Sound Modification Tips

lfrz93 · 04-30-2015, 09:53 AM

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Originally Posted by BC416

Some HFC's will quiet it down.

I've come to the conclusion that the car sounds best with just a good quality cat-back. The sound is more important to me than some extra HP so I'm simply sticking with my F.I cat back for now.

Hmmm, I've considered just throwing the cats back on. My friend Danny has his 7AT with just some AAM Short tails and it sounds great (not nearly as loud as mine). I'm guessing my Z would sound well with just the AP catback

BC416 · 04-30-2015, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by lfrz93

Hmmm, I've considered just throwing the cats back on. My friend Danny has his 7AT with just some AAM Short tails and it sounds great (not nearly as loud as mine). I'm guessing my Z would sound well with just the AP catback

You can throw the stock cats back on or the stock cat-back on, either way will def quiet it down and you won't have to spend any money. My last car was loud as hell and the one thing I wanted to make sure with the Z was that it was aggressive sounding but not obnoxious.

lfrz93 · 04-30-2015, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BC416

You can throw the stock cats back on or the stock cat-back on, either way will def quiet it down and you won't have to spend any money. My last car was loud as hell and the one thing I wanted to make sure with the Z was that is was aggressive sounding but not obnoxious.

I agree. Though I enjoy the loudness, it is obnoxious as hell at times. Merging on to the highway i can't talk to the person next to me and the drone between 2.4k-3.1k is really annoying.

Do you think the stock cats or stock exhaust will quiet it down the most? I'm inclined to putting the cats back on rather than the stock exhaust

BC416 · 04-30-2015, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by lfrz93

I agree. Though I enjoy the loudness, it is obnoxious as hell at times. Merging on to the highway i can't talk to the person next to me and the drone between 2.4k-3.1k is really annoying.

Do you think the stock cats or stock exhaust will quiet it down the most? I'm inclined to putting the cats back on rather than the stock exhaust

I can't really comment on how it would sound with the stock exhaust and aftermarket cats as my cats have always been stock. I can tell you with just my cat-back exhaust installed the car sounds like absolute sex.

Since you're in FL you don't have to worry about emissions - so you don't have to take that into account.

Your best bet would be to throw on the stock cats and fire her up, see how it is. I'm also not a fan of the hiss that aftermarket cats make so that's another reason to keep em stock.

lfrz93 · 04-30-2015, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by BC416

I can't really comment on how it would sound with the stock exhaust and aftermarket cats as my cats have always been stock. I can tell you with just my cat-back exhaust installed the car sounds like absolute sex.

Since you're in FL you don't have to worry about emissions - so you don't have to take that into account.

Your best bet would be to throw on the stock cats and fire her up, see how it is. I'm also not a fan of the hiss that aftermarket cats make so that's another reason to keep em stock.

alright! Sounds like I have a plan now haha. Sucks that I'd have one less mod but at least my car will sound better.

Thanks for the help!

BC416 · 04-30-2015, 10:15 AM

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Originally Posted by lfrz93

alright! Sounds like I have a plan now haha. Sucks that I'd have one less mod but at least my car will sound better.

Thanks for the help!

No problem man - the good thing is you can always try some different combinations of stock/aftermarket since you already own them. I hear ya on the less mods - however I've come to learn that just because something is modded, doesn't make it better.

Enjoy the car!

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