I've considered this exhaust in the past for the weight saving element, but have always been concerned about the sound. You should post some sound clip videos as well.

 

What part of Houston are you in? Might be able to meet up sometime in the near future and you could hear the exhaust in person.

 

I'll try to do that tomorrow. It is definitely much lighter.

 

Do you know the diameter of the piping? Enthuza doesn't list it on their site, I'm looking for a 2.5in+ exhaust.

 

Yes. It's 2.25 OD. ID is 2.13

 

Try it with a Racing Beat 4->1 Header and Racing Beat Midpipe. It'll absolutely shriek.

 

On video, this is one of the best sounding Miatas I've ever heard. (Racing Beat midpipe and your Enthuza muffler)

 

The Enthuza XR is an awesome piece for sure. It is just a magnalow straight through muffler and then Enthuza adds the appropriate piping/bends and tip. It sounds much better than I was expecting though. Loud and Quiet are relative terms obviously...I'm used to v-8s with no cats, and my mazdaspeed3 is pretty obnoxious too. To me the Enthuza axleback is middle ground noise level. I could drive the car for an all day roadtrip and the exhaust (as of right now with stock midpipe) would not bother me...but I would definitely hear it the whole time...I like hearing my car though.

As far as the racing beat header, I was under the impression that the header was pretty much not worth the money for the VVT cars, since we already have a nicer tubular header than the 00 and below cars.

 

As far as the racing beat header, I was under the impression that the header was pretty much not worth the money for the VVT cars, since we already have a nicer tubular header than the 00 and below cars.

The gains aren't as great (both weight and HP), but it is better than the OEM header.

 

If I go that route then i'll have to find me a supercharger too

 

LOL, alright then, since you are up in Chi town and obviously can't come hear it in person, i'll take a video. All I have though is my Iphone5 for the vid but better than nothing.

 

As Promised.

 

As Promised.

Thanks for the video. Sounds really nice. Gonna order today or tomorrow.

 

Curious...how much noise reduction is attributed to the muffler and how much is attributed to the 2x 90* bends?

I'm looking for a muffler to make my car quiet, but it's left exit and basically straight from the header back. It has a resonator (magnaflow from Enthuzacar) in the midpipe and currently a Vibrant titanium muffler (basically a hollow cannon style). Thinking of going with a baffled muffler, but they're quite a bit heavier.

 

I'm looking for a muffler to make my car quiet, but it's left exit and basically straight from the header back. It has a resonator (magnaflow from Enthuzacar) in the midpipe and currently a Vibrant titanium muffler (basically a hollow cannon style). Thinking of going with a baffled muffler, but they're quite a bit heavier.

Thinking of getting a vibrant alluminum muffler.

 

A typical conversation at 50+ consists of both people yelling "WHAT?!" a dozen times while trying to figure out whether to go to McDonald's or Burger King.

 

Vibrant muffler or resonantor? We use the vibrant resonators a lot to help quiet down the Speed3 exhausts when upgrading to 3". On another note, my enthuza catless midpipe will be here today. I'll put the exhaust on in the next few days, and post up a video of that too.

 

Vibrant muffler or resonantor?

I'm running the muffler:

 

Been running an xr on my 05 with rb header for at least five years. Horrendous freeway drone. Oddly, rb midpipe and it's quieted it down a lot.

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Could be from the big ol resonator on that rb midpipe or I've heard that rb uses thick wall piping which does a better job at sending the noise down the pipe and out the back.

 

Its exhaust...3lbs with a very low center of gravity, on a non rotating part...save your money. Rocks and road debris will bounce and hit the aluminum and deform it quicker than the stainless.

 

Im in the process of installing the enthuza midpipe now. I've worked on many cars over the years. I must say,there is one nut on the cat to header connection that is horrible to access. Space is tight. Next time I'm removing the wheel and the 02 sensor...its worth those 10 minutes to not have to jack with that nut so much. Thankfully though, I got all 3 nuts off.

 

Thankfully though, I got all 3 nuts off.

:woolery:

I assume that the NB is a little different, but I always hated messing with that part of the exhaust on my NA. When I had Artech make my custom exhaust I had him use v-band clamps for every joint. No more flange bolts and nuts to futz with!

 

LOL I see what you did there

Anyway, yah those 3 nuts were ridiculous at first. there is a bracket that is bolted to the bellhousing, and a clamp that is on the exhaust. The exhaust clamp bolts to said bracket to keep it moving. I found that the bolt was sheared off...so I removed the clamp and bracket. This gave me a lot of space and has greatly reduced the time to mess with the exhaust...now the pipe after the header can be installed or taken off in about 5 minutes. Enthuza exhaust is installed...vids will follow soon after I get the shifter back in operation.

 

I chucked that bracket too when I put an '01+ tubular manifold on my '00 SE. What a worthless POS. Since then, I had a dead cat from a faulty coil, and upgraded to a FM mid pipe and cat. Now I'm waiting for my Enthuza XR to ship and I'll replace the RB dual muffler on there now.

I can't wait to lose another 15lbs off the back end of the car.