Ok so.... My Magnaflow CBE may be a tad on the loud side.

[Pako]

This is not a complaint thread or a how to make it quiet thread, this is just an observation thread.

 

I know the exhaust is loud, the rumble from the truck is much louder than what I thought it was going to be. I don't mind it but having conversations with my wife can get a bit annoying. I have thought about Dyno matting the car to kill the road noise and to reduce the exhaust noise from inside the car to make our "talks" easier. I may just have to tell her to not talk to me while we're in the Subie, to save it for the Honda.

 

Now on to the "I didn't know it was that loud....." story. I was on a short trip to the post office this morning and decided to have a little 1st and 2nd gear fun in between stop signs when on the top of my shift I set off the car alarm of a parked vehicle. It was such a Ghost Rider moment when he tears down the street with the row of vehicle alarms all lit up.

 

Good times I tell ya, good times.....

[laff79]

I have thought about Dyno matting the car to kill the road noise and to reduce the exhaust noise from inside the car to make our "talks" easier. I may just have to tell her to not talk to me while we're in the Subie, to save it for the Honda.

 

One can only wish...

 

 

Seriously though, I've heard good things about dynamatting the floor. Buddy of mine did it with decent results.

[OutbackXT05]

I believe what a lot of people do to quiet it down a bit with good results is to add a 18" vibrant muffler to the mid pipe iirc.

[BoozeRS05]

My magnaflow cbe had an 18" vibrant resonator in it, but it was the cone style and might have only reduced volume by 5%-10%. Def a good idea, but get their ultra quiet resonator. I set off a smart car alarm once on startup while I was parked next to it, and my LGT was stg1.

 

My current spt cbe is too quiet.