r/Exhaust

Hey everyone, have a question for you. I just bought a CHEAP beater and the seller casually hands me this and mentions it’s got a valvetronic exhaust/muffler installed. Apparently all I need is a battery to activate straight pipe on my $400 Subaru Baja 😂 I’ve been trying google but to no avail. What kind of battery will this take? AAAA? Photos I’m finding make it look too wide for this remote, so any advice is appreciated. All the valvetronic pages say button batteries, but I can’t imagine I’m supposed to stack like 6-8 tiny buttons in there….. anyway, TIA! Have a great day!

I have a 2017 hemi ram. Looking to do my first fab project. My idea is having a straight loud pipe to the rear tips, and a valve early on to have a quiet section that dumps under the truck. I have no experience welding, but I’ve ordered a flux core / mig welder that will be here soon. I plan to practice a ton before touching anything. My existing exhaust has a muffler and 2 resonators after it splits towards the rear. I plan to delete the muffler so it flows straight through to the resonators and exit when the valve is open. From the branched Y section, I’d like to have it quiet or mostly quiet for morning cold starts (I wake up at 4am and don’t want to be a bother). I understand I’ll have to freestyle the hanging / mounting but I’m not too concerned as I’ve seen some frame pieces that I can support the muffled section with. Is this possible for a first time welder?? I’m super optimistic I can do it without taking it to a shop. But I’m hoping to get some more experienced eyes on my idea. I think I’ve considered mostly everything, but someone tell me my concept isn’t impossible. Sorry the drawing isn’t to scale 😂 it’s a bit of a rough draft. Please and thanks for the help!!!

Hi,

I have since 3 months now installed a Remus Racing exhaust on my m440i.
I’m unfortunately very disappointed how it sounds actually despite spending a lot of time preparing this plan(the videos I saw usually just show a cold start and not a daily usage, so I didn’t know about the droning part)
To summary, It’s vibrating and droning a lot inside the car and outside. The sound is less heavier and clear than I thought and I don’t know how to improve that without spending a lot and starting over. To be clear it’s like talking in a pipe…

I thought about adding a new resonator or ..uninstall it, sell it and buy a new exhaust with a better sound for a daily usage but which one if so ?

Lately , I thought about the MPE version which should correspond to my taste from what I heard even if it’s little less noisy. (Around 2k€ but I need to find the correct diameter and Carbon quad tail pipe)

Do you have any tips or recommandations ? Other exhausts ? For info I’m living in France so with the OPF version still installed. I’m afraid to do a mistake again and be disappointed with 2k€ loss again minimum. I saw the valvetronic version but not really sold in EU..

Thanks in advance.

Already having to replace the battery and alternator due to starting issues. Otherwise, it drives like a dream. Lowered, brand new engine still in its breakin period, race clutch, and obviously not stock exhaust. Five speed manual. Definitely going to have to learn throttle control- driving her home, left a couple of rubber spots -_-'

Sorry interceptor 650

Few days back while I was coming back to my home, it started raining heavily, and so I guess the water passed inside my Exhaust and my Exhaust turned out to be fully red, and then after reaching and riding for a few more days, I found out engine check lights popping out and also could feel the sound change through my Exhaust and the vehicle had no pick up so in the OBD scanner, it says code P0201 (cylinder 1 - injector ) and found no solution yet. I’m not understanding what to be done.

Definitely a learning experience, but honestly pretty rewarding seeing it come together.

Curious if anyone else has given this a shot?

Any fabrication tips for future builds are welcome too.

We documented the process if anyone wants to see how it turned out, I’ll can drop it in the comments.

finally ditched the duals out of the back for the side exit!!!! this tip is really well made too!!!!

Just installed an OBX cat-back exhaust on my CT200h and wanted to share some quick thoughts for anyone curious.

First off—this wasn’t about performance at all. I know this platform isn’t built for that, and I wasn’t expecting any gains. I just wanted something a little louder than stock to make the daily a bit more enjoyable.

So far, I’m actually pretty happy with it. The sound is deeper than stock and gives the car a nicer tone without being over the top. One of my biggest concerns going in was drone, but I’m not experiencing any so far, which is a huge plus.

Build quality seems solid for the price, and overall it feels like a good value. The only thing I’m still getting used to is the center-exit tip design—it sits right in the middle, kind of like the newer Civics. Didn’t love it at first, but it’s slowly growing on me.

For reference, the video attached is just the car parked and idling at light revs around 1,200 RPM to give an idea of the sound. I’ve only put about 40 miles on it so far, so I’m curious if the tone will deepen a bit over time. Also, excuse the transmission input damper noise in the clip.

Overall, I’d rate it around a 7.5–8/10 for what I was looking for. If you just want a slightly better sound without making the car obnoxious, this seems like a solid option.

Alright, so I drive a 04 4.0 v6 ranger, and as of now I have a super 44 on it, it gives a deeper tone but doesn’t pack that much of a punch, and today i bought a cherry bomb glass pack muffler, how should I configure my exhaust system? ( just the 44? Just glass pack? BOTH?!?!)

I want to do the Borla cat back and ark secondaries combo for my stinger because I would like to get some more noise out of it hehe but which Borla cat back do I buy? Is one better then the other or?