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cobb or HKS cbe

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:23 pm
by spazegun2213
So i think after all my searching I've narrowed it down, and I have not heard either so I'm calling on you all to... be my ears ?? Either way, I'm looking for a deep rumble idle and a WOT thats not ricey or retartedly loud. I have heard the Hush, and i like that type of sound but I'm set on a single tip.

Also, i hear someone here might fit a flowmaster on an STi?

thanks

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 6:06 pm
by sirwilliam
The COBB (aka "fancy Stromung") catback will definitely be quieter than the HKS.

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:15 pm
by spazegun2213
sirwilliam wrote:The COBB (aka "fancy Stromung") catback will definitely be quieter than the HKS.
So cobb is just selling Stromung labeled as theirs and more expensive?

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 8:17 pm
by Sabre
I know Daddy SCP had some sound clips of the Borla STI (single tip and nice tone like the hush). They also have a sound clip of the "whisper" here.

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:11 pm
by Mr Kleen
the Borla is nice and low and not too loud. I like my TurboXS, but it might be just a touch loud inside parking garages and such. I'm running the stock cat and intermediate pipe, Bosal UP and DP.

:wink: there wasn't a cop in that cruiser, Julian... :wink:

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 9:47 pm
by Sabre
Mr Kleen wrote: :wink: there wasn't a cop in that cruiser, Julian... :wink:
lol, ya... probably in somewhere buying a donut....

Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 10:40 pm
by spazegun2213
Yea, I'll be running julians catless DP and a full cat back, so anything will be a little louder than normal ;) I just want to hear that borla before I make any decisions.

Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 2:56 pm
by sirwilliam
spazegun2213 wrote:
sirwilliam wrote:The COBB (aka "fancy Stromung") catback will definitely be quieter than the HKS.
So cobb is just selling Stromung labeled as theirs and more expensive?
AFAIK COBB's design is from Stromung but made it slightly better, put their name on it, and sold it for more...I can find out the exact details for you. :wink:

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 10:06 am
by hotsam
Stromung makes Cobb's exhaust to Cobb's specs. Kind of like how Eibach makes Prodrive springs.

Anyhow, the Cobb (or Stromung, for that matter) exhaust is in a different league than HKS, both in terms of price and quality.

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:55 am
by complacent
If you want something a little more under the radar, I had a Blitz Nur-Spec Touring edition CBE that was pretty quiet. It's got a resonator in the intermediate pipe so it didn't drone, but was nice when I went WOT. The rear canister is kinda large and it had a 3 or 3.5" tip (think melon shooter) but it wasn't too loud at all.

...if you were looking to further confuse/broaden your choices that is :D

Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:55 pm
by spazegun2213
Yea, I think I'm just going to have to wait, and hear all these exhausts... :(