 | 08:19 PM
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Here's the oem SPORTS muffler with tanabe mid pipe Megan y pipe and motordyne ART pipes. Without the ART pipes
It's deep non droned uptick to S model which sounded better than my IPL muffler.
https://youtu.be/__sLeZXEmPE
It's deep non droned uptick to S model which sounded better than my IPL muffler.
https://youtu.be/__sLeZXEmPE
01-29-2018 | 08:47 PM
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That’s the sound I’m after! It’s funny how we’re talking across two threads. Anyway, if I did that with IPL mid section and stock cats, would it be close?
01-29-2018 | 08:49 PM
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Haha no problem man. I think it' going to be pretty darn close man. I had it with stock cats for a couple days waiting to put the arts on and it had a nice deep growl much better than IPL muffler and S muffler. I knew it was going to be perfect with the ART pipes too. I wasnt able to run with IPL H and mid but I'm thinking it'll be just what your after!
01-29-2018 | 08:55 PM
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Haha no problem man. I think it' going to be pretty darn close man. I had it with stock cats for a couple days waiting to put the arts on and it had a nice deep growl much better than IPL muffler and S muffler. I knew it was going to be perfect with the ART pipes too. I wasnt able to run with IPL H and mid but I'm thinking it'll be just what your after!
I trolled your YouTube uploads. Sounds great. Exactly what I want. I figured Tanabe mid is larger diameter than S, so the IPL H pipe must be even slightly louder/deeper than the upgraded mid (without ART pipes).
01-29-2018 | 09:01 PM
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01-29-2018 | 09:03 PM
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yep smell is bad. I'm think of adding motordyne xyz pipe with HFC module to cut it down while running the ARTS. Just cant justify price adding a mini hfc because I deleted the fully functional oem cats and don' want real HFC
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