So I finished this installation and thought I would update with my findings.
Holy crap it is AWFUL. The sound could not be any worse. It's LOUD and RASPY starting from idle all the way to redline. Sound is similar to a straight piped Civic.
The car with no muffler (open Section 2) is about a 10 loudness.
With the exhaust, it's a 9.
At least with no muffler, the car sounded exotic, albeit loud. With the exhaust, it sounds like shite AND it's loud.
I have an AR20 on the way and will weld that in to see if it helps. But if not, this exhaust is going in the trash. I'm throwing my stock exhaust back on until the AR20 gets here because I'm embarrassed to drive the car like this in public.
The only good thing about this exhaust was that the fitment was very good, so there's that at least. Hopefully the AR20 will quiet it down.
Holy crap it is AWFUL. The sound could not be any worse. It's LOUD and RASPY starting from idle all the way to redline. Sound is similar to a straight piped Civic.
The car with no muffler (open Section 2) is about a 10 loudness.
With the exhaust, it's a 9.
At least with no muffler, the car sounded exotic, albeit loud. With the exhaust, it sounds like shite AND it's loud.
I have an AR20 on the way and will weld that in to see if it helps. But if not, this exhaust is going in the trash. I'm throwing my stock exhaust back on until the AR20 gets here because I'm embarrassed to drive the car like this in public.
The only good thing about this exhaust was that the fitment was very good, so there's that at least. Hopefully the AR20 will quiet it down.