WOOWWWW I've seen 3 of the 4 videos (downloading the highway vid right now) and it's simply amazing. Randy I hope you have this system for sale by december so I can get an early christmas present hehe. AMAZING once again, nicest exhaust i've heard, can't wait to hear "all hell breaking loose."

 

For the first time, I actually wish I had an S. That exhaust sounds amazing!

 

:e ek2:

GIMME

 

I believe he said in an earlier post he was trying to have it ready before the end of the year, keep your fingers crossed.

Having heard the system in person, I will second Bob and say I don't think it should be any louder, and I agree that the true test is the "can you stand it at 70mph for 3 hours". Around town it sounds great and if its quiet enough at speed for long periods, I wouldn't change a thing. Maybe you could sell it with an option "big/tightly packed muffler" or "noisy muffler".

 

There will be one more video posted tonight driving on a somewhat winding road.

 

Yeehaa.. I cant wait for it!

 

Thanks to all for the work done in testing and getting sound clips out. Looks like the system I've been waiting for.

So Randy, where is the sign up list for this thing? I wouldn't mind being on the first or second round of production . Any chance the bypass valve switch could take up the empty space in the toggle bank?

Again good work guys.

Nik

 

thats what i was thinking. i hope so!

 

That would be absolutely awesome! I think Randy won't have any problem selling 10, 50, or more of these puppies.

mb

 

Sounds like a helluva drone in that system at cruising speeds. I already built one that sounded like that.

 

IMO too....

 

The things that will get sorted out over the next few weeks are how loud it is vs power. I will dyno the car next week to get deltas and then I'm sure that the loudness will be played with to come up with a nice compromise from volume to power.....this IS "beta" and it is a blast to drive but your concerns are being taking into consideration because as Randy has stated to me this is going to be "sheep to wolf" not "big dog to wolf". That being said, we (all of us) want the sheep to be the biggest, baddest, damn sheep you ever saw.....stay involved in the process...it's fun

 

Spider,

Thanks for the explaination...

 

I figured it would have further development, and I'm working on V3 of my custom exhaust, so I know what it takes. There are some things that Randy needs to watch out for in his design, though.

 

Will - what concerns you other than the cruising speed drone?

 

Spider

EXCELLENT Videos and Commentary. You went WAY out of your way to shoot and comment like you did.

I am SURE the community is thankful for this effort I am.

Its really not loud at all ... inside the car the SC whine overpowered it.

If the open exhaust is just the headers and CAT, then that will be LOUD!

 

thank you for doing this work. I need to take a peek at a PC here at work to see the vid, but the sound was great....

-jac

 

I have a couple things mulling around looking at the design. I don't want to throw them out and get into a flame war with the usual suspects, tho, so for now I'll wait for all the bugs to be worked out.

 

Remember that this is how it sounds with a Militek header/cat combo. It will most likely be more quiet with the stock header/cat.

 

I've been following the continuous-flow modelling that you did of the exhaust and am interested to see what you have come up with. Maybe you could work with Randy to incorporate some elements of his design with some elements of yours:

 

Great Job Bob Can't wait to hear it with the cutout opened up

 

Might I ask which elements of Will's exhaust intrigue you? He and I have spoken fairly often about it, since we are good friends. I know why I dig Will's idea- I choose to tell him so personally. I'm curious, since you do not say anything specifically here. Please be nice and give him credit where it's deserved .

 

I wounder with the switch if it would be possible to muffle the sound more for a long trip? then again as long as it's not louder than my supersprint on my X3 I can care less

 

Spider,

nice clips - sounds good and seems to be well balanced - grut when your on it and quiet on the highway. It will be interesting to hear the "switch open".
Look forward to seeing the dyno numbers opened valve / shut valve.

I'm glad you posted them for the natives were getting restless and I was becoming concerned for your long term health.

 

Andy, that was a prototype system because I A) wanted to learn to weld, and I've gotten much better and B) wanted to know what effects an exhaust like that really added, since we can rarely trust manufactureres in their claims to transfer to our cars. I got my answers, and have continued development on my own exhaust because I enjoy it. I have the intelligence, education, and tools to analyze systems and find potential weaknesses in simple systems, like my first attempt there, and more complex ones like the WMS exhaust. I'm not trying to say the design is bad, just that it may not be as good as it could be.

And the drone will be unbearable after a very short amount of time, as I found out first hand.