Tubi Exhaust

[Steve]

Can anyone tell me about the Tubi exhaust for the NSX.

Performance, looks, price etc..

My bro is getting one fitted to his Galardo (tosser!!) in a couple of weeks and has asked me to go with him, might get one when I am there.

[dan the man]

speedy gonzales has a Tubi on his car...Well thats what he said, but he ripped me down the road and back in it in Nurburg in 05 and it sounded proper class.

[TheQuietOne]

They sound bloody perfect - James (Papalazarou) has one. I'm currently seeing if I can negotiate one for mine! They take 3 to 4 weeks for Scuderia or whatever they are called to get one for the NSX as they are special order. A Tubi is the one and only mod I want for my car....

If I make it up you tomorrow we can discuss this further :D

[Senninha]

All,

They sound sweet but remember that if you have even the slightest inkling about doing the 02 rear valance, go for the single tip option rather than the usual twin as they will not fit the later valance.

Regards, Paul

[TheQuietOne]

I am seriously chuffed just got that SINGLE tip Tubi (1,000 miles on it with original box and all) from eBay in the States for £850. I can't quite believe it is real...how sad am I! :rolleyes:

[Senninha]

I am seriously chuffed just got that SINGLE tip Tubi (1,000 miles on it with original box and all) from eBay in the States for £850. I can't quite believe it is real...how sad am I! :rolleyes:

Well done Matt, but I know someone who is going to be really pi***d off that he's missed it. Guess you need to add a little for shipping and tax but its still a brilliant deal. If only it was going on a quick NSX ;):laugh:

regards, Paul

[Lankstarr]

Enlighten us Paul:rolleyes:

[TheQuietOne]

Well done Matt, but I know someone who is going to be really pi***d off that he's missed it. Guess you need to add a little for shipping and tax but its still a brilliant deal. If only it was going on a quick NSX ;):laugh:

regards, Paul

Who? Well the cost includes getting it to my customer in New Jersey and from there it should be very cheap to get it to my work, which will of course take care of the VAT and duty...:D

Feels like Christmas has come early!

[AR]

Can anyone tell me about the Tubi exhaust for the NSX.

Performance, looks, price etc..

My bro is getting one fitted to his Galardo (tosser!!) in a couple of weeks and has asked me to go with him, might get one when I am there.


Tubi sounds great but it is heavy, drones and there is no single tip tubi unless one makes it.

IMNSHO Not worth £ 1500, for that sort of money I would want Titanium. Better sound and light as feather where the NSX needs it most.

At that price you got it Matt is a good deal, congratulations!

[Rob_Fenn]

Scuderia have the clip still:
http://blurbdesigns.fileburst.com/scuderiasystems/media/Dn5KKCbq/HNSX-01.wmv

They do sound awesome.

[TheQuietOne]

Tubi sounds great but it is heavy, drones and there is no single tip tubi unless one makes it.

When you weigh 19 stone the weight is not an issue for me - I've lost 24lbs off my car so far since February anyway:D

Not too happy about the 'drones' bit, I didn't experience that with James' :eek:.

Still happy though. :)

[Senninha]

When you weigh 19 stone the weight is not an issue for me - I've lost 24lbs off my car so far since February anyway:D

Not too happy about the 'drones' bit, I didn't experience that with James' :eek:.

Still happy though. :)
I would be happy too with the deal. IMO, I think drone is a personal thing. depends at what revs as to impact. Possibly not an issue with 6speed gearing for cruising.

[TheQuietOne]

I think drone is a personal thing.

What some people do more than others? ;)

[Papalazarou]

Compared to ther cars I've been in, the drone's not an issue. On partial throttle it's not there at all.

Personally, and I'm biased, I think it's a really good balance between the standard silencer and the "sorry you can't go on track" silencers I've heard. At 4500rpm you're talking 97-98DB's.


Cheers,


James.

[AR]

When you weigh 19 stone the weight is not an issue for me - I've lost 24lbs off my car so far since February anyway:D

Not too happy about the 'drones' bit, I didn't experience that with James' :eek:.

Still happy though. :)

I am 18 stones :), the drone is when running test pipes as I am sure the car in the clip is.

