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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 05:04 AM
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I have an Injen exhaust and I first I thought I had gotten used to it until other people said it. It had a deep growl and now its not really there. If I would accelerate fast and reach WOT I would hear my exhaust really loud and then kinda quiet down and hear my CAI. Now when I do that I basically only hear my CAI. The exhaust has kind of a deep growl if I accelerate slowly but nowhere near as loud as it used to be.

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Old Sep 24, 2011 | 06:15 AM
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hmm perhaps your car adjusted to the kind of pressure and whatnot from having your exhaust? I've got a tsudo exhaust and I've noticed mine got quieter also, but then again we've been having cooler weather here so i dunno if that affects it. so maybe its weather??
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It got a bit cooler here in vegas too so I dunno
Old Sep 24, 2011 | 05:02 PM
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cooler weather would have made your CAI louder... thus exhaust would seem quieter. as stated, "CAI" = Cold air intake...you chose to feed cold air, so the colder the better for u right? don't complain it's overtaking your exhaust note.
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enjoy it while it lasts!
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maybe it was so loud before you hurt your hearing now the exhaust just seems quiter haha
Old Sep 30, 2011 | 02:39 AM
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I still don't know what caused it. What I do now recall is that even though I bought my car brand new it did not have a gasket between the midpipe and exhaust pipe, and I just installed it like that. Could that be a reason? I plan on putting one on possibly this weekend.
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