Need help choosing aggressive exhaust

[bakerjd]

Not all systems will drone. I can attest to at least one from experience not droning at all ;)

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[Tommy V]

Magnaflow has a very very deep tone and u can feel the rumble of that 5.0 on start up,its bad ass and has a great craftmanship.Thats the comp series because their is a big difference between the the street and the comp.If i didnt go magnaflow i would have went with corsa.

 

[Butter77]

I'm starting to believe that combining the Roush with a resonator delete puts it on a whole different level for loudness and tone. I was really wanting the Corsa again, but the overall price point made me rethink it. I know I annoy the neighbors when I get called into work at 2:30 or 3:00 in the morning, and for that I feel somewhat like a terrible person, but for all the stupid things they do it might be somewhat justifiable. Maybe someday when there is extra money laying around I'll go with the Corsa, but for now, I'm happy.....and partially deaf.

 

[KCTom]

Got the Magnaflow Competition Series installed this morning. Went alright. I'm very picky, and to me, I feel the tips miss being in the exact center of the bumper opening by about a 1/4", maybe a bit less. But that is really nit picking.

This exhaust is DEEP sounding! Not nearly as loud as the S.W. H-Pipe. When you get on it, it sounds really really good. Just normal driving, it has a presence, not overbearing at all. I have to get used to the quik switch in tone from on throttle and off throttle.

It doesn't have the burble the S.W. had on deacceleration. It is actually a lot quieter than I expected. The S.W. always felt like I was cruising around in a top fuel dragster (not really a bad thing), this one sounds real good, almost how it should sound from the factory. Took it out and blasted it through the gears and it sounds simply awesome in the cabin.

OK, drone. I purposely cruised it at 60 MPH in 6th gear (1750 rpm) under a slight load going uphill and yes it droned some (vibrated the change in the little try below the radio) but was NOT overbearing. I popped it back into 5th gear (2750 rpm) and the car almost was silent inside. Really, just driving it around normal (like a 46 year old and not a hyped up 17 year old) the sound inside the cabin is real good. You have a sense of a solid, deep exhaust note in the background. Kinda like the soft music playing at low levels in a restaurant. Listen for it and it is there, talk with the wife next to you and it isn't really even there, not a distraction at all.

Only real analogy I can come up with to compare the MF Comp to the S.W. H-Pipe is this. Watch a movie in a home theater with a real good sub woofer versus without a sub woofer. The MF is deep and powerful but not real loud, like the sub woofer experience. The S.W. is louder but not as deep, like having to turn the volume up to get the thump of a movie without using a subwoofer. Have no idea if that makes any sense, but all I could really relate it to.

My initial impression after a 15 minute drive, blasting it thru the gears a few times and toting around town a little bit, is this is a very good sounding, liveable exhaust with a great, deep tone.

Here is the video of the car a few months ago with the S.W. H-Pipe catback.
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Here is the video from this morning with the Magnaflow Competition Series X-Pipe catback. Only change to the car is it now has the JLT cold air intake with a custom tune.
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[Farmundeh]

Got the Magnaflow Competition Series installed this morning. Went alright. I'm very picky, and to me, I feel the tips miss being in the exact center of the bumper opening by about a 1/4", maybe a bit less. But that is really nit picking.

This exhaust is DEEP sounding! Not nearly as loud as the S.W. H-Pipe. When you get on it, it sounds really really good. Just normal driving, it has a presence, not overbearing at all. I have to get used to the quik switch in tone from on throttle and off throttle.

It doesn't have the burble the S.W. had on deacceleration. It is actually a lot quieter than I expected. The S.W. always felt like I was cruising around in a top fuel dragster (not really a bad thing), this one sounds real good, almost how it should sound from the factory. Took it out and blasted it through the gears and it sounds simply awesome in the cabin.

OK, drone. I purposely cruised it at 60 MPH in 6th gear (1750 rpm) under a slight load going uphill and yes it droned some (vibrated the change in the little try below the radio) but was NOT overbearing. I popped it back into 5th gear (2750 rpm) and the car almost was silent inside. Really, just driving it around normal (like a 46 year old and not a hyped up 17 year old) the sound inside the cabin is real good. You have a sense of a solid, deep exhaust note in the background. Kinda like the soft music playing at low levels in a restaurant. Listen for it and it is there, talk with the wife next to you and it isn't really even there, not a distraction at all.

Only real analogy I can come up with to compare the MF Comp to the S.W. H-Pipe is this. Watch a movie in a home theater with a real good sub woofer versus without a sub woofer. The MF is deep and powerful but not real loud, like the sub woofer experience. The S.W. is louder but not as deep, like having to turn the volume up to get the thump of a movie without using a subwoofer. Have no idea if that makes any sense, but all I could really relate it to.

My initial impression after a 15 minute drive, blasting it thru the gears a few times and toting around town a little bit, is this is a very good sounding, liveable exhaust with a great, deep tone.

Here is the video of the car a few months ago with the S.W. H-Pipe catback.


Here is the video from this morning with the Magnaflow Competition Series X-Pipe catback. Only change to the car is it now has the JLT cold air intake with a custom tune.

