TRD muffler

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zoltiz

Discussion Starter · Jan 4, 2005

Got my used TRD muffler today, and since I had to wait almost a month I just had to go ahead and install it right away.

The thing sounds surprisingly sweet for a 4-banger now. Pretty much what I was looking for - tC is too quiet stock and since I'm not a big 5-speed pro I need to be able to hear the engine. That (and the cute tip) were the only reason I got it. Oh and the fact that I can make $50 if I resell it

Not sure if the sound clips will do it justice, because out of all clips that I heard before - it is not even close to what it sounds like in real life. If people want, I can still make a short sound/vid thing.

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Plissken

· #2 · Jan 4, 2005

make the vid, why not

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krzy

· #3 · Jan 4, 2005

If you make a vid/wav, don't do it in your garage.. the engine echo's out and ya can't hear the exhaust by itself.

Ticks me off that people do that.

A couple fly by's while accelerating, a downshift flyby, and maybe the same from inside the car would be cool.

I've been contemplating intake or exhaust.. can't do both right now.

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zoltiz

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jan 4, 2005

I can definitely do the "inside the car vids", but fly-bys will be a bit tough - need somebody to hold the camera. Oh, and don't worry - I don't have a garage

P.S. Did you see my intake vids?

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Repo1981

· #5 · Jan 4, 2005

I caught them, very good....camera was very stable (on your way to work), video quality was sufficient, and the Intake sounded awsome!

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zoltiz

Discussion Starter · #6 · Jan 4, 2005

Here is a vid / sound thing I promised - not much of a vid but sound is somewhat close. Shot from inside the car - half with the window down, then rolled the window up.

http://zoltiz.com/cars/tc/video/exhaust.mp4 (quicktime/mp4)
http://zoltiz.com/cars/tc/video/exhaust.wmv (windows media)

If you have quicktime installed, I recommend clicking the first link (or doing rightclick/save as). Both files are around 3MB.

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basilisk4

· #7 · Jan 4, 2005

Originally posted by zoltiz@Jan 4 2005, 04:37 PM
I can definitely do the "inside the car vids", but fly-bys will be a bit tough - need somebody to hold the camera.

I'll help ya out with those over the weekend.

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Plissken

· #8 · Jan 5, 2005

Sounds really good, better than I expected. I still want to hear that exhaust in person, though.

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Duckman

· #9 · Jan 5, 2005

Thanks for the great video. Exhaust sounds bad a$$.

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zoltiz

Discussion Starter · #10 · Jan 5, 2005

I want to think it sounds close to a 1/2 of a V8 with flowmasters

As much as I am a practical freak this thing is pretty cool, especially for $200.

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GA tC

· #11 · Jan 5, 2005

Not bad! Better than I thought it would sound. Any difference in the way the car accelerates now that you have it on?

Thanks!

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zoltiz

Discussion Starter · #12 · Jan 5, 2005

Originally posted by GA tC@Jan 4 2005, 09:18 PM
Not bad! Better than I thought it would sound. Any difference in the way the car accelerates now that you have it on?

I have a feeling (could be just that - a feeling), that RPMs drop down a little faster than before - making the shifts actually smoother. But I might be seeing things.

And you should hear it in person - much better than in the video.

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