exare250

i need a clear answer on this. and i havent yet to get one. so im trying h-t.

someone must know the answer because it seems really easy.


anyway-

i have a 1997ej6 (non-vtec d16y7)

i replaced my stock header (which has a built in cat) with an ex 4-2-1 header.

the ex header completely bypassed my exhause and mounted up to the stock exhaust.

so i current have ex header, no cat, and stock everything else.


i drove up to summit racing today ( its only about 5 mins from my place) to look at a ex exhaust because i was told that an ex system fits on hatches.

this was wrong, the ex was must longer, and its because the hatch has a shorter wheelbase.

this was my 2 choices i had.

i can either put my stock header back on, and put the catback thats made for a hatch on my car... OR

i can mount the hatch backback directly to my header, cut a peice out and weld a universal catco, then weld an o2 bung in the catback.


but i was wondering if there was an easier way than just completely hacking the exhaust so make it smog legal/ not throw a CEL.


PLEASE HELP guys...

speedehatch

why not get an exhaust made for 96-00 civic hatchback.
I had dc headers made for an ex on my d16y7 and ran a catback exhaust for an EK. Make sure you run a EX or 99-00 Si catalytic converter.

My setup:
DC headers: 00 OEM Si catalytic converter: HKS Hi Power cat-back exhaust