Okay here is the deal, Right now I have Tanabe Racing Medallion Cat Back Exhuast on my car and it's kinda snappy. And I just put on a JDM Kakimoto N1 axleback on my car with the Tanabe B-Pipe, and its LOUD!!! It sounds like its straight piped loud. Oh yeah, and I am running a JDM 4-1 Header and Test Pipe also. But what I am wondering, if anyone has a header, test pipe (or high flow cat), Stock R B-Pipe, and an aftermarket axleback exhuast thats a N1 style. Cause what I am thinking of doing is getting rid of my Tanabe Racing Medallion, buying a stock ITR B-Pipe (I sold mine) and fitting the Kakimoto N1 axleback on it. But what I dont want is to do all that work and then have it sound LOUD just like with the Tanabe B-Pipe and not be quieter at all. So if anyone has done this, how does it sound or how do you think it will sound??


Tanabe Racing Medallion



JDM Kakimoto N1

 

do you have any pics of the kakimoto straght from the back

 

umm....I didnt take any of diretcly behind the car, but here are a few to where you can see how it sits, it angles up and out just a tiny bit,and the muffler is smaller than the Apexi N1, I like it

 

Looks way better with the N1...

 

what size is the pipeing on the kakimoto n1 piping

 

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My thoughts exactly

 

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Yes, a million times better.

I know a guy who ran a stock midpipe with his muffler on a GSR to try and tone down the noise, it worked and he only lost about 1.5 horses across the powerband. But then again, his exhaust was from some company I've never heard of before, so I don't know how it compares to stock. We never dyno'd my friends car with the stock exhaust or I'd know.

 

On my previous 97CW R, I had Spoon 2 pcs header, stock B-pipe and 5 Zigen N1 axle back.
My low end gone and loud as hell!
No More now with my 00R, just enjoy stock!

 

if u need a stock b-pipe just let me know

 

is the kakimoto n1 you a 2.5 inch exhaust and where did you get it from and if you mind me asking how much was it

 

yeah i think it is 2 1/2 if not very close, its the same size as my Racing Medallion, and where i got it from was a buddy of mine bought it off the Net, the whole cat back for $150 haha, I knew i should have bought it from him before he cut the b-pipe to fit his car, oh well

 

Soo, you are running the Tanabe B-pipe w/Kaikamoto axle back?

does the Tanabe B Pipe have a resonator built in?

If not you could have a resonator welded in the b-pipe to quiet things down a bit.

You can pick one up here
http://www.kteller.com/store/index.php?cPath=23_85

If there is already a resonator, you could pick up another, one of shorter length and weld it in somewhere down stream from the first..

Your local muffler shop could do that for fairly cheap.

That's what I had to do w/my custom 2.5" kit..