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      04-11-2013, 10:01 PM   #16
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Just curious if you made a decision

@potxoli - I'm sorry you're disappointed with just the street exhaust! With my berk midpipes on top of the street exhaust, it sounds pretty throaty and it LOVES to gurgle and pop. This was even before I added catless downpipes, which made the sound a little raspy in the 1.5-3K RPM range.. but up top it sounds as close to a ferrari as I think this car could reasonably get. The inline 6 exhaust note does sound great sometimes (especially with an upgraded exhaust), though you're right it'll never ever sound like an exotic or a 8 or 10 cylinder engine. I've heard a car with just the downpipes in, no mids or axleback at all... and it was surprisingly quiet. It's pretty subdued because the turbo(s) really muffle the sound. If anyone has JB4, they can run map 8 and turn off the turbos and the exhaust note sounds much deeper and louder than with them turning... but now that I added downpipes as well, that map 8 sound is just too loud for me, though I like to play with it once in a blue moon.
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