Hey people! I have '96 Accord LX Cpe. with an intake and a EVO exhaust, and I would like to purchase a 2 1/2" test pipe for from testpipes.com for my car. My question is, which one is better, straight or resonated test pipe? The people from over at testpipes.com recommended the straight through design. What are your opinions? I plan on getting a Kamikaze header in the near future, so any feedback would help.

 

Straight

resonators/mufflers are supposed to keep the sound down, keeping air flow quiet = less turbulence = less flow

 

your efforts would absolutelly be futile if you didnt get rid of the header collector and stock o2 sensor housing and made it 2.5" from header collector to the beggining of your catback

 

you wont see that great of hp gains


[Modified by mlambrecht, 10:01 PM 11/21/2002]

 

and your killing the environment. Pls don't straightpipe...esp if your not competing


[Modified by RotaryBzzz, 4:22 PM 11/21/2002]

 

When they outlaw every domestic V-6 and V-8 from 1989 and before, I will put my cat back on.

 

dont ******* give the douchbags at testpipe.com one cent!! It took me over a month to get my test pipe from them, they are complete fucktards and will lie to you when they fail to send your order out.
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=338133

 

Hmmm.. i got mine in 5 days. No probs. Nicely made pipe. So did my friend I work with. He got the resonated one. (which is straight through btw)

 

what he said. Why not just get a new carsound cat(or something of that sort) with the Kamikaze?


[Modified by WhoNeedsVtec, 5:05 PM 11/22/2002]

 

b/k of the smog law and smog checks here in California, they might as well be outlawed (since few of these cars pass anymore). Anything domestic made before the mid-90's are RARE in SoCal. However you DO see lots of 80's japanese cars on the road though. Get a carsound!

 

Well, being that my car is OBD-II, if I get a straight 2.5" pipe with the O2 sensor bung welded in place (O2 sensor itself in place of course), will the CEL come on? The reason I ask is because, before I got my EVO exhaust, I had a 2" (or whatever the diameter of the stock exhaust piping is) resonated test pipe on it. The thing was that it didn't have a bung for the O2 sensor, so I just left the O2 connected and tucked it behind the exhaust shielding. I never threw a code then, and I had that thing on for about 9 months with no problems. If all else does fail though, I will probably get a Carsound cat.