So I was thinking of an exhaust set up to "hypothetically" Put on my car. If I wasn't currently in Socal I would just do it but the cali cops might get mad. I'm thinking putting my Open down pipe back on that will go to a cutout for racing, then to an magnaflow resonator and muffler or just muffler. Not to sure, I know I couldn't run my straight pipe like i normally do in cali and get away with it so i need a new set up. What do you guys think about that, Any ideas?

 

What is your Question?

 

Have you ever heard what an open downpipe sounds like on the R56? It doesn't sound good for a street car. When I had a damaged flex section on my exhaust and waited for repair, I drove around with an open downpipe about 3 days. It is loud as hell and does not sound cool at all. Yea you can hear more burbling and throatyness, but overall it sounds like a Civic about to die. Bed this idea and just find a smooth flowing exhaust with a quality made muffler to avoid shaming by the public.

 

What do you mean> you ran the car with nothing after the down-pipe? or you have a castles down-pipe? I ran my car with a castles dp and on open 2.5 inch pipe for months. Didn't sound to bad at all...once it got warmed up.

 

I have a catless downpipe. I ran it open with no exhaust for about 3 days. I guess we have differing opinions. I think it gathered lots of looks on the highway and in a bad way.

 

It is that loud, people gave me looks all the time. It did smell pretty bad, Im trying to figure out if an open downpipe, with a normal exhaust (res/muf) will have any performance gains.

 

It will