Howdy y'all. I've been look for a low budget exhaust that sounds good. I have a R53 Mini with some light mods. I just blew the baffles out of the exhaust I have (One Ball mod). I've settled on the Monza Pacesetter exhaust. Does anyone who has this exhaust system have any good video to share?

 

If you go to YouTube and type in Monza pacesetter r53 I think? There's a video there. I was going to get it but decided to go muffler delete with a nice tip for now just to have some sound while I stack parts in my closet for a weekend full of installations. The guy driving obviously didn't do a great job at letting her sing but it doesn't sound too bad.. as a matter of fact, here's the link.

 

I can upload a video of my muffler delete later if you'd like. I went single pipe from the mid pipe around the passenger side of the battery box then out the center with an odd oval tip. Audio quality over cell phones and YouTube aren't the greatest but I was super cautious about going muffler delete after hearing some of the videos on YouTube, turns out mine sounds great.

 

I'm sorry for posting 3 times in a row like a straight up weirdo but I was just surfing the forums and found some complaints about the flex pipe on the pacesetter and some other bargain exhaust systems.. Apparently it's too short and users have been experiencing failures and leakage due to such. If you're looking for low budget I suggest going on Amazon or something and finding a tip you fancy. Take it to your local exhaust shop and have them delete the mufflers and weld the tip in place. Shouldn't be even $200 all together. My tip was like $50 super simple and the muffler delete was around $100

 

I'd like to hear you exhaust if you get the chance. I already have long tube racing headers with high flow cat. I like sound of the Pacesetter for their price. Later I'll go with a higher quality exhaust but for now I'm looking at budget

 

Sorry I've been so busy haven't even been on. I'll get a video of her later for you but it's going to sound much different as I still have the factory header and cat.

 

No problem. Anything will help in choosing the right exhaust system

 

Warm start:

Tunnel noise:

Regular driving:

I can get an aggressive acceleration video if you'd like. Girlfriend was too tired from traveling to help me out tonight 😴

 

It sounds great! What's the drone like?

 

The drone is actually not bad at all. Kept the cats and resonator obviously. It does get a little buzzy when you're cruising around 70-80 but it's not annoying and you're still more than able to carry a conversation with your passenger at a normal volume. I've had cars that were so loud you'd feel like you were yelling all the time. That's not the case here at all.

 

I didn't bother with that one ball mod madness. Cut at the midpipe where it's still single, ran "straight" pipe around the passenger side of the battery box and out the center. The pipe had to come into the exhaust tip at an angle because of the lack of room between the rear bumper and battery box so make sure you go somewhere that has a good reputation because it takes a little bit of creativity haha don't want your exhaust tip to be crooked. I don't know about you but that ish drives me crazy.

 

Good to know. I've been considering moving the battery box help free up room in the back undercarriage.

 

Along with blown baffles, I ran across this yesterday when the bolts broke loose traveling on a gravel road Sunday.

 

Oof. Practicing rx? 😂

 

Ha! I wish. It's so loud I cringe every time I pass a State Trooper

 

That guy driving was me wasn't trying to make it scream I wanted the tone to be heard not just it screaming

 

That is the link to a current video of the car I opened it up a little bit and let it sing this time

 

Oh no :(

 

😂😂😂 I had a feeling when I had made the post that you might be lurking here. Second clip does sound way better. How are you doing with the flex section? Guessing it hasn't been an issue for you?

 

Haven't had any problems with the flex pipe. I do have more videos I could post to youtube but videos don't do a justice how good it actually sounds. I will link them when I post them

 

Here's another video of my car with my buddy driving just letting off the gas in 1st leaving it in gear then 1st to 2nd shifting

 

Is it pretty loud with the cats and stock header or is it a comfortable tone? Right now, the straight headers I'm running are loud until I get it fixed. I love noise but I like to be able to hear too

 

Much better sound

 

It's deffinetly not as loud as some other r53's I've heard and for me it's comfortable you are still able to hear your self think and there is drone on the highway around 70 but it's not that bad if you have your rear seats up and some things in the trunck to block sound and yes I still have stock header and cats

 

Do you know if this fits an 04? Lol. It doesn't look like the muffler will fit. Did you run into any issues?