Racing Beat vs. Mazdaspeed exhaust SOUND
May-3rd-2003, 05:46 PM
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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 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.
May-3rd-2003, 09:15 PM
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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.
May-3rd-2003, 10:22 PM
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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.
May-7th-2003, 08:16 PM
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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
May-17th-2003, 10:05 PM
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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)
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)
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