mild mannered exhaust

[Navigator]

Try replacing your stock air filter with a K&N drop in or cone. The throatier intake sound alone is enough to get every ricer in your area eager to challeng you at the stop light. No need to mess with the exhaust, just add more air to your intake with a K&N filter, your VX will growl without the excess exhaust noise you say you don't want from after market exhausts.

[etlsport]

i removed the intake elbow and added a green performace drop in filter (from tone) that did make an improvement in sound, would losing the stock air box for a cone filter make it even a little bit louder?

[WormGod]

I still put my $$ down on PV for that stance. The more mature mine gets, the meaner it sounds. It has a nice, subtle purr while idling, and when given gas, she growls. I dont think its loud at all to be honest. Its going on 5 years old now and it sounds like more than a 3.5L is under that hood.

Funny thing happened a couple weeks ago.... I took the VX out of the garage to do some work to it. When I came back, a bunch of little kids walked by my driveway and one said....

"Hey mister, how come you dont drive the racecar much anymore?"

I pointed to the WRX which has no aftermarket exhaust "I do, I drive it all the time."

He points at the VX and says "No, I mean THAT racecar."

Racecar is associated with a beefy exhaust in my opinion, and I love the PV. Shame they went the way of the dinosaur.