drunkenmaster

Try doing that alone half way across Japan to Shizouka, using Narita Express, Shinkansen, JR and taxi. Unfortunately i couldnt find a boat to catch to make my transport experience complete.I had bruises on my shoulders for a week. On the way back I am sending my suitcase by an airport courier service 3 days in advance. You can do the same on arrival, but you will need 2 days worth of clothes in your hand luggage.

Looking at the photos, I dont know why you would think that. It wouldnt make sense to do that anyway, just buy a GT35R if you wanted the external gate.

Location might help

Is it a new deck or it just started happening out of the blue?

I dont think there is such a type as "middle muffler", it will just be the same as an "rear muffler". Probably your biggest choice here is centre straight through or centre-offset straight through. I'd use the latter, but the autospeed article shows you the flow differences which i think is negligable but others might think is too much?

The flanges shouldnt add much cost at all, its really up to you. Its almost as easy on a street car that doesnt change exhaust setup too often to cut and weld as it is to bolt and unbolt so it's personal preference i guess. Cant help you with shops unless you are in Melbourne, I would just rock up to several exhaust exhaust places (not the type you see in HOT4s) and ask for a price on what you want, much like everything else it will vary from store to store. What I did was find out where the wholesaler was that supplies all the exhaust shops and went direct, sometimes they will sell to you, sometimes they wont. Just dont tell the exhaust fitter where you got it from or he might crack the shits like mine did They do it for a living so chances are they may even have a better idea of how to fix your problem than me. I have found though, that if your exhuast is really too loud, all the resonators and hotdogs in the world isnt going to fix it so dont beleive that if you are told. I learnt the expensive way. I have used hotdogs, large cased resonators, baffled resonators and it was all a waste of time and not to mention money.

I don't understand the use of an American full range speaker when many of the local products are very good in Europe. As for sub positioning, I would just put it where it is most practical for daily use of the car. As for firing direction, trial and error would be the best bet but not many can be bothered knocking up a dummy box for testing, unless of course you dont plan to mould the box shape into your install, then you could use the dummy box full time

Made in Japan probably. Sounds very unlikely to me. Also has nothing to do with your window.

Well, this is my story and my opinion, others may vary: I had a loud car, I liked it. I began to notice after a while I would drive my girlfriends car instead. I got done by the EPA. I bought a generic stainless steel centre-offset muffler from wholesaler for $110 (pretty cheap, but you could get it cheaper if you use mild steel), paid the exhaust dude $90 to cut out ~2feet of exhuast pipe where there was room to fit the muffler under the floorpan (actually was closer to the rear then middle) and then had him weld the new muffler in place. Cleared the EPA notice at the local exhaust tester joint with ease. Couldnt beleive how much nicer it was driving a car that didnt give you a headache after driving for more than an hour and make you have to yell at your passengers to communicate. Love the sound of the motor rather than the drone of the exhaust. Will do all I can to never have an obnoxiously loud exhaust again. **disclaimer: was not a turbo or an RB motor, if anything turbo motors should be quieter** Dig up the old autospeed article on the muffler shoot out, its dated but gives you and idea on flow vs styles etc.

Ah, I know Adam. I am suprised he pushed the MB's over the Focals though. If you cant be stuffed installing them then that is one of the only audio workshops in melbourne I would let cut into my door trims.

Well if you look not too far back in history, actually treating the seriously wounded is already a big improvement...but i fear i am on the verge of making politically incorrect statements very soon. But then again, if they thought like westerners thought and viewed people like westerners viewed people I doubt they would have turned a poor country plagued with malnutrition into the second largest economy in the world in record time. I think I need to stop now...

Did you listen to them? If you liked em then you should be happy regardless. A few years ago they really were a real presence on the market but they seemed to be overwhelmed once the focal hype hit the streets. They are a good speaker though, I am not familiar with the models anymore.

Well that still won't stop you from fitting one for $200 or less will it? I dont understand that problem, is it that you dont want to fit anything in the middle? EDIT: Oh i see now, I didnt see the person with the drone problem swapped half way through the thread

Sounds like a parts bin turbo, not "developed" as such.

Again, 6x9's would be a poor choice as I find the tweeters to be too bright and will drag your sound stage to the rear. 6.5" coax's would be ideal and I usually fade the head unit around 75% to the amplified front, 25% rear.

I wouldnt just put in 4 litres and hope for the best, might be obvious but anyway make sure you check the dipstick.

C'mon guys, someone must have done this conversion before :wassup:

Replace the "smallish resonator" in the middle with a mid muffler, $200. Done. I am not sure what the talk of 5" tips are about, doesnt have anything to do with anything.

Well, no. No mufflers at all would flow better, which is almost like using a cannon anyways as a 3" straight through cannon on a 3" exhaust isnt really much of a restriction, nor is it much of a muffler. I dont really know about sounds of different brands and what looks best. A high flowing muffler doesnt absorb much noise. A muffler designed to absorb a lot of noise doesnt flow very well as usually they U-Turn inside the casing to make sure all the gas and noise hit the packing. It makes sense then that to have a good compromise would be to have 2 high flowing mufflers, each not being much of a restriction and each reducing some noise. Cannons do flow well, but the dont absorb much noise at all so therefor are 80% there to look nice. Like I said earlier, the best compromise is a straight through centre-offset muffler. They flow almost as well and are twice as quiet as a cannon, i.e. no drone. If you didnt understand what I mean by centre-offset, they are muffler which inlet pipe is in the centre of the casing, and the outlet is offset to one side of the casing. The flow therefore is diagonal but still straight through. The result is more surface area inside the muffler and therefore more noise reduction. If you must have the "look" of a cannon, I would highly recommend using one of these in the middle instead of a hotdog. In my car I will use two of these, probably genie tornado's as they have been shown to flow very well.

What model are the injectors from and do you have dropping resistor pack? Thanks

Yep, thats the way to prove to the country young people are mature enough to make the right decision based on little practical experience. All emotion aside, driver training involved to get an Australian license is a joke, but on the other hand, how can anyone be expected to be able to control a 200kW monster straight off the bat without any years experience on the road alone by themselves? 21yo power limit is very reasonable, you don't see people complaining too much about not being able to drink a drop of alcohol and drive until you 21yo, it's much the same. Too much responsibity all in one go is a recipe for disaster. I think 26yo is a bit far fetched, not because it more directly affects me, but because I think you will notice peoples driving styles improve a lot more from the ages of 18yo to 21yo, then they do from say 21yo to 26yo. Accident statistics reinforce this. Its all about experience and those who think they are god gift to motoring when they first get their license are the most dangerous as they have an unwarranted overestimation of their own skills with no proof or experience to back it up. Almost everyone has admitted to doing stupid things on the road, its all the more dangerous when you dont have the real world experience and your trying to impress you mates with your brand spankin new license and your new car all in one go as you do where your 18 or 19. If your that stupid and you kill yourself anyway in your camry well, hopefully you dont take as many people with you as you would going 250kmh in a supra. Anyways, its just my opinion and i dont really care if anyone disagrees as everyones view is valid on an internet forum and they all dont amount to any change anyway.

will post here with what i find in 2 weeks time

from what car?

haha you sound in a similar situation to me. I have the RB25DE loom and sensors on the engine which came like that, but while in Japan I have picked up an RB20DET ECU. Hopefully the looms are close enough and I think only one sensor may be different. When I get back i will take photos and try and compare notes with anyone who is helpful enough with the opposite of what I have.

Did you work this one out? I'd like to know too