well since my stock exhaust is all rusted, i decided to go ahead and get a catback system with my engine swap. does anyone have pictures of these 2 mounted on ef's?? also what are your opinions on sound level and performance??

 

i have a thermal. I love the sound, it can get loud in vtec, but not too loud.


heres a few pics

 

Thermal has a very nice sound, not too loud. But Skunk2 (aka Invidia) is loud as hell. I have a friend with one on his B16 CRX and another with one on his 97 GSR, it can be herd from a mile away (not kidding). If you like your hearing get the Thermal

 

i got thermal on my crx. all i can say is i love it!

 

**** that. SKUNK2 all the way! I had SKUNK2 on my del Sol and I loved it. Nice and deep exhaust note that was ground shaking. My friend had Thermal on his CRX and my SKUNK2 system just sounded way better. Even he admitted it.

 

So what size is the piping on the thermal???

And what do they go for????

 

get the thermal for your hatch. it looks real good, and the sound is desirable.

I payed 550 (after tax) at honda dealer. You can get them for like 479ish if you look.

I am talking about the 2.5" piping. The 3" is designed for turbo applications.


edit: I want to add that I ran the thermal on my 91 Si and now have the Skunk2 on my 96 Ex. Both sound great, but for the 88-91 I would still take thermal. I love both though.

 

thanks for your imput guys. im leaning towards tha skunk2, i heard it on my boys 99 civic gsr cpe and it sounds mean. does anyone have a pic or know where i can get one of tha skunk2 exhaust mounted on a ef?? i ve seached and cant find anything

 

Well if you dont wanna go like that. Go down to your local Muffler shop and get a custom exhaust.

Right now this is what IM running on my CRX.

Carsound Cat Converter
2" (2.25 preferred) cat back
18" Magnaflow Resonator
Magnaflow Muffler

I can floor it all the way to 7 and it sounds like stock with a deep note to it. It costed me around 400 in total for it. Just my .02 cents

 

i love the way my thermal 3" looks to bad my car doesnt run yet

 

I used to have a Thermal on my 'rex, but someone chopped that bitch off with a hacksaw

 

How come Tanabe is not a choice??? I love mine.

 

I personally hate the way thermal exhausts look like, never acutally got the chance to hear one....the skunk2 definately sounds and looks nice.

 

From pics I've seen of the actual Skunk2 system on a CRX, it's not how I thought it would look. It's REALLY slanted, and the tip sticks way out of the bumper cutout. <u>*EDIT: I looked at the thread again, and I realized that this is actually the Invidia exhaust, rather than the Skunk2. Not sure if they're the same design or not, but the Skunk2 is more expensive.</u>

I personally would rather have a custom system like that white EF hatch that has the Skunk2 muffler welded on to custom piping.

There was a huge exhaust thread a while back [archived] that has pics of lots of different exhaust setups. I would suggest searching through that too.

Alex


Modified by Quik89Si at 9:13 AM 5/30/2004

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=814504

There ya go! Maybe you've already seen it...but I thought it might be helpful.

Alex

 

They sell skunk2 catback for EF hatches now. Only bad thing about skunk2... so expensive, but performs very well.

 

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damn bro, thats pretty messed up. Never heard of anyone doing that ****...

 

i dont think skunk2 make exhaust for ef nor wrx they just get it from invida?(spelling) if u open the package for the skunk2 wrx catback it have invida plastic wrapping

 

I had the skunk2 for a while it was decent for gains and around town for noise levels, but on the freeway it was too droning for my tastes