would 3" exhaust get annoying?

[MOB240]

i was wondering if the 3" brm exhaust w/no cat/ resonator would get annoying after awhile of driving? how loud would it be? thanks

[monkeyofdrift]

sounds deep, like a really hooked up M3

[Joe]

i was wondering if the 3" brm exhaust w/no cat/ resonator would get annoying after awhile of driving? how loud would it be? thanks

judging by your signature you have a ka?

and its very hard to say what is annoying and what isnt because every person is different.

[MOB240]

yea lol i have a ka right now, but im saving up 4 an rb25det. and i was wondering how loud the 3" brm exhaust would be...?

[krayton]

when u say 3", we usually think 3" all the way through

a muffler, like brm, will sound nice.

even a ka can sound decent with a 3"brm exhaust....just a lot louder

[Joe]

i dont think anyone has ever put one on a rb25.

should be fine. inline 6's are sexy sounding. i have no muffler on mine at all and it sounds evil. hehe

[MOB240]

yea i havent seen anyone w the brm exhaust on their rb25 yet, i wanted to be the first to do it lol

[krayton]

lol, its gonna sound like ours was joe. isnt the muffler just a magnaflow?

itll sound nice and smooth with a really smooth rumble

[Logan76]

I have hotshot 2.5" headers, 3" test pipe, 3" RS*R ExMag II, and its painstakingly loud. I hate the loudness of it, but thats in a 240 with a N/A KA.

[MOB240]

thats good. i want NO RICE whatsoever! lol

[Logan76]

mines not a loud buzzing, its a deep loud. but its REALLY loud.

[MOB240]

so do you regret getting 3" exhaust?

[Joe]

lol, its gonna sound like ours was joe. isnt the muffler just a magnaflow?

itll sound nice and smooth with a really smooth rumble

that was too damn quiet. hehe

i love my new exhaust.

[Logan76]

no, i just regret getting a straight thru muffler and test pipe, with no resonator, on a N/A KA. thats all.

[MOB240]

so for an rb25det, would 3" w/no resonator/no cat be best for making more power, or could i get the same w/ 2.25. 2.50in?

[Joe]

put a cat on

the power loss is so minimal its not worth the hassle for emissions.

and 3" or nothing on a RB.

[Logan76]

going 2.25 on a turbo car isnt the best idea, you would just be choking your turbo, turbo cars dont need that backpressure the N/A car's do, I wouldnt go less than 2.5" for a turbo vehicle. and Kamin I dont have emmisions.

[MOB240]

alright guys thanks 4 the info, im gonna go w/ the brm 3" exhaust w/ a cat. and kamin, i know i prob should search but i was wondering 4 your car, how hard was it 2 swap in the rb25 because im seriously like changing my mind everyday between an sr20 and an rb25. the price isnt that much more for the rb25(2,695 @jazzproparts w/free shipping) plus its an inline 6! im confused also to what the basic essentials are to the swap, these things i already know i need:

-motor mounts-driveshaft-intercooler-bov

i already know i want to replace the oil and water pump, and i want to get a headgasket and some headstuds...but what else would i need just to get on the road? thanks alot!

[Logan76]

You dont NEED a headgasket off the bat, you also may want to do a timing kit on it. and replace all the belts hoses, theres alot of stuff you can do as preventative maintnace but it all depends on how deep your pockets are. I also belive you need tran's mounts too.

[Joe]

your gonna spend 4-5k to get a RB25 in and running the right way.

p.s. DONT buy from the cheapest place you can. get your engine from a GOOD KNOWN REPUTABLE importer.

ill never understand why people try to save 200$ by getting the engine from a fly by night ****hole then get screwed when its a bad engine.

and since their website says this Nissan SKYLINE RB25DET (GT-S) R32

id never buy from them. (no such thing as a R32 RB25DET)

[Gold Digger]

Well, I have a 3.25 on my Laurel from the cat back and a split front pipe. At cruising speed, the exhaust note is nice and deep. Sounds beautiful. At WOT, it gets a little louder, but not unbearable.

It also depends on what type (brand) of exhaust you have. I see Skylines runnin around with pretty much the exact same setup as my Laurel but with different manufactureres and their cars are louder than mine.

[Cpt_Impossible]

I have a 3" Apexi N1 on my RB20. On the sohc ka it was really quiet at idle, almsot silent, but really loud at wot, not bad loud, it sounded good but when my interior was stripped it got old. I put a carpeted board over where the backseat used to be and put the trunk back together. That made it a lot more pleasant to drive but I still was getting tickets for the noise. It wasnt actually illegal, the cops just didnt know the code, they only had an abridged version that left out an exception that made it ok as long as it wasnt over 95db... anyway...

I have an rb20 with a 3" downpipe and 3" test pipe now and it still sounds good. Oddly though it is loud at idle. I think it sounds great and its never obnoxiously loud thanks to the FI. I'll get a video clip one of these days when it's running tip top so others dont post dumb questions about making an rb20 sound like a 26.

I can hear turbo spool louder than the exhaust so I am still happy with the real n1.

[gawdzilla]

my 3" straight pipe is pretty annoying loud.. makes it hard to diagnose noises
Modified by gawdzilla at 12:16 PM 10/19/2006

[Shocker]

my 3" straight pipe is pretty annoying loud.. makes it hard to diagnose noiseshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKDe-npniyM

just like lighten farts on fire... yee haawww!

anyways... dyno vid of my rb25.. 3inch turbo back one mid pipe blow through and then the canister. sounds killer to me...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NxJVZgYmue8

[pirate87]

inline 6's are sexy sounding. i have no muffler on mine at all and it sounds evil. hehe

now thats what I'm talking about....cant wait to finish my RB25 project... eyes on the prize, eyes on the prize

[MOB240]

what about venus auto? they're even cheaper than jazzpro, and they're reputable...if i bought a messed up engine from jazzpro, they would replace anything wrong w/it right? i was also lookin at jrautoparts.com....im on a tight budget lol but i understand that saving up a lil more is worth it in the long run...but i want that damn rb25! haha

[Carl H]

i run the buddy club spec 2 exhaust on my car and even tho it sounds evil the highway drone sucks.

[skillzilla]

Heres a vid of my RB20, 2.5" down pipe, 3" test pipe and 3"Fujitsubo NGK cat back, like Carl said drone is a little bit annoying on highway, but underpasses sound good.

Also, 3" will be fine for you, unless you really plan a major build in the near future. In theory the Turbo provides enough backpressure to get good starvation in the exhaust valves, so everything after that is just restriction basically. Do run a cat, like mentioned before a hi-flow cats flow well and you should use one. The I-6 sound is different too so a lot of exhaust setups that sound decent or average on a I-4 will sound way better by comparison. My SR now will get annoying a lot quicker Ive found, its a 3" down-test-RS*R

http://video.google.com/videop...37448

[Kansei240sx]

Ok guy,

Lesson 1. All four cylinders minus i think a few sound like complete and total *** n/a with big exhausts, my 240 did my friends 240sx didnt though, he had the HKS hi power 3.4 inch exhuast on his and it sounded deep and quiet.

Lesson 2. All straight six engines sound great with or without turbo and no matter what kind of exhuast you have on it, it will still sound good.

I have a Megan Racing exhuast 3 inch with a resonator and no cat. It sounds great.

You have to be magical to phuck up the sound of an inline 6.

[a_ahmed]

^lol @ magical

e46 m3, rb26dett and 2jzgte for the win