Easy question for all who are boosted? I had a turbo setup before, but I never drove the car until i built a motor for it and the first time i started it, it had a turbo on it. So i have nothing to compare to.

 

weird question...

I would say yes to a point (assuming same pipe dia as n/a) because it's just another restriction in the exhaust flow just like muff, res, cat, etc... all of which muffle the sound.

I'm talking for idle and cruising... as soon as you start making power that all goes out the window

 

yes turbo makes ur exhaust quieter. i just put a turbo on my friends car and his car is much quieter. which is a good thing cause you def. wanna here ur turbo spoolin and ur blow off makin that sweet sweet sound.

 

You put a restriction in anything it get quieter... to a point.

 

I guess my question would be at like WOT. But i get what you said, it is just another restriction, even at high rpms, it still would be a restriction right? just flowing more.
would it make it noticibly less noisy at wot?

 

Yes it makes it alot quieter.. Thats why many tracks require a muffler if your not running a turbo..

 

yupper

 

Much quieter ! My 3" exhaust w/ just a muffler is quieter than my old 2.5" with resonators and a cat+muffler without the turbo.

 

sounds like stock if im not beating on it.

 

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except for the fact it sounds like the car is whistling

 

my exhaust is still loud as **** i dunno what u guys are talking about. i have a resonator AND a muffler (straight through) although no cat.. but it didnt change when i put a test pipe on it stayed the same boomy tone. you guys make it seem like a turbo will silence your exhaust.. all i gotta say is hell no.

 

Ive noticed the raspiness of fart can exhausts go away with a turbo. Quieter...umm no. Much deeper tone though.

 

yea, it gets lower and deeper. sounds much better. my 3" exhaust and 22" long resonator makes mine purr like a kitten at idle. but it roars like a lion when you get on it. and when the wastegate open up, it is gonna scare the **** out of the people you're passing up, especially if you're dumping it through an open atmosphere tube like mine. RRRRRAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I'm rick james Bitch!

 

I drove a honda naturally aspirated for a day with a 3" catback and I had the worst headache ever, I thought my head was going to explode. A turbo honda with a 3" catback is still going to be loud, but MUCH quieter than a naturally aspirated honda, and sounds far better too.

 

Yes, but you need to think about just the exhaust sound and ignore the ****-your-pants spool noise. Exhaust tip to tip, it just sounds less rattly on the turbo engine.

 

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HAHAHA! i did that too when i pulled the turbo to make some repairs. i thought my ears were bleeding, it was so loud.

I cant go back to NA.

oh yah it sounds stock when cruising except the "PSSSHHHTTT!" blows my cover.