Until recently i was thinking about going 2.5" custom piping from the header back on my 98 lude with an apex'i n1. but my friend at jamasco performance down here in hollywood,florida says that i would most likely see better performance gains from a catback exhaust if i gutt out the cat. he said that the companies that make exhaust greedy, apexi, hks, etc. design and engineered the exhaust to be bolt on for stock piping. i am concerned mostly about performance and i dont want it to sound like a fart machine. can someone give me some input on this. custom piping or leave it stock and maybe later change the downpipe?





Modified by SpeedMachine at 12:21 PM 10/24/2004

 

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Tip size will pretty much let you know how loud your going to be. If you want to be quite with performance look for a exhaust with a small tip like the APEXi WS.

 

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Go with a exhaust like he posted. They look very clean and have the stock exhuast oval look. Then just put in a test pipe if you wanna do away with your stock cat. Just beware with no cat you will probably be shooting flame ***** bc h22s run rich up top and this will usually occur.

 

I like my Thermal Classic.

Don't expect to see much gains from a cat-back exhaust and a gutted cat, though.

 

i originally had the 2.5 inch custom piping with an apexi n1 muffler on my 2000 lude. i was not satisfied with it. Id recommend like world sport or skunk2

 

so what setup are you suggesting would get me the highest performance. not as in brand but should i go custom or just a cat-back. its just that if im putting together this project car i want it to be done right the first time so it isnt costing me down the road

 

a catback will be good

 

highest performance? would be this setup...comptec header...if they make one for prelude....2.5 custome piping with HIGH performance high from Catco or powercore.....with a good muffler like N1, Greddy evo2, HKS....etc.....hmm u can do straight piping for prelude easily unless u got ur car hella low

 

how long you think the piping will last me. i hear that custom piping tends to fall apart after some time. is 2.25 in the back and 2 in the front too low?

 

Have a tanabe super hyper medalion. Little louder than WS but quieter than just about everything else. Same design as WS except muffler is stainless and is colored red and gold from heat.

 

im looking for WHP man!

 

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Actually the Tanabe HM is a stright through design where the Apex'i WS is a chambered muffler.

 

Next week I will have a new RS-R Exmag cat back with a new high flow cat on my 4th gen H22. Bout $700 all together with shipping. Will be a nice change from my current straight pipe to a coffee can setup Hopefully no more HHHMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

 

i have custom 2 1/4 with a Megan Racing style N1...very good deep sound, not to loud either, i love it...make sure you take that silencer out tho, sounds like total crap with that in it

 

That is probably why it is louder.

 

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Simply out of curiousity, how much WHP do you think that you will gain from your exhaust?

 

maybe 5-6 max hopefully.

 

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aight i was half expecting a 20 to 30, alot of n00bies come in and expect gains like that

 

im not that n00b lol. but if i dont do my exhaust system correctly i know i wont see more than 3 and that 600 bucks for 3 hp and some sound . im looking at greddy right now but do you think that huge can will show?

 

I got an APEXi WS and I like it so far. I like it cuz its not loud at all.

 

do you know how much power you got out of it? does it sound low tone deep exhaust or is it buzzy. i want exhaust that sounds nice but i can still hear the engine

 

Thermal R&D Classic is what I have. Looks sexy and sounds REALLY nice

 

AGREE WITH HIM^^^ lots of my guys run the thermal system... and LOVE IT!!! i personally am an RSR guy... yea... gt2 is hot and good sounding but SCREAMS!!!! i still love it though....

MY FAV. = RSR EX-MAG!!!! quiet as **** ... but ROCKS!!!

 

can you post a pic of your thermal on your lude pretty please! does anyone know any good exhaust shops around the miami / broward / hollywood area. pretty much anywhere in south florida


Modified by SpeedMachine at 9:33 PM 10/27/2004