hey guys i just bought a replica of the twin loop mugen exhaust. its called a 42/1 header exhaust and i cant find any info about it. im thinking its a cheap ebay POS but it look awsome.... the guy that i bought it from told me that it should fit inegras and civics, but i have a stock exhaust and i need to know will it bolt right up?

 

looks decent, probably better than payin king 1grand for the mugen. test fit it and lemme know if it bolts right up.

 

If you have it on hand, test fit it. It's only a couple of bolts.

 

thats a bad-boy muffler hope everything works out

 

so i found there web page no problem it it made in thailand but here is the page link it is funny lookin at there page they make a muffler that the tip looks like hello kitty
http://translate.google.com/translat...ader%26hl%3Den

 

Does it have the rest of the cat-back with the resonator? How much did you pay?

 

thanks for the comments guys, but i found out that they welded the end of it the wrong way. its suppose to slant to the other side. i paid 70 for just the muffler. i hope i dont have any gap between the axle back... i am going to go take it to a shop in the afternoon.

 

It looks like the flange might have been swapped, as the muffler body appears to be stainless steel by the welds. $70 seems quite reasonable. Was it new or used?

 

its brand new. the guy wanted to open a shop but changed his mind so he has all these parts for really cheap. when i first saw it, it was ******* huge!

 

I paid $650 for my Mugen twin loop cat back. So yeah, I'd say $70 is a deal

 

yeah, but yours is mugen. this isn't.

 

well i just took it to a muffler shop and they said that i got to cut the pipe because its not bent right. i hope it sounds good when its finished. i will post up pictures later.

 

who cares if it is mugen or not as long as it achieves the same goal

 

I have a Mugen twin loop. The enormous resonator is critical to the sound. OP, what mid-pipe will you be running?

 

i am putting the muffler on the stock exhaust system. i hope it fits.

 

updates? id like to know if this thing bolts up/ how it sounds

 

Yeah my buddy dropped $500+ for a Mugen rear section only (no B-piping) back in the day, and had to wait 3-4 months to get it. We put it on his 99 Si coupe, and it bolted up in like 15 minutes. Absolute perfect fitment. Even though he still had the original stock B-pipe and resonator, it still sounded awesome.

The Mugen twinloop is designed with that 2nd muffler loop having a specific length, so that the noise from the exhaust pulses in each pipe inside the canister cancel each other out. It's a straight-through pipe, but WAYYY quieter than those normal straight-through canisters. Hopefully the manufacturer of this knock-off paid attention to that detail. I wouldn't hold my breath, though.

 

i have to wait till i get paid then i will get it fixed and throw it on. i will make a video before and after.

 

sweet.

 

considering these mufflers cost $50 on ebay it wasn't a great deal. Be sure to post a vid of how it sounds. I need a muffler for my prelude. Looks like i have a piece of plumbing on there now.

 

I can't see how that would cost only $50 on Ebay since it is stainless steel and TIG welded.

 

The 42/1 muffler pictured above looks like a nearly exact replica of the Mugen Twinloop muffer. I searched for "twin loop muffler" on eBay, and while none of them looked as close to the real thing as this one, they are all going for about $36 + $28 shipping, so just over $60 total for supposedly stainless steel twin loop mufflers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/UNIVE...Q5fAccessories

 

My SiR had one of these fitted when i bought it and it sounded ok, kinda raspy if you know what i mean. I was under the impression it was made by Supersprint until reading this thread as thats what warranty card i found when i checked all the cars paperwork. Now i'm thinking it must of been the manifold it had on it.

So is the only real way of telling a genuine Mugen to a knock off is the Mugen stamp on the side? I mean even the grooves on the end of the tailpipe are the same.

I'm rocking a N1 now so wanna sell this old one, just don't wanna sell it as a Mugen twin loop only to be shot down in flames and told it's a ebay special!

 

well i couldnt find anything that is close to 42-1 exhaust so i am pretty sure you have to order it from thailand. i should have it put on my friday.

im pretty sure the muffler is at least over $100. it doesnt look like a POS ebay muffler.

 

sorry for the long wait guys. i am getting my exhaust fixed this weekend. get ready for the video!