new exhaust = too loud, any thoughts?

[edc]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

That conflict's with Jake Raby's Dyno testing many years ago, maybe Top speed has gotten better over the years but I wouldn't think it would be worth changing.

I also before and after dyno tested the cheapy eBay exhaust around 2012 and showed around +10bhp kicking in from around 3.5k rpm all the way to the red line.

[paulb]

Horsepower is not my reason for switching out the exhaust. I'll never turn down a hp gain. But really if I wanted more hp I would be playing around with a V8. The appeal of the exhaust is mostly to reduce weight (this swap = about 50# lost & should balance well with pulling spare out of front) & make car more tossable & give it a more aggressive exhaust note. Well, it is more aggressive sounding . I've got some baffles coming but it sounds like that's pretty minimal, if thats not enough & i suspect it wont be I'll keep looking for just the right combo.