Hey guys, just needed a general opinion on the sound of the N1 exhaust muffler. I'm thinking about building a custom exhaust for my 86 MR2 (N/A) and I was checking out the N1 but need to know how loud it is compared to others and also does the silencer make a BIG difference? I'm looking for a reasonably quiet exhaust, and if the N1 is very loud, please make suggestions. Since it's an MR2 the piping will only be about 5 feet long at most, so i'm thinking about throwing a resonator in the middle somewhere. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

Pic for reference: (Unknown exhaust, but I wouldn't have the bend around to the left and back, just back from the header and bend towards the passenger side like an angled N1 catback)

 

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The N1 is loud. If you want any kind of quiet exhaust, I would look toward either another apex'i system (forget which one is quiet) or RS*R. I read apexi's new silencer actually increased horsepower over the strait through N1. That gain will vary from setup to setup, but I don't see the purpose in muting a loud exhaust if you want it quiet all the time. If that's the case, I would simply go with a quiter setup.

 

get the n1 if you like the style, you can ALWAYS adjsut sound by adding a resonator to it. I had a magnaflow custom setup in my civic with an h22 and it sounded like ****, way too loud, raspy. So i looked for a solution, a 22" Resonator. It has a nice clean crisp exhaust tone, and its quiet in the car (even under accel/wot). All piping is 2.5"

EDIT:
You can also see that the guy running that n1 also has an additional muffler in there.