What's the best exhaust system for someone not doing alot of mods? I have been looking on eBay and was going to be ordering the header back....any pros and cons to help out a fellow Honda owner?

thankx

 

If you have the ex don't change out the header as it has been shown to be as effective as most aftermarket headers. I would say do a cat back 2.5" mandrel bent piping with a magnaflow muffler, nice and quiet and you'll notice a good increase in mid-range power/torque.

I wouldn't waste your money on a greddy or an apexi or whatever, I have seen great results from http://www.kteller.com and even through your local exhaust shop.

 

I was thinking the of doing the same thing and also looking on ebay. What about headers? I was looking a purchasing the OBX racing s.s. ones, are those any good or are they garbage? Thanks

 

yes i drive an EX model...the current system is a lil on the rusty side and thats why i am concidering it...so what do you think??

 

Honestly...I would keep your stock manifold unless it's rusted out (holes) and just keep your heat shield in place and save your money. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

As for the exhaust a bigger exhaust would be beneficial for not only performance but also economy. I went with a 2.5" mandrel bent on my old accord and it helped a lot.

Just my 2 cents.

 

Yep keep the stock header unless it has holes rusted in it as they have been proving to be as good as aftermarket ones. I'd go with a cat-back and it's up to you if you want to replace the cat. If so I'd probably go with a Magnaflow high flow cat I don't know that there are many more out there to choose from. For exhaust it really depends on what you want if you want quiet Apexi WS I if you can find it I like how it looks better or II which you can also find. Neither has stainless steel piping though so expect it to rust in a few years if you live somewhere where they put salt and that crap on the road.


If you don't mind loud or want loud I'd look at having a Apexi N1 welded up to custom piping or get the Invidia cat-back. Thats what I have and like it a lot but it is loud. It is supposed to be basically the same as the Skunk2 only cheaper. I like exhausts coming out at an angle but this one does have a slight bit too much angle I think but it's really not bad. I give it a Another big benifit to the Invidia is the muffler and piping are all Stainless Steel so you don't have to worry about it rusting.

Heres a picture of it



If you go that route I highly reccomend raceinspired.com I think thats what it is. I ordered it from them and they have good prices and great customer support or seemed to I didn't have any real problems. They are also a sponser on here. I found out you can get it cheaper if you go through here.

 

Don't ever buy headers fron e-bay.....They look good but aren't.
Get a OEM part as it will give you the same performance. The manifold on my car was rusted and broked. I had to replace it. I was thinking the same as to buy one of theose headers from e-bay. I am sure, they will break after a year because of bad weld joints. That's my opinion as far as header issue is concerned.

 

I've heard that OBX and Megan Racing seem to make ok products. Not the same quality as say Apexi but that they make decent stuff at good prices. I wouldn't buy a no name brand on eBay but I wouldn't hesitate to buy something on there if it's from a well known brand the problem is that there are too many fakes on there.

 

i used to have a magna Flow VVV


And now i got that N1 shyt



and this is my neighbors car LMAO just wanted to add it for fun! he said it was on MTV and the paint was hand painted by some guy i dunno whatta fruit




MAGNAFLOW was alot deeper in tone

But the N1 is cheap and eff it its an exhaust lol i hadda rush to get one because i needed my car for school because my mid section rusted out and it said CLUNK!


Modified by accordisslow at 1:40 AM 1/16/2006

 

by MTV does he mean pimp my ride? hell naw, that's not wcc work... that's bull-shittahh.

Anyways, back to the thread.... Thermal exhausts are nice I know someone with one he loves it... but tracking one down for a specific application other than civic or integra can prove to be a real task.

WOW! that is one ugly *** f'ing focus!!!!!

 

no not wcc he said it was on some other show about like some famous artist hand painted the car and shyt and no one wanted to buy it so his dad bought it for him and they said the paint "was" worth over 80k iuno but again hes corny so i dont know imma google it and see if i find it. lol

and yes thermals are really good exhaust a buddyof mine got it on his civic and he's selling his car or atleast for parts they are deep but the tip is like 3.0 i think iuno but mines bigger lol

and Hayman i think are good i dont remeber the name

 

 

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Reminds me of this: http://poetry.rotten.com/weigh...r.jpg

 

I have a apexi WS2, and it sounds amazing. Not all ricey.

Here is a vid
http://media.putfile.com/Drive-by-Apexi-WS2

 

wow that was disturbing anyways back to the subject if anyone how to upload sound files i could post the sounds of my exhaust on here.

 

Post them up on we-todd-did-racing.com or putfile and we can listen to them I have a clip of my invidia but I will have to find it somewhere.

 

Here is a clip of my Invidia before I put a CAI on my car

 

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Yeah man I have an EX and the stock header is pretty nice.

 

nice deep tone. were u inside the car or outside?

 

would you say keep the stock header on a gen 7 also, or are aftermarket better??

 

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