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Old 01-30-02, 04:12 PM
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Originally posted by rico05
N1 and GT are both LOUD! If you want something louder than stock, but won't set off car alarms at WOT, then get the Racing Beat set up. Looks stock, but performs nicely!

Thats why Im getting the RB exhaust.

I want something that will perform a lot better than stock, but still be relatively quiet and not droney on the highway.

That and they make a turbo-back, which saves a lot of money as opposed to a seperate downpipe, midpipe, and catback system.

Anyone have info on the new RB T2 full system? I want one and the website says they are redesigning it but no other info
Old 01-30-02, 04:19 PM
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I have the single sided N1 on my 87 TII. It exits on the passenger side and looks just fine. It's lighter than the duel and I was told the single sided produces more power.
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Well, I have decide. Single it is. I am buying a N1 "style" stainless steel cat-back form a guy in the "for sale" area! I will try to do some before and after pics when I get the racepipe and muffler bolted in! Thanks for the feed back!
Old 01-30-02, 04:22 PM
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Originally posted by rico05
N1 and GT are both LOUD! If you want something louder than stock, but won't set off car alarms at WOT, then get the Racing Beat set up. Looks stock, but performs nicely!
N1 isn't that loud in my opinion. Loud is a cheap mag ordered fart pipe that resonates like mad. You can bolt in a little silencer in the end pipe if you feel it is too loud though.
Old 01-30-02, 04:27 PM
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Hell, I'm a psycho 19 year old. Loud is nice! But weed-whacker is left for the rice boys!
Old 01-30-02, 04:42 PM
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I am just checking. NO backpressure is best for rotaries right.

with true dual exaust what pipe setup do you recommend?

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Old 01-30-02, 04:43 PM
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Originally posted by Erik
my theory is unless you have two separate pipes going from each exhaust port to the bumper, then single is the way to go...the y-pipe just creates turbulance...and the dual is heavier. the single is deeper sounding.

here is a side view of mine single...




go japanese...go single!
BEAUTIFUL CAR!!!
Old 01-30-02, 04:54 PM
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Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single Single You know you want to..
Old 01-30-02, 05:32 PM
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I say whatever, it depends on your style. I prefer dual just because I think it looks better, others may say it looks like **** and single for life, its your car and your money
Old 01-30-02, 06:43 PM
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Once again, it seems that most people in this thread adhere to the philosophy of, if it looks cool, and costs a lot, it must be good. And thats great if thats what your looking for, but if you want performance, you will look at it completely different.

2 exhaust pipes are bad. for a few reasons. The first, and most obvious, wieght. Why have it if you dont need it. The second, you have already connected the two pipes at the cat or collector (for those of you without cats), so, at this point it is pointless to have two pipes, because you are already functioning as one. Ok, so you might have true dual (no connection), well, how are you expecting your engine to scavenge (matching exhaust pulses from the two rotors to create pressure waves that will effectively pull exhaust from each rotor). Oh yeah, and not to mention the head loss associated with two exhaust pipes.

1 pipe all the way back from the collector is more efficient. Make the rest of your exhaust the same size as your 2 to 1 collector or marginally larger and you will maintain a higher exhaust velocity, with less backpressure than a dual.

I mentioned before scavenging, this can be tuned by varying the distance of your collector from your exhaust ports, to provide more torque or power at certain rpm's (depending how you do it).

Ok, so I jumped around a bit, but it all comes down to this,

a single exhaust all the way back, is going to be more efficient and more powerful than a dual exhaust all the way back.

there is less material, so the system is lighter.

and who cares about how many 6inch coffee cans you have sticking out the back of your car, only rice boys do.

Get a book and do a little research into intake and exhaust system design and you will be able to understand how changes to your exhaust will affect your car.

Oh yeah, when's the last time you saw an ITS race car with dual exhaust? If you did, I gaurantee it wasn't winning.
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In my opinion, I would stick with duals. Singles look awkward on a T2 to me. Singles look like an incomplete exhaust.

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I have the GReddy SP Sport dual - slanted double wall tips. I couldn't care less about the negligable weight diff. between single and dual.

Primary reason I like dual is aesthetics. Duals just flat-out look better.
I can see the stainless cans from either side of the car.
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this is what you really should get, because if you pay 700 for that nonsense why not add another 150 or something for the upmost best?? be like me, I had the same question but then I just saw them,...
Old 01-30-02, 07:18 PM
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If you want looks, go duel. If you was performance go Single. I was told down in Garland at Rotory Performance the single side flowed alot better so I asked then why do you sell the duel side system and they said some people just prefer the looks, But the single side is still performes better plus it's lighter. So I went with the single.

Looks are fine but i've always held the belief that my cars needed to be fast before they looked fast.
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Duel = Pimp

Do 2nd gens have 2 headers or something? I keep hearing about "true" dual and i don't get it seeing as how my 1st gen has 1 header.
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