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Cobb turboback installed today


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Downpipe has been on for about six months, and had the rest installed today. It's pretty loud. I like it, but I'm worried about Mrs. Lung. She'll have to borrow my car later on this week, so we'll see how it goes.
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Temporarily put my stock cans back on, it's just too loud. I just spent $2400 on audio equipment and I can't even hear it. It felt like I had a 250 hp subwoofer blasting my back.

 

I will have a muffler shop put a resonator in and re-install the Cobb cans.

 

Having said that, I highly recommend the product. After the install, which included Tarmac 1's, I drove up hwy 49 to Downieville. It's about a 120 mile round trip through the Sierra's. I've made that trip about twenty times since I got my car last Summer. I never had so much fun driving. The sound lets you interface with your car in a way you can not do when it is quiet. The coilover's allowed me to add fourth gear. I doubt I exceeded 4000 rpm's more than a couple of times the whole way. You can hear the turbo kick in at 3000 rpm's in a very subtle way. Your rpm's don't increase, but the engine gains momentum. It's like a cam getting on top of the engine. You go from a pulling sensation to a pushing sensation. It made it apparent that I over drive a lot.

 

I need to find a way to allow that interface and not get a headache. Or at least be able to talk on the phone.

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Had the Muffler Shack in Citrus Heights install a resonator.

 

Putting a resonator on a Cobb TBE is like telling your newlywed Wife to "go put some clothes on". I did it. I don't feel good about it. It is against everything I believe in. But I work out of this car and it just didn't work for me. When I take this car out of official service, I'll remove the resonator.

 

BTW. Resonator = same tone, lower decibels. 25-30% less, IMO.

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So Cobb doesnt include/make optional silencers for the tips? I love my JIC exhaust but sadly without the tip silencers it is obnoxiously crazy loud. Its an injustice to plug up a high-flow TBE but sometimes driving sanity must be considered.
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Had the Muffler Shack in Citrus Heights install a resonator.

 

Putting a resonator on a Cobb TBE is like telling your newlywed Wife to "go put some clothes on". I did it. I don't feel good about it. It is against everything I believe in. But I work out of this car and it just didn't work for me. When I take this car out of official service, I'll remove the resonator.

 

BTW. Resonator = same tone, lower decibels. 25-30% less, IMO.

 

Do you know what kind of resonator they installed?

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