Cheers,

AR

[TheSebringOne]

I'm no expert on after market performance zorst systems but even though that Tubi makes one of the best NSX sounds I've heard, I'm with Ary and for same money or less when new, I would go for the GT-One F1 sound muffler version 4 as on another recent thread. Also its much lighter too being titanium! Just my 2p. :)

[AR]

I think I was one of the first to buy a Tubi from the board, then Speedy Gonzales and a few others. When I first had mine it was a breath of fresh air from the OEM constrictor. It sounds nice on cam and quite during everyday going. It also helps that it saves about 12 pounds in weight. It costs £ 1500.00 all in.
Then I played with test pipes and the Tubi sounded superb, but droned. So I put the cats back in.
Is the Tubi a great exhaust, yes, there is no doubt, but given the choice I would get a Ti one.

I have had lots of different exhaust and nothing quite compares to Titanium.

Trust me people, it will scream at high revs and not drone at low rpms.

Just my 2 pennies.

[Boomin33]

I am seriously chuffed just got that SINGLE tip Tubi (1,000 miles on it with original box and all) from eBay in the States for £850. I can't quite believe it is real...how sad am I! :rolleyes:


Lol.. I was bidding against you.. bid $1,600 with 20 or so seconds to go.. was putting in $2,000 but connection wasn't fast enough! My dad lives about 50 miles away from Naples and as it is used kit, was going to bring it back on the cheap when I flew to the US in 6 weeks....

Doing my research found a few places that do the Tubi at $2600 new in the states... but thinking I may just go for the Gruppe M now,, me thinks, as most sites put that one at the "ultimate".. Or is that too loud?? I don't want a loud-larry street going track car...
Does anyone have one in the UK?

You guys say Ti is more favourable route, why? it is the weight or the sound?

[simonprelude]

If I was changing exhaust then it would be for a Ti one, purely for the weight reduction :)



You guys say Ti is more favourable route, why? it is the weight or the sound?

[TheQuietOne]

Lol.. I was bidding against you.. bid $1,600 with 20 or so seconds to go.. was putting in $2,000 but connection wasn't fast enough! My dad lives about 50 miles away from Naples and as it is used kit, was going to bring it back on the cheap when I flew to the US in 6 weeks....

Doing my research found a few places that do the Tubi at $2600 new in the states... but thinking I may just go for the Gruppe M now,, me thinks, as most sites put that one at the "ultimate".. Or is that too loud?? I don't want a loud-larry street going track car...
Does anyone have one in the UK?

You guys say Ti is more favourable route, why? it is the weight or the sound?

Bugger were you the one with '0' feedback:rolleyes:?! For me anything Ti is just too loud and in your face. The weight thing isn't an issue for me as stated, the car goes pretty well already! The Tubi is the most musical I have heard and the least intrusive, hence why I went for it. I also am not a fan of the look of the Ti tips look a bit too 'ricer' for me. The thing is it is all personal anyway. Hopefully we could have a meet one day with lots of varied exhausts so you can make your decision - if you haven't gone for one before then! I think the GruppeM is the ultimate, but also extremely loud! $2600 is RRP and equates to the same as they are over here - £1300+VAT pretty much! Happy hunting...:)

[simonprelude]

GruppeM website still states this........

Not available for 3.2L installation.

http://www.gruppemeurope.com/exhaust.html

[TheQuietOne]

No adapter pipes then, or is it something more complicated than that?

[Senninha]

Well you now know who the other person is ....

IMO, the lighter weight variants, particularly titanium options all sound very raspy and generally louder across the range.

£1300 for the cat back system is a fair amount of money. Tubi sounds good when being used in anger but remains acceptable for day2day driving, having listened to James set up.

If you're not overly fussed by the system weight (mine is lighter than OEM) then H&S will hand build you a system to your requirements, ie, single or quad pipe, options on tip shape ie round, oval bespoke and can tune the sound based on back box size. All this for around £750. You can then spend the savings to open up the intake to get the benefits of the exhaust.

regards, Paul

[Boomin33]

Bugger were you the one with '0' feedback:rolleyes:?! For me anything Ti is just too loud and in your face. The weight thing isn't an issue for me as stated, the car goes pretty well already! The Tubi is the most musical I have heard and the least intrusive, hence why I went for it. I also am not a fan of the look of the Ti tips look a bit too 'ricer' for me. The thing is it is all personal anyway. Hopefully we could have a meet one day with lots of varied exhausts so you can make your decision - if you haven't gone for one before then! I think the GruppeM is the ultimate, but also extremely loud! $2600 is RRP and equates to the same as they are over here - £1300+VAT pretty much! Happy hunting...:)


Man... just checked.. my bid of $1600 didn't even register.. just came up and said it was higher. sounds like I screwed up... but to be honest with all the money I've forked out... need to wait a few months to clear the overdraft!!

