430 scuderia searching for best exhaust sound

Hello all,

I thought about making this thread to help me build my best exhaust system and share some knowledge with others. 430 scuderia is my best Ferrari. I own others but the SCUD is my best. To make the experience of driving such car even more fun i wanted to make the exhaust sounds best.

My goal is to have as close as F1 sound.

Here is what i have found out so far

HEADERS
This is the part that i need the support with the most.
4-1 set up, 4-2-1 set up or keep it factory

I was told 4-1 makes more higher pitch but i don't know which one is better?

MUFFLER
I'm going to X-pipe set up. I found the x pipe makes the sound more refined specially if done well without reduction on the total overall diameter in the merge point. I found Brand S-line is the first who made that set up. I think i will go with it





CATALYST
I think most manufacturers uses HJS. I believe the difference between one and the other is not noticeable as long as it's well built and it fits with no issues. Here is what i found out. All of them saud super laud if combined with headers.

• catless: it doesn't sound clean and there is a lot of gurgle sound at idle. At high RPM it's same
• 100 cell: sound better.
• 200 cell: little quieter and offer little more back pressure.

Personally i want to go for 200-300 cell just to be a little quieter and cleaner. not sure if there is down side with going 300 or more.
Whats the factory cats cell ?

QUESTIONS

• How material makes the sound different.? Thick vs thin - light vs heavy - stainless vs titanium vs inconel
• any feedback what's better 100,200,300 cell or catless ?
• Headers 4 -1 vs 4-2-1?
• Anything else I should consider ?
• I see some manufacturers use heat protection cloth or some sort of coating on top of the exhaust. does that help by any means ?

Thank you so much for your time and I appreciate your feedback