Best exhaust for CVT base spec?

[Big Duck]

I'm looking at getting the Thermal R&D exhaust for my base spec integra but I want to make sure it doesn't sound like a moped because of the CVT transmission.

• Does anyone have any sound clips of the thermal R&D with a CVT or know from experience?
• Does anyone have any other exhaust recommendations like the apexi with resonators to help with that moped sound?

 

[Padre Dave]

I have the Thermal R&D on my ASpec 6MT and am delighted with it. Just enough low burble and a nice note on acceleration. My wife, who wears hearing aids gave her blessing for it too, She found my old Mazdaspeed 3 too loud for conversation. I will try to make a recording…..but I think someone here already did, which is why I ordered it. Price was excellent value too.

 

[Big Duck]

I have the Thermal R&D on my ASpec 6MT and am delighted with it. Just enough low burble and a nice note on acceleration. My wife, who wears hearing aids gave her blessing for it too, She found my old Mazdaspeed 3 too loud for conversation. I will try to make a recording…..but I think someone here already did, which is why I ordered it. Price was excellent value too.

I’ve heard it on a 6mt but I don’t mind another appreciation sound clip lol. I’m trying to find a sound clip on an automatic cvt

 

[22si]

I’ve heard it on a 6mt but I don’t mind another appreciation sound clip lol. I’m trying to find a sound clip on an automatic cvt

Try speaking with Thermal directly. They seem like a great bunch.

 

[22si]

You can hear the Magnaflow and I don't think it sounds good at all



You can also reach out to @axion_industries , who is a great shop that deals with our platform and get good guidance

 

[Big Duck]

Try speaking with Thermal directly. They seem like a great bunch.

Thermal said it should sound the same just not as deep as the 6mt. Still want to at least get a sound clip before biting the bullet

 

[AcuraDays]

Here's a clip with a Remark exhaust on a CVT lol

 

[Finpro807]

I got the CVT because I cannot drive stick (I know I know), but man I wish Acura had given the CVT ones the same deep exhaust tone that they gave 6mt. Another post mentioned that the two had different exhaust setup.
https://www.integraforums.com/forum...t-sound-between-base-and-a-spec-models.51166/

I'm thinking about just swapping the larger stock resonators in the middle to a Vibrant 12" bottle resonator and keeping everything else stock, hopefully giving it a deeper tone but not much louder... kind of on a budget and cannot afford to go down to mod rabbit hole lol

Has anybody done resonator swap and care to chime in?

 

[Big Duck]

I got the CVT because I cannot drive stick (I know I know), but man I wish Acura had given the CVT ones the same deep exhaust tone that they gave 6mt. Another post mentioned that the two had different exhaust setup.
https://www.integraforums.com/forum...t-sound-between-base-and-a-spec-models.51166/

I'm thinking about just swapping the larger stock resonators in the middle to a Vibrant 12" bottle resonator and keeping everything else stock, hopefully giving it a deeper tone but not much louder... kind of on a budget and cannot afford to go down to mod rabbit hole lol

Has anybody done resonator swap and care to chime in?

I think the cvt is missing that deeper tone because the 6mt transmission is making it. I think the cvt still sounds nice. Ive read somewhere that adding a front pipe & downpipe will make the stock exhaust sound better without it being too much. Haven’t tried it myself yet since I just got done installing a PRL high volume intake and a phearable tune, but the time will come.

 

[creaturemachine]

I'm thinking it sounds different because the car is staying in a higher rev range than if you had gears. Makes sense since that's where the power is made. There's probably a little more tuning going on with the stock exhaust to keep it sounding okay at those revs.

You could try to find a stock 6MT or SI system to swap in, but I'm not sure it'll make a big enough improvement. There are probably thousands of those things lying around various garages since so many of us go aftermarket.

 

[DaNuKidd]

The CVT integras sound different compared to the 6MT because the resonator is larger on the CVT models from the factory.