did anyone get the mufflers replaced from the cat with just stright pipe? is it good to do? what do you guys think?

 

while I haven't personally, I've driven others that do. but they are cars for the track only, and it really should be that way. it gets loud and you'll want ear plugs. besides, you'll never convince a date to ride with you unless he's a 16 year old guy.

also, keep in mind, loud does not always mean better. while it probably has close to the most gain overall, it also means that any throttle on/off you make, everyone around you, including the cops, will hear you for blocks away. not the best way to go incognito.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr. Bagel &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">while I haven't personally, I've driven others that do. but they are cars for the track only, and it really should be that way. it gets loud and you'll want ear plugs. besides, you'll never convince a date to ride with you unless he's a 16 year old guy.

also, keep in mind, loud does not always mean better. while it probably has close to the most gain overall, it also means that any throttle on/off you make, everyone around you, including the cops, will hear you for blocks away. not the best way to go incognito.</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

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while i agree with most of what you said, having an S2000 isn't the best way to go incognito in the first place. haha.

even before i got my single outlet exhaust, i got noticed, stared at by cops, passers-by, little kids, etc etc. so a loud exhaust isn't going to change A LOT. it will grab a little more attention, but nothing to really concern yourself with.


and while we're talking about girls. if she can't deal with a little drone, she's too wussy for me.

 

I had the Apex N1 and it was loud felt good on vtec, but I finally got my mugen exhaust, feels just the same but a lot quieter !

 

Normally ppl will go cat-back. By replacing the cat to a test pipe you will see decent gains for it.

 

Isnt this your 3RD thread about exhaust in our forum right now?

 

more than 3rd, but there's hope here for some good tech

 

Okay since I've had some of the outright loudest exhausts in history for the sake of performance let me help you out

1. it's a crime to remove a cat in many states one that carries jail time and a huge fine in cali if they really don't like you

2. In general cops don't go looking for trouble unless they know you

3. One of the main beefs of all tickets is the modified for sound clause, if you have a 10in polished canon sticking out of the back of your car this is a for certain so IE if someone does'nt see it chances are it will go unoticed many times

4. Removing a cat is worth so little HP many times you can't even prove it on a dyno

5. Most of what differentiates an exhaust from loud to annoying is in the material used

so with all that in mind this is my exhaust for one of my project (currently drying the high temp BBQ paint I used to give an extra low key look and retain some heat as well)



I bought all of this stuff from Kteller.com and it consisits of 1 12in section of stainless steel 2.25in tubing 1 45 degreee angled piece of stainless (cut in half and used for a turn down to give extra power) - when airflow travels over a swept face tip like this it imporves exhaust scavenging - 1 stainless steel mangaflow cat and 1 25in magnaflow resonator and an exhaust flange. The total cost in all stainless was 215 with shipping

I used to stock hangers and paid a muffler shop 75 bux to weld it up before painting it with BBQ high temp paint layered in with high temp ceramic

This is the same design used by proffessional race cars like many WC cars (minus the cat) and simply cant be outdone power wise. When done just like this it's very deep and the extra long resonator keeps the level way below the 95 decibel limit.

Deleting the cat will result in no provable gains on a dyno when it is weled together like this. Were the cat seperate it would lose 1-2% power only due to the extra flanges causing some turbulence in the exhaust

Unless you get on your knees next to the car you can't even see it and from behind it's nearly impossible and this set up is among the lightest without going to Ti