Okay guys! Right click, save as. PLEASE. Also you will need to download an MPEG4codec if you dont already have one. Oh and if you cant hear audio, ou need to download this file:
http://www.codec-download.com/...codec

And the clip:

http://webfiles.uci.edu/jchen11/civic/SMOV0002.ASF

I figured it was time that I got around to actually posting the pics I took of my new exhaust and test pipe. Many thanks to SZA (from clubSi) for, once again, lending his hands and his tools to me in order to rice out my car even more!

In case you didn’t know already, I purchased an RS*R EXMag cat-back exhaust. It has an inner pipe diameter of 60mm or 2.36", which is near ideal for a mildly built NA B series.

The tip is a slight oval, with the highest part being 4" exactly and the center diameter (across) being ~ 3.8". The whole system is made of stainless steel, although 98% of the system is also covered in a black thermal coating, only the tip is left uncoated and polished. Even though it may sound like it, the entire system wasn’t very heavy at all.

Fit is 100% perfect after install, no shakes or rattles and the tip stays in 1 place even when on uneven hardtop at higher speeds

The test pipe is also made of SS. Its very high quality, and the computer welds looked BAD ***. It was perfectly made to fit my JDM ITR header's 2.5" collector, and tapered down to fir a 60mm exhaust. The only complaint about it is the odd placement of the 02 sensor bung. It’s down right retarded. It either has to point straight up or straight down, neither of which allows for either an 02 sensor or wideband to reach/fit/work properly. E.g. it’s completely useless! But what do you want for 50 bucks, right?

As for the sound, that’s a different matter. Remember that this is an NA 1.8l Honda engine with no catalytic converter. Now having mentioned that, it actually sounds pretty decent given that fact. It does sound a bit raspy/farty below 4K RPM, but after that it mellows out and sounds pretty good. When VTEC engaged I actually got a little wood! Now the clips I had heard of the RSR made it sound a bit more tame, and without a doubt, with a stock cat on this it would sound almost completely stock unless wailing away at WOT.

I will take some videos with my new digital camcorder and get some examples up for you to hear. I guess the point is moot though, since I installed my new J's style intake. That thing is so loud that I can no longer hear the exhaust under WOT. I have to be at part throttle, or revving in neutral (no load on the engine) in order to hear it at all. From the outside, it’s become very directional. Meaning if you are in front of me all you hear is intake, and if you are behind THEN you hear exhaust note.
As for performance gain, I can only go by butt dyno. And from that, I must say it pulls much harder. Now before you call BS or "louder doesn’t = faster", remember that I was running a larger then stock engine, with higher then stock compression, and intake and a header on the stock civic cat & exhaust. Uncorking that REALLY helped. I could feel the extra torque and the car was noticeably more responsive ion every respect. Now I’m kicking my self in the *** for not having gotten one sooner! Either way I’m highly ecstatic about the whole deal, and am 100% satisfied about my purchase. Oh and in case you were wondering, I got it for 480 shipped.

Well, you have probably skipped all that and went straight for the pictures, well here they are anyway:











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Modified by JoeB18R at 9:43 PM 1/25/2005

 

i might have missed it in ur post, but what kind of test pipe did you get?

 

Omni Power stainless Steel test pipe. Made to match the JDM 2.5" header collector and tapers to fit a 60mm (standard aftermarket exhaust size for B series applications) exhaust. 100% perfect fit.

 

Awsome exhaust, that's why I have it! No ricey buzz at all! It's silent and deep actually. . . .

 

well if you have a non resonated test pipe as I do, you get that raspy reverbaration.

 

nice exhaust

 

look oem

when vtec kick in does it get louder as well??

 

rs*r

 

absolutly, however I could not hear it over the intake. I first had an AEM CAI, which is WAY quieter then my current passwordJDM J's racing style CF intake, and I mean WAY more quiet. Even with the AEM I couldnt really hear the exhaust over the intake noise past 7K RPM.

My friend was following me in his car listening though, and while he was behind me he said it sounded really sweet when I hit VTEC. He said it was almost like a stock S2000, for whatever thats worth. As I said before, the sound it produces is very directional. If you are behind the car all you hear is sweet exhaust note, if you are ahead of the car, all you can hear is the engine and intake. If you are inside the car, it depends on yuor set up. LOL, with the Js I cant hear anything BUT intake unless im at part thrittle, LOL!

 

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Hells yea

 

Looks good.

 

Thank you. I’m also very impressed with its looks. It’s an absolute 180 from the canister style mellon shooter rice cannons that are all the rage recently. These pictures don’t even do it justice either. It’s something that needs to be seen in person to be truly impressed with its quality and style.

 

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beautiful

 

look clean

 

 

i like low key exhausts

 

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I have ex-mag on my si as well, Yours looks 10x better though because for some reason my tip is about 2 inches shorter than yours and doesnt even come close to sticking out of the bumper..wtf, anyone else have this problem?

 

lol you either bought the wrong application or had it installed wrong. have pics?

 

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I do, 3" downpipe, to 2.5" test pipe, no raspy sound, maybe thats cuz of the GT32E Snail

 

very nice exhaust

 

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exactly, turbo = muffler

 

looks perfect, and i know it sounds that way too

 

very nice!!!