Racing Beat vs. Mazdaspeed exhaust SOUND
Simple question.
Which is exhaust is louder? Racing Beat or Mazdaspeed? This will be the first modification from stock on a P5. I want it to work and look good but to remain discrete and not attract the wrong type of attention. Thanks :D |
reading around the forums i heard that racing beat is quiter
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however the sound of the MS exhaust is sooo sweet. and looks cool as sh*t too.... i would suggest the MS exhaust for your P5.
jsut my .02 arul PS look at my sig. it has a pic of hte MS exhaust on my ride. |
i think the mazda muffler will sound louder and it is not that abnoxoius. This is the MS exhaust off my sedan after being chopped about 4.5 inches. I think the MS exhaust for the protege5 will be about an inch shorter.
sounds sweeeeeeet. sorry for bad pic. rainned most of the day when i took the pic http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...c/fc18a932.jpg |
exhaust question
I have had both on my MP3 and the Mazdaspeed is louder and looks better too. Just my two cents.
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Mazdaspeed it is...
Thanks for your replys everyone!
Looks like everyone is more than happy with their Mazdaspeed exhausts and I think I'll head in the same direction. FYI: dealer is charging $316.63 Canadian. anyone know of a CANADIAN source for Mazdaspeed parts at a compareable price? |
Re: exhaust question
Originally posted by Dr.Zoom I have had both on my MP3 and the Mazdaspeed is louder and looks better too. Just my two cents. |
actually bosal has made the MS exhaust for awhile now for both cars. and the racing beat one is diff. i compared both and they are completly diff.
arul |
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http://www.mazdastuff.com/custom/Pro...aust_small.gif http://images.cardomain.com/member_i.../310317_20.jpg now to me, the first on the protege, looks just like the racing beat, and the box it comes in is very interesting too....Racing Beat. The second one is from the protege 5 which is made by bosal. But do not get me wrong, they do make a longer version of the bosal for people who have a protege, but why would anyone want sound over quality. |
Not having seen the Mazdaspeed exhaust I can't comment on it. However I just installed the Racing Beat cat back and it looks/sounds awesome. It's not too much louder then stock just a lot deeper. It looks amazing as well and unless you really look it's hard to tell it's not stock.
I wanted the performance of a high flow exhaust without the big sound or obvious looks of most aftermarket exhaust systems. I would go for the Racing beat. Not to mention it's a cat back system as opposed to an axel back like the mazdaspeed. my 2 cents |
exactly, cat-back systems are so much better. You get bigger piping all the way from your cat. Which is why i said i would rather have dyno results instead of sound. Sure the Bosal (mazdaspeed) muffler may look and sound loud, but the Racing beat Cat-back exhaust is the smarter way to go.
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I am going to agree, go with the RacingBeat exhaust. And if you want even better flow, put on a high flow cat along with the cat back exhaust and your Protege will be breathing a lot better.
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Or just get a custom down pipe made, the second cat is pretty unrestrictive as far as Catalytic converters go...I have said it a million times, the stock downpipe is a joke...
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Buying the mazdaspeed axle back and then having custom 2.25" piping made will probably be cheaper than the racing beat full cat-back system(might be wrong). The axle back already has partial piping and it's also 2.25". All you'd need is probably 5 more feet of piping. Plus I don't like the racing beat's oval tip. I think the round tip sits better w/ the protege5's rear bumper. And as for the muffler sticking out, it doesn't at all. sits pretty deep underneath the car. It's nothing like the catalogue pictures that are shown.
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i have no problem with my RB exhaust tip touching my bumper. All i had to do was just align my s-pipe and the rubber hangers while i was installing it. Its all about precision and patience.
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i like my mazdaspeed just fine, looks great, nice deep sound.
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yes, yes, yes, we all know they look and sound nice, but looks and sounds come with a price....the lack of performance. :p
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kind of like driving a automatic, RIGHT!?
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yes that part sux about it, if it was up to me i would have gotten standard, but my wife has to drive it also.
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I am in the same boat as Jaster Mereel.
It is an auto because technically is is my wifes car. On the topic of the exhaust, I realize that due to the transmission, I'm not going to get a big difference in performance but I do want to give the car a custom look. Hence my question about exhaust sound. I don't want the exhaust tones to be so invasive that I might give the impression that the car is super tuned. I'd have idiots in ground scraping Hondas trying to stare me down at red lights. Not a good idea with a 2 year old in the back seat. |
it all depends on what you like. i wanted more pickup from the getgo. I didnt really like the Mazdaspeed (Bosal) Mufflers, because they had a big (Ricey) tip. The Racing Beat has a Nice semi-oval angled tip and its a complete cat-back system. It's just basically user preference.
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I went w/ the Mazdaspeed because I want to stick w/ as many Mazdaspeed parts as possible. I like that Mazda has so many upgrade parts for our Protege's, if you haven't noticed you can't get all these oem upgrades w/ honda's or many other cars.
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:D Well, placed my order for the Mazda Sport Muffler today. It should arrive on Monday.
The decision come down to price. While I know you get better performance from the Racing Beat, I deceided that for MY use it wasn't worth the extra dough. I know I wasn't going to get mind numbing HP gains either way so I went with the economical decision. Thank you everyone who replied and aided with my decision:D |
done...
Picked up the Mazda sport muffler on Monday and installed today (Saturday).
From reading all the threads on this issue, I thought that the hardest thing would be the rubber hangers. A little WD-40 and a bit of pushing, shoving and prying they came right off. The bolts on the other hand are another story. They just wouldn't budge. I finally caved in and brought it to Midas for installation. Less than 15 mins and we were good to go! I like the sound but it's a bit louder in the car than I thought. Wife thinks it's too loud but I told her it can't come off. (sigh) |
I have the MS exhaust and love it. as for the price....$316. Consider yourself lucky, mine was about $380 after parts and labor at the dealership. Good luck with whatever you choose!
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Damn 380$ Shit i payed only close to 200$ with tax...
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