Originally Posted by CandyRedRC46

I have had BC Racing coilovers on my 328 for about 3 years now and they are holding up great after 70k miles. They have Preload/Ride height /Dampening adjustments. I can make it ride like butter or handle like a race car. I am very happy with them and they are in the exact price range that you are talking about. I am considering them for my Integra and Hatch too, so I am trying to find out the pros and cons.

Originally Posted by DumpdEJ6

Just some advice: DC headers are notorious on here for being proven not to increase HP at all. I don't have personal experience with them, but look around in the All Motor section specifically and you'll see that they are almost universally reviled. A Hytech Toda/SMSP replica header is a good choice, new I think they are around $300 or so, but used they can be had for significantly less. I am on the low end/outlier section, I got mine used and rusty from a friend for $50. Some paint and heat wrap later and it's great.


As for an intake, you will get better results with 3" ebay tubing mated to a velocity stack and filter than any "intake system" on the market, brand name or not. You can't argue with dyno results, do a search for velocity stack vs XXXXX and you'll see that generic intake tubing with a velocity stack usually makes at least 1-2hp more than any intake system available, as well as being less than $100 or so. I personally have a Blox velocity stack with ebay piping.

Koni/GC are great suspension, and it's what I run, but I've had several friends who swear by Truhart, F&F, and D2 coilovers. The guy with D2 coilovers is one of the most knowledgeable techs I know, take that as you will.

Some very cheap insurance before/integrated with an alarm system is a hidden main relay killswitch. Very easy to make, (I did it and I'm "wiring impaired") and costs maybe $15, you just need wire and a decent switch.

Originally Posted by CandyRedRC46

Pro tip AEM filters have a velocity stack built in.
Yeah that exhaust kit you posted is great, I used it for my 92 hatch, with magnaflow muffler&resonator, plus an additional third vibrant 12"OAL resonator.
It came out great, but I kind of wish that I went with three magnaflow mufflers (5x8 oval end, 22"x4" mid and 18"x4" front), as it is really hard to make a catless d-series with 2.5" mandrel exhaust and race header sound good.
B-series could possibly be easier, especially if you stay catted and go 2.25".

Here is some pics of that exhaust, mufflers and install:

https://honda-tech.com/forums/honda-...tomod-3252834/

Originally Posted by DumpdEJ6

The Blox velocity stack comes with a filter, I always run the filter unless I'm at the track, then I have a custom headlight intake that I put the velocity stack on. Blox is probably not the *best*, but I think the stack geometry is still legit and it was like $60 for the stack and the filter. For what it's worth, when I dyno'd my car I did a run with the filter off and one with it on, there wasn't a difference in HP. Only reason why I run no filter at the track is because cooler air + possible ram air effect = maybe a couple HP.

Attached pictures show normal driving setup: short ram stack + filter, track setup: extra elbow with stack - filter, and how it looks with the hood closed, respectively.

PS: I have friends who run a "short ram" stack and no filter all day, every day. I don't recommend it, but they haven't had any problems yet from it. I prefer to be safer with a filter.

Originally Posted by Javane

I checked out your hatch build, very very nice.
Do you advise doing what you did by ordering the resonator separately and just have the muffler shop weld it in properly based on the car?

So got 2.25, and use a magnaflow oval muffler at the end?

I probably won't be changing the header along with the exhaust system, though I wish I could. (Not in my budget right now and still haven't decided which one I want to get)

Originally Posted by Javane

Thank you so much. I was actually hoping someone would actually post a picture of what their setup was.
I did see that it came with a filter which I do like.

What size pipe did you go with? And I'm guessing the Velocity stack matched that size.

Originally Posted by CandyRedRC46

Honestly, it all depends on how good the exhaust shop is. The shop I went to does top notch work for a reasonable price, so I would rather them do it and find the optimal location, then be stuck with whatever the pipe kit thought was best.

Is this a question or a statement? If I were you I would get the 2.25" pipe kit and these two mufflers:
https://www.magnaflow.com/products?partNumber=10425
https://www.magnaflow.com/products?partNumber=11215

Originally Posted by DumpdEJ6

3" piping, and correct.

Originally Posted by Javane

I'm actually planning to go to this muffler shop down the street and check them out and get a quote. Then going to my mechanic and see what he recommends (in terms of a welder)

Yeah sorry, that was actually a question.
And I'm pretty clueless about exhaust systems so why exactly do I need 2 mufflers? 🤔 How does that work?

Originally Posted by CandyRedRC46

Because your car will sound absolutely horrible without a resonator in the center.

Originally Posted by CandyRedRC46

People need to stop doing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6VCan42MXY

Originally Posted by CandyRedRC46

Okay order the 2.25" pipe kit and the two mufflers separate. It looks like the 22" will fit, so go with these two mufflers:

https://www.magnaflow.com/products?partNumber=11215

https://www.magnaflow.com/products?partNumber=10435