hey guys i got a bit of a dilema lol. i recently took my megan racing 3" cbe off due to the fact that my neighbors were all douchebags and hated my exhaust. i come home late pretty often (like 1am). so i need a quiet exhaust. i was thinkin of doing my own setup keeping the stock muffler on. i was thinkin downpipe, and a catted test pipe and stock muffler. do you think this would be a stupid idea as opposed to buyin a quiet cbe? and also i will be gettin the cobb ap and it says that i need a tbe to use stage 2 map. will the set up that i want affect this??
please give me all your opinions and advice
thanks guys

pix are always nice lol

 

I would probably suggest - selling your current system and just pick up another aftermarket. There are some pretty inexpensive system out there that are quiet. We are running a Tsudo which was 450 bucks and sound wise its great - its not loud but has some presence and most importantly for us no highway drone. It has in my opinion some flaws - hangs a little lower than stock and their build quality is inconsistent. TurboX would be another option.

 

Quiet aftermarket catbacks = Cobb ($1200 new) or Magnaflow ($400 new). I've had both and really like both. The Cobb is a bit quieter and smoother, but you pay for it.

 

Perrin ($750), Blitz ($1100), HKS ($800 / restrictive), ETS v2Quiet ($800), Magnaflow ($500ish), Fujitsubo ($xxx). All are among quiet exhausts. I recommend any of them except the HKS. I have the Perrin and I'd say it's 1 step above stock. Sounds delicious

 

thanks guys for the responses. yea im currently tryin to sell my exhaust, cant post it up here yet cuz i need 50 posts lol, working on gettin there. im thinking essentially ill be picking up the magnoflow cuz its affordable and sounds fairly quiet

 

Your neighbors complained to you? I live in a small neighborhood where the houses are relatively close together and nobody has said a word surprisingly, and I'm running a Map o2 dp, rexpeed tp, and megan drift-spec catback. If I were you, I'd just tell them tough sh*t, or to buy you something more quiet if it bothers them that much.

 

haha yea they're a bunch of old people. whatever tho, next exhaust im gettin will be a bit quieter and am not gonna care what they say. ill tell them THEY are too quiet for me lol

 

i have lots of old people around where i live..... they hate my exhaust... its not too loud ...

 

You do not wanna put your stock exhaust back on. This is why.

https://www.evolutionm.net/forums/ev...-measured.html

 

Yeah the stock puts on the backpressure. Though downpipe, test pipe, and stock exhaust are all pretty quite. I know the greddy systems for the X are fairly quite compared to the megan racing one.