If a bid from me would have gone in... it would have been 'boomin33' go figure.

[AR]

Lol.. I was bidding against you.. bid $1,600 with 20 or so seconds to go.. was putting in $2,000 but connection wasn't fast enough! My dad lives about 50 miles away from Naples and as it is used kit, was going to bring it back on the cheap when I flew to the US in 6 weeks....

Doing my research found a few places that do the Tubi at $2600 new in the states... but thinking I may just go for the Gruppe M now,, me thinks, as most sites put that one at the "ultimate".. Or is that too loud?? I don't want a loud-larry street going track car...
Does anyone have one in the UK?

You guys say Ti is more favourable route, why? it is the weight or the sound?


Is the weight and the sound ( no drone at low RPM and crisp all the way to high RPM ) plus is cool too. :)

Which gruppe M?

They do two styles, one for cats the other catless.

The catless is the one that most people rave on about, but it wont work with NA2 unless you modify it.

Hope that helps.

AR

[AR]

I also am not a fan of the look of the Ti tips look a bit too 'ricer' for me.

On the same vein one could say that the resonated dual tips of the Tubi exhaust are too much like an Italians car and do not flow with the system.

Custom made is a great choice if one wants something unique and special.

It took me three trips and £££ to get my custom set up to sound similar to what my TI sounds.

For me Ti is the way.

[bazza]

Im going to be running a promotion on Taitec systems for 2 weeks starting from today.. :)

I will post a link up to the thread once I've finished pricing it all up. :)

[simonprelude]

Don't do it, I'll only end up buying one :(


Im going to be running a promotion on Taitec systems for 2 weeks starting from today.. :)

I will post a link up to the thread once I've finished pricing it all up. :)

[TheSebringOne]

Paul, you do know I like your H & S system after first seeing them at JapaneseFest! Shame I did'nt get a chance to have a listen to them in action! Interesting that you say they can tune the sound by different sizes of the back box! So what are the sound difference bewteen the smallest and the largest back box? I looked at their website, seems to specialise in German cars, but all their zorst system are SS, right?:)

[Senninha]

Paul, you do know I like your H & S system after first seeing them at JapaneseFest! Shame I did'nt get a chance to have a listen to them in action! Interesting that you say they can tune the sound by different sizes of the back box! So what are the sound difference bewteen the smallest and the largest back box? I looked at their website, seems to specialise in German cars, but all their zorst system are SS, right?:)

James,

reducing the size raises the volume when used in anger :)

H&S are best known in the Scooby community AFAIK

regards, Paul

[TheSebringOne]

Thanks Paul, so you mean the gasses entering a smaller back box is more compressed, hence creating a louder sharper sound rather than a broader sound, before its exits the two pipes? Also is there any correlation bewteen a smaller/louder sound and alledged ponies gain or bigger the box, lower sound= more ponies? :)

[TheQuietOne]

On the same vein one could say that the resonated dual tips of the Tubi exhaust are too much like an Italians car and do not flow with the system.

Agreed, as I said it is horses for courses with exhausts, their looks and their sounds!

You certainly get the award for the most amount of different exhausts on the most amount of different NSXs in the UK Ary!

Matt :)

[AR]

Agreed, as I said it is horses for courses with exhausts, their looks and their sounds!

You certainly get the award for the most amount of different exhausts on the most amount of different NSXs in the UK Ary!

Matt :)

Matt, I hope I have not finished yet LOL.

[TheQuietOne]

Ok so this isn't great and I will get Luke to take some longer, better videos of the exhaust next time I see him, but these 3 seconds 'may' make you realise what the fuss is all about for us Test Tubi Babies...

P.S. Got it over in one piece, it has typically Italian unequal length tips and is slightly wonky both of which I will get sorted when I have time but the most important thing, the sound is an absolute joy to behold!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKjUt8jLsU0

[AR]

link kaput.

[TheQuietOne]

link kaput.

Tried uploading it to my work web-space and failed miserably :D. Good old youtube to the rescue...

[AR]

test pipes?

[TheQuietOne]

Nope.......

[AR]

Sounds louder than the one I had ( Papa's one ), great exhaust.

[TheSebringOne]

Now I understand abeit briefly, what all the fuss is about! Those Tubis are loud! Sounds great though! Need a longer recording please when you and Luke get it together! :)