As many of you read, I ordered up my Racing Beat Cat-back exhaust from www.performancebuyers.com. I had some issues with their pricing, but was able to work something out that was good for them and myself.

I received the cat-back in 4 days and was finally able to install it this evening using nothing but basic handtools. I did have to use a breaker bar to get the bolts loose on the cat to resonator/b-pipe section. Install time was one hour.

The exhaust is of exceptional quality. Truly it's a work of art that I think will be hard pressed to be duplicated. I wish the instructions would have been a bit more clear about which way the resonator was supposed to point. I poked around on the net and figured it out. That was about the only problem.


My impressions on sound? It's quiet. Very, very quiet. In fact, I think it borders on too quiet. It's my wifes car, so it's stunningly perfect. It's VERY deep in sound and never, never sounds raspy one bit. I don't drive the car much, so I couldn't tell if there was anymore power. What I can say is that it looks great, is assembled perfectly and sounds great too.

Here are some pics. I will post them in several posts....

Curt B. Shumaker


Here's the new resonator:


Look at how thick those flanges are:




Racing Beat muffler:

 

Resonator removal:


B-Pipe Removed:


Old removed:


Old flanges--diameter:



Old muffler:




Cat exposed:


Old vs. New Comparison:




New B-Pipe:


New Resonator:

 

Great write up. Amazing how shitty the stock exhaust really is.

 

I couldn't agree more. What's even more sad is that it only has 6800 miles on it

Curt B. Shumaker

 

looks awesome

 

I actually found the opposite, it was louder than I thought it would be, maybe too loud. But after living with it for a while (an possibly it broke in) I find it just right

 

Did you attach it to the cat with the muffler/b pipe bolted up to the resonator, or did you do them one by one?

 

Looks great. I want this exhaust but I'm pretty sure it will not fit on a 99 LX, correct?

 

I bolted up the resonator to the cat. Then I bolted the b-pipe to the resonator. Then I hung the muffler by the rubber brackets. and then crawled under and connected the rear of the muffler to the B-Pipe.

Curt B. Shumaker

 

I think that you can buy the version for the sedan too. The one for the P5 will not work---youa re correct about that.

Curt B. Shumaker

 

Wow! I think you are the first person to say that---that it's louder than you like.

Curt B. Shumaker

 

Well I am over 30
I also have a sportscar that is earplug loud, and since this is my daily driver, I wanted the sound to be fun but not intrusive. I like it now though

 

nice pics! good job. looks awesome!
how big is the racing beat exhaust tip? 4"?

 

I am not exaclty sure. However, it's more oval than anything and it fits that cutout in the bumper PERFECTLY. I'd guess it's 3.5"

Curt B. Shumaker

 

How much did this setup cost you?

Also, can you put some final pics of the whole car up please