I will not be a prisoner.

I ship a lot of stuff from UK to Mexico with UPS. It always sits in US customs for at least 3 days before heading down to Mex. Seems like the norm.

Did you order direct from Italy then?

 

This is a good discussion of a recurring issue. One of THE main factors in the enjoyment of my car is the sound.

Although beautifully built, I also tired of my tubi's metallic tonal sound and sheer volume - ok for the occaisional toy, but simply not the best choice for long trips or commutes for a daily. I decided to go for a more classic smooth lower GT tone, the target sound being a 365 GTC4 - ish.

While I went through a learning curve on exhaust design, for what I wanted it took three variations of mufflers and tailpipes constructed by a race shop (at about $500 each) before I finally got the combo that hit the sweet spot: a smooth lower toned note quiet at idle, low toned moderate volume off throttle cruise at 3500-4000 rpm (conversation possible, unlike the tubi), and at open throttle a louder smooth non-metallic 'woooom'. James Patterson of Norwoods even remarked that it had the more classic old school Ferrari sound uncommon to the newer F-1 sounding tubi V-8s. Dynos showed no hp loss over the tubi.

The point of all this is that it is not that hard to have a good race fabricator construct a bespoke system for your car with the exact sound you want and maintain optimized performance. That is what the specialty hoses are doing, nothing magic. All for about 1/3 or less of the off the shelf units. Lots of threads in the tech section of different combos with different sounds.

I applaud what Daniel and Ricambi are doing in stepping away from the traditional fashion labels and offering a new quality alternative to compliment and framed by his already world class customer service reputation. This will be great.

 

Oh, alright I see how it is. Now it's my fault.

 

Daniel, put the thing on already, I want to hear whar it sounds like. The phone is in my hand ready to order.............

 

Daniel that looks great! High quality piece if you ask me. Can't wait to hear it. I'd offer to come help put it on, but I'm headed to charleston to pick up my car. It shouldn't take more than 2-3 hours max.

 

Aren't you REALLY REALLY bored yet?
I can't wait to hear it...

 

I wish I could. Stacy had the baby last week and if I leave right now I might have to move in with you.

 

Would you mind revealing the final "recipe" for the exhaust that pleased your ears? I also have a Mondial, and like others on this thread, just can't get my mind around spending $3+K on a freakin exhaust system.......maybe it's from all those years of working on Chevys that makes me stop and think "heck, I bought complete engines for a lot less than that!......."

 

There is a thread somewhere with all of the details, but for a single 3" inlet US spec 3.2 the combination is shown below. To oversimplify a bit, the large bore high volume packed muffler selects a low note relatively quiet tone while the rear Ansa Daytona style resonators really smooth out the sound - not exactly like a 12 but close. Because it is open all the way through, when you open the throttle it sounds like a smooth 'woom' church organ. Yet, it is relatively quiet at idle and cruise. I was going for a classic GT sound and I am very happy to listen to this even on a 4 hour trip to Dallas where the tubi used to beat me up.

And it passes the famous ball test: you can roll a ball from one end to the other unobstructed. That is my backpressure test.

I am planning to get a set of Euro headers with two inlets that will allow me to have a complete dual system. For this I would suggest the same volume muffler, but with two inlet pipes and two exit pipes that do not intersect within the muffler and then go to the Ansa resonators.

I am beginning to believe that at least a part of the fabled 1970s Ferrari 365 sound were the long Ansa resonators following flow through boxes. Here is a diagram of the system I have, and a photo of the Ansa tips (before I re-installed the rear grille) angled up at a very classic Ferrari aggressive stance

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Daniel, is it up yet?

 

Dan, you're doing the right thing getting the X-OST!!!

Yesterday I heard the X-SOST on a 360 (with cats) in a comparison test with a standard 360. It sounded great!!!!!

Love to hear it on a 348. Might even be tempted to trade in my tubi.

 

Looks great---cant wait to hear it!!!

 

C'mon Dan! Yer killin us dude!
-Nate

 

Do you have any sound clips?

 

Really curious how the x-ost turned out.
Are you happy with it?

 

I think that pretty much sums it up.

 

Yes... I can make the conversion if you like... you have a PM.

 

Have you got it fitted yet??