sup guys...

any of you got some ideas on how i can maintain a stock exhaust "look" without losing performance? i wanna make my car a total sleeper so i dont give cops a reason to pull me over... which means i need it quiet and stock lookin as possible. share some ideas if ya got em.

 

have your exhaust coated black

 

cut the front of stock muffler off. run 3" piping into it, and then cut the bottom of the muffler out and have the 3" exhaust bend down so the exhaust exits the bottom of the muffler

2.5" with a couple resonators will do the noise trick.

bone stock look, lots of flow.

 

You could gut the stock muffler and put a 2.5" 5 x 8 magnaflow inside. I had a muffler shop crush bend a pipe to look like the stock pipe after the muffler and put that and the stock tip on. Looks totaly stock, not as quiet as I'd like though

Brad

 

pics?

 

sneaky

 

you can get an ES muffler, look stock and are 3" straight through design

 

I'll see if I can take some tommorow.

Brad

 

Id like to see this ES muffler too

 

I love this idea so much that I'm gonna try it.

thanks Joe

 

thanks for the ideas so far... i particularly liked a few of em.

 

just get a stock looking muffler with 3" piping in it and paint it rusty grey/black

 

put a turbo on your car and run an open downpipe.. that way you can fit the stock backbox to your car.. unfortunately this trick only works while your car is parked

 

here is a pic of the ES tuning muffler, i think some people here have this on their setups... just paint htat blck and it will look stock but have good performance

 

hmmm.. with no tip, im sure those ES mufflers would look somewhat stock. how much do they usually run? do they come 2.5 straight thru?

 

Yes, the ES Oval comes in a 2.5" straight-thru version. A lot of the guys in the Civic/del Sol forum run this muffler with custom piping. http://www.jdmhondaparts.com/ has them listed on their website.

http://www.es-sports.com/

 

that ES muffler is really loud though! can hear that thing from like a mile away. will definately give u a exhaust ticket

 

get some pics if you really do it!

 

None of the higher flowing mufflers will look stock because most of them are riced out (chromed, 3" outlet, etc). I got a magnaflow, and if you dont run a tip, it wills somewhat stock.. except the outlet is 2.5" instead of 1" on the stock box

It is louder than stock, but if you punch the clutch in and let the car idle as you roll pass the cops, they won't notice... just dont' go WOT right after.

 

I've got a Borla "Turbo" hehe 2.25" (small, I know) all the way back, no resonator and a 2.25" tip...looks stock, sound like 5% louder than stock at idle...just barely noticeable (can't hear inside car). but it is straight through and still sounds deep and pretty loud at WOT.

I've heard that Borla is being bought-out or some **** and I am considering buying my 3" now, preparing for the future

 

type r exhaust?

Rob

 

will do