New England B.S. Thread

That's sort of my thinking. It will stay stock under most driving conditions, until I really bury my foot in it, then I'll hear it. I still absolutely love the sound of a good exhaust on a V8, but towing has changed my view on wanting on for MY truck. Towing with a gasser, it inherently spends a lot of time in the higher RPM range and, while I like the exhaust note, I don't want to hear it for 4-6 hours on end. Same might happen with an intake, but I've found them to be a little more subtle.

 

Back in my import tuner days (yeah yeah) I had an Accord with an AEM cold air intake and an A'pex-i World Sport 2 exhaust. The exhaust was whisper quiet at idle and only got loud in the higher RPM range (no fart cannon BS). The AEM would be louder than the exhaust but was a function of throttle position rather than actual RPM.

 

Here's the one on the tundra. I get a whistle from about 10% to 20% throttle and after that it's all motor noise

 

Hmmm.... that's good to know. With the F150, I'd tow in manual mode, lock it into 4th or 5th and have my foot at WOT. Keeps RPMs lower and let the engine use it's torque rather than rev the shit out of the engine. My current trailer is so light, I just let the F250 do it's thing in auto but, once we go with a heavier trailer, I'll likely be in the same position. I might want to rethink this...

 

I saw a Tundy in front of my office yesterday that shoehorned a single stack LED light bar into that fake hood scoop at the front of the hood. It was very clean, I'll get a picture if I see it again but the guy was in his truck yesterday. Just giving you more ideas!

 

I appreciate it! Just an idea to see if they have an intake for your truck. That one one sale was like $185

 

Had Corsa on my GMC and it sounded the same.
Have Borla 2 1/2 " duals off the headers on the Nova. She barks well.

 

I'm with you here, although when I hear a crazy exhaust it's usually a ricer or a super duty with a huge lift...neither cars do it for me these days.

I think on a nice v-8 they can work well. Its very hard to find a good sounding v-6, but I have seen borla put out some nice sounds. Most just throw out a shit ton of drone, which is good enough for some people, but isn't what i would want.

 

Indeed.

The shame is that with the 4cyl cars, it's completely possible to have a good sounding 4cyl, I've done it! Of course, the typical owner isn't going to drove $600 for a catback exhaust that sounds good when they can buy a $10 muffler on Ebay and weld it to stock piping.

 

I approached my neighbor and told him my exhaust was junk. Got it on the lift and determined the muffler and intermediate pipe had to go. I asked what is a decent muffler.?
He said Walker does. I put a Quiet Flow S on. Lifetime warranty on it. Not sure of the steel grade or rate on it (304 or whatever). But it sounds a little deeper, heavier on the sound if you will,but seems to disappear after 60ish or more or less( will have to take a better Listen I guess. Would that be considered droning noise? And I noticed an immediate improvement on performance.

As far as intake goes, do those offer any value in performance wise (MPG or HP)

 

In older cars intake could do something, in newer cars it's more for sound/look, unless maybe you had a super charger, or you tune your car for the updated airflow. At least that's how I understand it. I have the trd intake on my truck, and I did it for the little extra noise, I'm fully aware I didn't get any HP's


I think your new Quiet Flow sounds like it's working correctly.

 

Man I wish my exhaust on my evo was only 600$....
Average decent sounding Evo 8/9/10 catback is around 700 for the lower end ones I carried to almost 1400 for the higher end titanium ones. Then there are dual/quad exit for the Evo X's and it goes up more for say an HKS Legamax or something of such. I had my exhaust imported from Japan because Fujitsubo stopped being brought over to the US - it's one of the quietest aftermarket exhausts for the evo 8/9 series. Then you can go ahead and change the tone of the exhaust depending on which exhaust manifolds you run, the length of the runners etc.... It's all fun until a bearing is spun or a piston decides to hit the eject button....

 

Are they really that high now? Eeesh.

When I bought the World Sport 2 for my Accord it was $435 shipped, so I added a little for inflation, so I guess it's inflated much more than I thought. My STi came with the Bosal / SPT 3" and then the Cobb DP was $610, although I paid exactly $10 for it, which was so killer. At the time Mastria Subaru would take Subaru Bucks for aftermarket parts. Chase gave you 3% back in Subaru Bucks in $100 increments, so when I went out with friends I'd run everything through my card and they'd pay me back. My Cobb AccessPort was $270, downpipe $10, AEM UEGO was free, Eibach Pro-Kit springs (which I ended up selling) free and replacement seat foam was like $25.

I find myself missing the tuner world sometimes and want to go back. Unfortunately my current life and wallet disagree with me.

 

I sold my ST to bankroll part of my house build, fun ass little car. Had a custom tune and some nice suspension along with a ton of other mods. Took a bath on the sale tho

 

Gotta pick your battles I guess.
Got your house going and that’s the big plus

 

Ok, where’s the fish pics?

 

Holy crap tires cost too much
Stupid tires for the trailer!
On that note why is there no credit card that gets u points for buying vehicle parts?
I don't care about miles for airfare, or entertainment, or hotels! WTF don't they know there is a lot of money in vehicle parts?

 

Yeah, I agree. Much rather our house than that car!

 

Who’s winni?

 

A cold, wet place that smells like fish.