Best Turbo Exhaust
02-02-2005, 05:14 AM
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Best Turbo Exhaust
whats everyone think? i might be getting a GSR with an 18G greddy turbo kit on 7-8psi. hes running a Mugen twin loop right now and i dont think thats a 3in so i was thinking it could be restricting a little flow
im new to FI - thanks guys
Thermal? N1? HKS?
im new to FI - thanks guys
Thermal? N1? HKS?
02-02-2005, 08:15 AM
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thermal is very nice but i have kteller 3inch. the thermal is actually crush bent but they are clean bends. i like the kteller exhaust better because of the cleaner mandrel bends. then you can either go with a magnaflow style muffler like the thermal, or you cant beat the sound of a 3 inch N1 muffler on a turbo car.
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02-02-2005, 08:31 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tub_sephiroth »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How do you figure the Thermal is crush bent? From the pics, it looks like manderal bends.</TD></TR></TABLE>
His wrong their not crush bends... their maderal bends.
Modified by 11psiTurboSI at 9:47 AM 2/2/2005
His wrong their not crush bends... their maderal bends.
Modified by 11psiTurboSI at 9:47 AM 2/2/2005
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02-02-2005, 08:47 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 11psiTurboSI »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
His wrong their not crush bends... there maderal bends</TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly. All bends on my exhaust are constant diameter and not crush bent.
His wrong their not crush bends... there maderal bends</TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly. All bends on my exhaust are constant diameter and not crush bent.
02-02-2005, 08:49 AM
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Re: Best Turbo Exhaust (RyanCivic2000)
yeah the thermal is mandral bent. i own one and love it. not really too loud compare to some others out there and it looks clean
02-02-2005, 09:27 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DaX »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Exactly. All bends on my exhaust are constant diameter and not crush bent.</TD></TR></TABLE> sorry but all of you are wrong. if you look at one while its off the car it is crush bent. you can see the marks and it is slightly bent. i used to own one on my previous car and actually called them. still a great exhaust but it is however crush bent.
Exactly. All bends on my exhaust are constant diameter and not crush bent.</TD></TR></TABLE> sorry but all of you are wrong. if you look at one while its off the car it is crush bent. you can see the marks and it is slightly bent. i used to own one on my previous car and actually called them. still a great exhaust but it is however crush bent.
02-02-2005, 09:30 AM
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Re: Best Turbo Exhaust (RyanCivic2000)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RyanCivic2000 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I run Kteller 3" with a Magnaflow 3" straight through muffler.</TD></TR></TABLE>
thats exactly what i run and i love it. nice and quiet till you get on it. i have a 3inch racing cat too. most of you guys run no cat but im too scared to get that fine.
thats exactly what i run and i love it. nice and quiet till you get on it. i have a 3inch racing cat too. most of you guys run no cat but im too scared to get that fine.
02-02-2005, 10:19 AM
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Re: Best Turbo Exhaust (EKsnatchback)
Copied and pasted from TR&D website:
TURBO SYSTEMS
Thermal Research & Development features a line of exhaust systems designed for the Turbocharged Acura and Honda. These systems are made of 3" mandrel bent stainless steel pipe and require some slight modifications to your high-flow catalytic converter. We include an extra 3" flange for an easy installation of the exhaust system. These systems are a true 3" and will not connect to a stock catalytic converter.
Even a mandrel bend can have some slight imperfections.
TURBO SYSTEMS
Thermal Research & Development features a line of exhaust systems designed for the Turbocharged Acura and Honda. These systems are made of 3" mandrel bent stainless steel pipe and require some slight modifications to your high-flow catalytic converter. We include an extra 3" flange for an easy installation of the exhaust system. These systems are a true 3" and will not connect to a stock catalytic converter.
Even a mandrel bend can have some slight imperfections.
02-02-2005, 10:20 AM
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Direct from Thermal's Site:
"Thermal R&D features a line of exhaust systems designed for the Turbocharged Acura and Honda. These systems are made of 3" mandrel bent stainless steel pipe and require some slight modifications to your high-flow catalytic converter. We include an extra 3" flange for an easy installation of the exhaust system. These systems are a true 3" and will not connect to a stock catalytic converter."
Do you think they'd really put up false info on their site?
EDIT: Boondock Saint you beat me to it.
"Thermal R&D features a line of exhaust systems designed for the Turbocharged Acura and Honda. These systems are made of 3" mandrel bent stainless steel pipe and require some slight modifications to your high-flow catalytic converter. We include an extra 3" flange for an easy installation of the exhaust system. These systems are a true 3" and will not connect to a stock catalytic converter."
Do you think they'd really put up false info on their site?
EDIT: Boondock Saint you beat me to it.
02-02-2005, 10:38 AM
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You can also find plenty of video clips of a thermal 3" system on my teggy, just click the link in my sig, and scroll to the bottom of the page, there's a bunch of media clips I put in there, in case you want to hear what it would sound like.
DAX...we must be thinking on the same wavelength..lol...
DAX...we must be thinking on the same wavelength..lol...
02-02-2005, 11:57 AM
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Re: (EKsnatchback)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EKsnatchback »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> sorry but all of you are wrong. if you look at one while its off the car it is crush bent. you can see the marks and it is slightly bent. i used to own one on my previous car and actually called them. still a great exhaust but it is however crush bent.</TD></TR></TABLE>
That's because you didn't have a Thermal you had a OBX 3inch exhaust or something that look like a Thermal
That's because you didn't have a Thermal you had a OBX 3inch exhaust or something that look like a Thermal
02-02-2005, 12:09 PM
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some of you please take the time to look at the thermal. i had a thermal about one year ago and it wasnt obx. i got it and saw that it was even on a crush bent machine because there were marks on the exhaust. im not here to trash thermal at all because the exhaust is great and its made great.
02-02-2005, 12:19 PM
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Re: (EKsnatchback)
As far as off shelf 3'' exhaust system i'd go with thermal. I have owned one but i heard few of them personaly on a car and i love the way they sound. 
02-02-2005, 12:20 PM
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Mandrel bent piping has to be put on a machine and there are occasionally marks left behind when doing this as well. All I know is that I closely inspected my exhaust when I got it before I installed it and it was all mandrel bent. I would say the welds could look a little better, but outside that, great piece.
02-02-2005, 12:21 PM
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Re: (DaX)
yea, all bending machines leave marks. My 45* bend for my downpipe has a few "wrinkles" because a certain amount of material cannot be taken up during a bend
02-02-2005, 01:02 PM
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I've got the Kteller 3" with a magnaflow muffler...I've also got a dynamax 3" muffler where the resonator would be. It's not too awful loud. Sometimes it gets a little annoying while cruising on the E way...but It's liveable.
02-02-2005, 05:06 PM
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Re: (DaX)
i'm thinking about doing a 3" system, no cat, no muffler. I was thinking about a resonator but i dont know how itd sound or how long the resonator would have to be
