What Pre-silencer & Muffler to use with MazdaTrix header?
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What Pre-silencer & Muffler to use with MazdaTrix header?
Hey folks, looking for any real-world experice on what pre-silencer and muffler I should consider with te MazdaTrix header. Been thinking about a Magnaflow mufler, but not sure what presilencer I should use.
btw -- No need for a cat here in Michigan.
thx!
btw -- No need for a cat here in Michigan.
thx!
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If it was me, I'd do like MosesX605 and go with a RB presilencer, Magnaflow resonator, and Borla muffler. He put a sound clip of his car on the forum; not terribly loud and sounded very sexy.
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/quiet-yet-straight-through-exhaust-possible-541547/
https://www.rx7club.com/1st-generation-specific-1979-1985-18/quiet-yet-straight-through-exhaust-possible-541547/
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I'm still very happy with my Borla. I was out driving yesterday and the sound that it makes at full bore is just glorious.
Given an option, I'd go with Borla again, no question. Magnaflows just don't sound as good and the RB mufflers are just too spendy.
If you have money to burn though, the RB setup is probably the best exhaust for a street vehicle. It has a good balance between performance and tone.
Given an option, I'd go with Borla again, no question. Magnaflows just don't sound as good and the RB mufflers are just too spendy.
If you have money to burn though, the RB setup is probably the best exhaust for a street vehicle. It has a good balance between performance and tone.
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rb header-rb presilncer-magnaflow muffler-borla muffler
if i were you id go with a borla XS for a presilencer and a MS protege muffler like suggested above. i can get you a MSP muffler for pretty cheap if you want it. if you dont, i may get it to try it out on a 7 in the future.
if i were you id go with a borla XS for a presilencer and a MS protege muffler like suggested above. i can get you a MSP muffler for pretty cheap if you want it. if you dont, i may get it to try it out on a 7 in the future.
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There is only 1 real pre-silencer that works and that is the RB one.
IMHO using anything but that is a waste of money and time.
As far as the end of your question about muffler usage, now that subject has been beat to death.
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Doc, I agree with you about the muffler!
OK, to reset the stage here: Car is a GSL-SE with the factory 6 port engine.
I'm looking to use:
Question one: Volume very streetable, right?
Question two: is it better to go with the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube on the header or the pre-silencer?
Is one way better than the other?
OK, to reset the stage here: Car is a GSL-SE with the factory 6 port engine.
I'm looking to use:
- RB or MazdaTrix header
- Bolt directly to the RB pre-silencer
- Straight pipe to Muffler (season to taste; Borla or Magnaflow)
Question one: Volume very streetable, right?
Question two: is it better to go with the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube on the header or the pre-silencer?
- I know that the MazdaTrix header is the same as the RB with the exception that they include the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube right on the header.
- In a full RB setup, they put the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube on the pre-silencer.
Is one way better than the other?
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Doc, I agree with you about the muffler!
OK, to reset the stage here: Car is a GSL-SE with the factory 6 port engine.
I'm looking to use:
Question two: is it better to go with the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube on the header or the pre-silencer?
OK, to reset the stage here: Car is a GSL-SE with the factory 6 port engine.
I'm looking to use:
- RB or MazdaTrix header
- Bolt directly to the RB pre-silencer
- Straight pipe to Muffler (season to taste; Borla or Magnaflow)
Question two: is it better to go with the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube on the header or the pre-silencer?
- I know that the MazdaTrix header is the same as the RB with the exception that they include the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube right on the header.
- In a full RB setup, they put the six-port injection back-pressure pickup tube on the pre-silencer.
The provision on the header is not for the 6 port system, it is for the O'2 sensor.
The pre-silencer has the provison for the air tube which is used on the stock exhaust. The air tube has the small tubing for the vacuum hose that provides the backpressure needed to open the 6 ports.
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rb header- rb presilencer-magnaflow muffler-borla xr1
i dont suggest going with header, presilencer and then back to the muffler.
if you do that then you need to go with a RB muffler. its more restrictive than the magnaflow or borla, but quieter.
if you go with borla get the XS series. theyre quieter than the XR.
i dont suggest going with header, presilencer and then back to the muffler.
if you do that then you need to go with a RB muffler. its more restrictive than the magnaflow or borla, but quieter.
if you go with borla get the XS series. theyre quieter than the XR.
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My car was too loud with a Magnaflow.
They're just not as good at noise supression as a comperable Borla, and they sound much much worse.
Avoid Magnaflow. Get a Borla. You'll be happier for it.
They're just not as good at noise supression as a comperable Borla, and they sound much much worse.
Avoid Magnaflow. Get a Borla. You'll be happier for it.
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rb header- rb presilencer-magnaflow muffler-borla xr1
i dont suggest going with header, presilencer and then back to the muffler.
if you do that then you need to go with a RB muffler. its more restrictive than the magnaflow or borla, but quieter.
if you go with borla get the XS series. theyre quieter than the XR.
i dont suggest going with header, presilencer and then back to the muffler.
if you do that then you need to go with a RB muffler. its more restrictive than the magnaflow or borla, but quieter.
if you go with borla get the XS series. theyre quieter than the XR.
AWS140: Just wondering, why not go header, presilencer and then back to the muffler? Is it too loud? Or some other issue?
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I personally would want more than that if you go with the RB presilencer because it does very little in the way of muffling. It just cuts down the high tones and makes a mellower note.
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A header to pre-silencer with a straight thru muffler at the end is abnoxioulsy loud. I had that on my SE and I had to watch how hard I accelerated at intersections to avoid giving people heart attacks.lol.
Personally I am a Rb fan of the complete system including their prima flow muffler.
Everyone states that they are restrictive. Well according to RB they add 5HP over the stock muffler so how restrictive can they be?
Their are no dyno sheets for these straight thru mufflers and with guys running 2 mufflers who is to say that even thought the mufflers are the straight thru design that 2 of them are not as (So called restrictive) as the prima flow and are not killing hp?
Personally I am a Rb fan of the complete system including their prima flow muffler.
Everyone states that they are restrictive. Well according to RB they add 5HP over the stock muffler so how restrictive can they be?
Their are no dyno sheets for these straight thru mufflers and with guys running 2 mufflers who is to say that even thought the mufflers are the straight thru design that 2 of them are not as (So called restrictive) as the prima flow and are not killing hp?
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It's totally worth it, though. Nothing sounds quite like a good RB silencer.