Another rpi exhaust
12-12-2011, 11:35 AM
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12-12-2011, 01:17 PM
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Yeah you are right, installing a silencer and leaving a tiny hole for air flow to exit the exhaust system will only effect the affect the HP by a few. Lol some people will believe anything someone tells them. You'd probably see more gains with a stock exhaust vs silencer setup, so until they do a dyno to prove otherwise (which they still haven't) I'll tend to believe logic vs someone else words.
Anyhow this thread is getting off topic, my belief on the silencer vs anyone elses doesn't really even matter. If you want one and feel you need one then go get it! The RPI exhaust still sounds great and I think it is currently one of the best exhausts out there for our vehicles, I'm sure boots will get many years and miles of fun out of it.
Anyhow this thread is getting off topic, my belief on the silencer vs anyone elses doesn't really even matter. If you want one and feel you need one then go get it! The RPI exhaust still sounds great and I think it is currently one of the best exhausts out there for our vehicles, I'm sure boots will get many years and miles of fun out of it.
12-12-2011, 02:07 PM
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Yeah you are right, installing a silencer and leaving a tiny hole for air flow to exit the exhaust system will only effect the affect the HP by a few. Lol some people will believe anything someone tells them. You'd probably see more gains with a stock exhaust vs silencer setup, so until they do a dyno to prove otherwise (which they still haven't) I'll tend to believe logic vs someone else words.
Anyhow this thread is getting off topic, my belief on the silencer vs anyone elses doesn't really even matter. If you want one and feel you need one then go get it! The RPI exhaust still sounds great and I think it is currently one of the best exhausts out there for our vehicles, I'm sure boots will get many years and miles of fun out of it.
Anyhow this thread is getting off topic, my belief on the silencer vs anyone elses doesn't really even matter. If you want one and feel you need one then go get it! The RPI exhaust still sounds great and I think it is currently one of the best exhausts out there for our vehicles, I'm sure boots will get many years and miles of fun out of it.
At least MY remarks are based in fact and not just a GUESS (at best) as to what will happen when a silencer is installed....BTW, who asked you in the first place??
12-12-2011, 06:54 PM
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Ok guys...This is my take on the drone issue... I've had 2x flowmaster-one on my mustang gt, and the other on my truck. Both sounded great especially after they got broken in..drone=yes after they got broken in and then got too load for my taste. My brother has a pontiac trans am ram air with a aftermarket exhaust.(just forgot then name of that exhaust... Drone=yes..liveable and sounds awesome. My current yukon has a magnaflow catback and I absolutly love it because it has no drone expecially after 134,00 miles. Soumds amazing when I stomp on it. This rpi I just bought at idle is wisper mode. Highway speed is quite like stock. Stomp on it and that sweet rumble is there. In-b-tween the rpm range is you are not going fast enough I hear the drone. I'm rarely there so I can live with what I have. My point is that there are many companies out there that have the same problem, but in the end, the only thing all these pipes do for us is go
ok you get the point. No more fighting guys.
12-13-2011, 12:56 AM
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When you start paying the bills for the forum, then you can start questioning who can post when and where.
12-13-2011, 05:50 AM
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Wow flyingpuck, no reason to go on the attack although it isn't surprising to say the least. This isn't the first time you've gone aggressive and went into attack mode whenever the topic of RPI products have come into play. Last time I checked this was a public forum to voice opinions, you voiced yours and I voiced mine. The question of who asked me anyway, now that is just plain rude, but like I said it doesn't surprise me.
When you start paying the bills for the forum, then you can start questioning who can post when and where.
When you start paying the bills for the forum, then you can start questioning who can post when and where.
12-13-2011, 07:51 AM
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Enjoy the drone? There's very little drone with a V8. I assume it's pretty much all drone on an I6.
And as far as RPI being a rip off, it was one of the cheaper exhausts. Given paying $900 for a muffler and two feet of pipe was a lot, but some other brands are damn near $2000 for the same thing!