Stillen Headers installed - Review/Pics/Vid/Dyno

spearfish25 · 04-19-2009, 06:04 PM

How much of the sound is interior vs exterior? I think the full intake/exhaust system sounds great, but it definitely means some compromises if you consider the car to be a daily driver (ie, you like your stereo). Sounds like you might as well pull the stereo out of the car and get the weight-loss reward as listening to the radio seems impossible. That being said, the sweet symphony of that exhaust would entertain me for hours on end

semtex · 04-19-2009, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

How much of the sound is interior vs exterior? I think the full intake/exhaust system sounds great, but it definitely means some compromises if you consider the car to be a daily driver (ie, you like your stereo). Sounds like you might as well pull the stereo out of the car and get the weight-loss reward as listening to the radio seems impossible. That being said, the sweet symphony of that exhaust would entertain me for hours on end

I have no problems hearing my stereo. It's not like I actually drive around WOT all the time. Keep in mind that I was deliberately driving hard in the video because I wanted people to hear the full range of the exhaust note. In normal day to day driving, it isn't so bad that you can't even hear your music. Let me put it this way -- I can still have a conversation with someone over the phone via Bluetooth and they can still understand me. Granted I'm not driving hard when I talk over the phone, but one shouldn't really be doing that anyway (talking on the phone while driving hard).

wstar · 04-19-2009, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

I have no problems hearing my stereo. It's not like I actually drive around WOT all the time. Keep in mind that I was deliberately driving hard in the video because I wanted people to hear the full range of the exhaust note. In normal day to day driving, it isn't so bad that you can't even hear your music. Let me put it this way -- I can still have a conversation with someone over the phone via Bluetooth and they can still understand me. Granted I'm not driving hard when I talk over the phone, but one shouldn't really be doing that anyway (talking on the phone while driving hard).

Yup, about how I see it too. It's growly inside, but it's not really that loud with the windows up and not WOT. When I first got the car, 13-ish on the stock (touring) stereo was a great highway volume, now I set it about 16

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spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1857	How much of the sound is interior vs exterior? I think the full intake/exhaust system sounds great, but it definitely means some compromises if you consider the car to be a daily driver (ie, you like your stereo). Sounds like you might as well pull the stereo out of the car and get the weight-loss reward as listening to the radio seems impossible. That being said, the sweet symphony of that exhaust would entertain me for hours on end