Very interesting. I was totally expecting the MF to be louder based on all the feedback about the Comp series catback posted thus far. But it really does sound significantly quieter than the SW in your vids. Thank you for posting.

 

[KCTom]

Very interesting. I was totally expecting the MF to be louder based on all the feedback about the Comp series catback posted thus far. But it really does sound significantly quieter than the SW in your vids. Thank you for posting.

Exactly my feelings too. I really anticipated it being very our based on others feedback. So much so, I really considered the street series. So glad I didn't.

 

[Blk2015GT]

Very interesting. I was totally expecting the MF to be louder based on all the feedback about the Comp series catback posted thus far. But it really does sound significantly quieter than the SW in your vids. Thank you for posting.

I'm not surprised. Magnaflow, even the comp, is a bit more "muffled" of a tone than SW/ARH h-pipe setups. ARH and SW are definitely louder sounding.

I think KCTom said it best. It's like watching a movie with and without a subwoofer. Once you turn the volume up enough to hear the lows as much as having the sub at a softer volume. The ARH and SW and louder and just as deep vs. the Magnaflow comp which is softer but very bassy/deep.

 

[Farmundeh]

I'm really curious to hear Husker's thoughts once he installs the ARH H-pipe on his car. At that point he will have heard both ARH and SW in person. Strictly based on the dB numbers in the SW video, I have a feeling ARH is louder.

 

[Blueovalnut]

Gibson...good price and good sound

 

[Blk2015GT]

I'm really curious to hear Husker's thoughts once he installs the ARH H-pipe on his car. At that point he will have heard both ARH and SW in person. Strictly based on the dB numbers in the SW video, I have a feeling ARH is louder.

+1 I'm between SW and ARH h-pipes after hearing every exhaust out there on video

My gut feeling is these 2 are very close in volume and deepness though from others have said.

 

[USPSALIMITED]

+1 I'm between SW and ARH h-pipes after hearing every exhaust out there on video.

You guys know that none of them sound the same in real life, right?

 

[Farmundeh]

You guys know that none of them sound the same in real life, right?

The clips of the ARH H-pipe floating around are of my car. I can tell you the vids are on point in terms of capturing the tone. It's just louder in person at the higher RPMs.

 

[USPSALIMITED]

The clips of the ARH H-pipe floating around are of my car. I can tell you the vids are on point in terms of capturing the tone. It's just louder in person at the higher RPMs.

I'm assuming that you have a fairly high end mike & playback system?

 

[Farmundeh]

I'm assuming that you have a fairly high end mike & playback system?

Not at all, actually. It was filmed with my iPhone. IMO so long as you listen to it with a decent set of speakers or headphones it does a decent job of reflecting what the tone is. It's just louder in person.

 

[USPSALIMITED]

Copied this from Borla website FAQ section. My observations have been the same as theirs, but I wouldn't want to debate the point.

If interested, and for what it is worth.

"Q. Why don't you have sound clips on each of your part numbers?

We really wish we could just package a sound sample in a box like little shampoo bottles or the cologne ads in magazines -- you know, the ones where you pull apart the page and get to actually smell it. But the nature of our product is such that this is not possible.

Although we have posted a few sounds on our website homepage, it's really a disservice to the actual sound quality of our products because they sound so much better in person - no matter what kind of computer speakers you have.

Recorded with a microphone - There are thousands of different microphones available and they all sound different from one another. Record the same system, on the same car, with different microphones and the sound will be different. Variables of condenser mics, dynamic mics, large capsules, small capsules, tubes etc. will all affect the sound you hear on playback. Are you looking to compare microphones or an exhausts?

A compressed sound file - Sound files are normally compressed for web pages and this drastically changes the sound.

Played back through a speaker - Similar to the microphone issue listed in item #1, there are a wide variety of speakers available and they all sound different. The difference in speakers will completely change the sound you hear on playback. Add a subwoofer and it's even less of a true replication of what you will experience after you have installed a BORLA® on your vehicle.

We wouldn't recommend making your buying decision by listening to sound clips on the web. It's like deciding who has the best tomato sauce by recreating the smell they emit with scratch-and-sniffs. There is no substitute for tasting it.

When you hear an exhaust in person, there are certain physical properties of sound that are impossible to recreate with a sound file, such as vibration through the ground and into your inner ear. The sound you hear from our Corvette exhaust, for example, is not just what comes out of the tailpipe. It's rather a combination of sounds coming from the tailpipe tip, the engine, reflections off the ground, resonance of the cabin -- even the reverberation of sound through your body affects what you hear through your inner ear. You can't recreate all of these variables over the Internet, yet they all affect the sound experience of your exhaust. Therefore, whatever you hear over cyperspace cannot be an accurate replication of what you will hear when you install it on your Vette for real. If you're as critical of sound as we are, this is unacceptable.

BORLA® Performance strives for opportunities to match up against the competition in real world settings because, after nearly 30 years of success and customer feedback, we have a very good idea of what our customers are looking for.

Although it's fun (and certainly easy) to surf the web and listen to sound clips, we wouldn't recommend using this as your final decision."

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