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Postby bensale » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:58 am

Awesome, thanks! It sound pretty good in that video. :D

Was it terribly difficult to install, did you install it yourself or get a shop to do it?
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Postby MasterZ » Sun Feb 10, 2008 11:59 am

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Postby Okibi » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:54 pm

I wonder if the video camera was automatically managing the peak sound level. You can hear the difference but the over all volume didn't seem too much quieter. :? I guess we can't expect too much of an over all difference because that would be very restrictive and the muffler would need to be much larger.
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Postby MasterZ » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:17 pm

it is a lot different in real life rather then the camera, i filmed it with a normal camera not a video camera so the sound isn't that great, the closed version actual sounds a lot quieter in real life. its very handy being able to close it. i was at the traffic lights yesterday and a cop pulled up next to me so i shut it and they couldn't tell.
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Postby bensale » Sun Feb 10, 2008 1:40 pm

Thats pretty awesome. I guess the only problem I have with it is the 'fully sick' cannon look it has.... The driving video sounded awesome, but it sounded pretty average when it was closed in the second video.
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Postby Okibi » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:39 pm

Put the canon side ways under the boot and have a normal exhaust pipe out the back (same as the OEM muffler).
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Postby bensale » Sun Feb 10, 2008 5:51 pm

^ good point
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Postby metris » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:04 pm

umm so yeah... anyone know the difference between the round and oval VAREX? Besides the shape...

Internal differences? Sound differences? Etc...
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Postby MasterZ » Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:05 am

metris wrote:umm so yeah... anyone know the difference between the round and oval VAREX? Besides the shape...

Internal differences? Sound differences? Etc...


I googled it for you, mayb this will help?
http://my.is/forums/f88/round-vs-oval-2 ... ost4241507
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