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Hey all, after having a listen to alex and matt's l's i have decided i wanna hear a big more than engine noise when im giving it a bit..

Currently ( Correct me if im wrong dave ) i have what seems to be a 2 and a half inch, possibly three but i dont think so s/s exhaust system with a std sti muffler at the rear and its hell quiet... I love that boxer note like all of us but i have heard a few where they sound awful.. I like that nice deep note...

What would i need to do to get the sounds happening...

Marc

Oh and im trying to do things as cheap as possible:D

You need to replace the rear muffler with a cheap Canon type one from Repco or similar. I think they cost about $100 to $150 ish. Probably cost you about 50 bucks to get an exhaust shop to bung it in.

90% of how your car sounds is down to what rear muffler you run.

Just change the the muffler to something straight thru (not a cannon thou...).

Well now im confused!!... LOL

So andy i dont need a " Muffler " really at all... I can get away with just a cannon style at the rear... Does it matter what brand or do they all sound the same.. I thought most of those cannons had really crap 6" tips...

cheep = crap sound
you do get what you pay for in mufflers

Yeah, a cannon is muffler, its a "cannon style" muffler. If it wasn't a muffler it wouldn't exist, it'd just be a piece of pipe.
Naturally for a nicer sound u need to get a decent traditional style "straight thru" muffler which is like a normal stock one but with far less restriction and consequently louder.

But as requested, to get a loud boxer rumble sound "as cheap as possible", you need a Canon.

Going through youtube i found a video with a sube running an x force cannon which sounded sweet. And the other day at my brothers workshop they had a lancer with an xforce and it was a nice deep sound..

If that will do the job for me i will wait and save for it.. I just dont like the six inch tip.. There was an x force cannon for sale on ebay with some sort of flapper valve on it which enabled you to " quieten " it when around the police and so forth.. It was sweet but over my price range at this stage...

I will wait and spend the money on a decent cannon i think... just hope its not too loud:)


Thanks guys

Upon some research i found out that that cannon i was talking about is called a varex by xforce and its a remote controlled muffler so u can quiet it down around cops and perhaps your street where you live.. Pretty expensive at around 350 for a single tip but i think it might be worth saving for.. I just dont wanna go through heaps of mufflers trying to find the one i like thats not too loud but loud enough.....


More to think about

i run an x force system on my sti, well worth it
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=KUaDnzdgsFQ

sound speaks for itself

Talk to a good exaust shop their the profesionals especially if they deal with a lot of subarus,
I took just the tip off the end of my brumbys standard exaust going through a creek so sounded great till I had to go though rego!

Thats sick brenny...guess i will start saving now...lol

thats the spirit

cannon for the win. esp on a turbo. mine is a little too loud for the na motor, but with my ol turbo had the nice throaty boxer sound with decent volume. only cost me $100 too. cheap as chips

Shark wrote:Thats sick brenny...guess i will start saving now...lol

not as sssssiiikkkk as the person recording the video! hahahha

yeah cannon ftw. when i put the cannon on the wagon when i use to have ej22 i couldnt believe the note it produced. Best sounding ej22 ive ever heard :P

with the 20g now tho, its quiter, but it barks, rather than spitting as it was with the ej22.

alex

Keffa wrote:not as sssssiiikkkk as the person recording the video! hahahha

yeah cannon ftw. when i put the cannon on the wagon when i use to have ej22 i couldnt believe the note it produced. Best sounding ej22 ive ever heard :P

with the 20g now tho, its quiter, but it barks, rather than spitting as it was with the ej22.

alex

even further !! not as ssiikkk as being the passenger in that car!!

brenno...doin skids....in the sti

No Way

who woulda thought

Decided 100% xforce varex... Have put a whole $20 towards it this week... Man i hate being broke....lol

Thanks guys

good man!!

Shark, when do you think you'll have enough for one? I would be interested in hearing a sound file of it before and after.

Well knowing me i will try and put money away for a few weeks before i get annoyed i dont have it, whinge to the mrs and she lets me get it to shut me up... No it will be a while depending on how much ovetime is around for me... But when its on i can do that no problems:-D I will estimate one month before i have it