i was just wondering if anyone's tried this, and how it sounds....

i'm thinking about going to an exhaust place, and getting a straight pipe made for my cooper, and i was wondering if it sounded decent, and if it will add anything in performance. i would be going from the cat back most likely, and going with 2". unless anyone has experience with other, and can recomend otherwise....

 

also: kinda a dumb question, but for some reason i thought about it last night when trying to fall asleep....since both the miata and the mini have a 1.6L engine, woudl it be possible to get a FI kit for the miata and stuff it into the mini engine bay? lol.

i know it's a dumb and completely random question, but i do know they're both 1.6s, and i know that the miata has a lot of space in the engine bay, and the mini not so much....but i didn't know if anyone had this idea before....

 

First, you will lose power at the bottom end...IT IS LOUD..really loud, and it sounds like garbage. Here is a sound bite of mine. I bought the car wrecked, and wanted to keep it driveable, but leave the rear subframe and floor area accessible, so I cut the pipe in front of the gas tank and tacked on a turndown. When the frame work is done, I am putting a real exhaust system back on it. Ok, so it sounds kinda cool in the vid, but believe me, its LOUD
--Dan
http://www.grassrootsgarage.com/gallery/MOV01758.MPG

 

link isn't working. you can email me the vid. mgoose1359@yahoo.com


and you think it's as loud as open headers on a 1.6 miata? lol. i had that for a while

 

your thinking too much, spend your money on a cam and an MTH tune, a K&N drop in filter and an Alta cat-back...

 

no, not that loud, I fixed the vid

 

lol. these are the kinds of thoughts that keep me out of the really good schools. lol

i'll find a nice exhaust eventually. but i was just wondering what it sounded like

 

Stop by, if your ever up this way

 

i would have to hear it in person, to see how loud it really is, but it doesn't sound too bad. atleast it doesn't sound like a swarm of bees.

next time i'm off, i'll see about getting up there. how far out of charlotte are you? 2 hours or so?


nm, i mapquested it

 

1.2 hours from uptown

 

with the straight pipe, could i get a silencer made for it? for when i don't wanna be an *******? lol