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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 02:50 PM
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I bought a used espelir catback from Jeff S about a month ago and finally had time to get it hooked up. Im running it on my 92 hatch with a jdm gsr swap, built head and an-r header.

I bought a cheapo slip joint pipe to slip on the header and weld a flange on to bolt the exhaust up. The exhaust is extremely well made...full stainless, comes with a silencer. It exits at a tiny angle...I like it a lot.

Its a pretty large canister and I was expecting a raspy buzzy tone with no cat and the small resonator that comes on the b pipe. I was quite pleased with the sound though. It is really deep and not raspy at all, especially for not having a cat.

It screams in the higher rpm but still doesnt have that hollow tone most N1s have. Here are some pics and 2 vids(right click save as). The vid of the exhaust does it no justice, it sounds sick in real life. The other vid is just for fun

http://www.we-todd-did-racing....DE%3D

http://www.we-todd-did-racing....DE%3D



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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 02:56 PM
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damn always wanted to see how this baby sounds like.
dont think the videos are working
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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try now
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 03:05 PM
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sweet
damn sounds nice no rasp at all
how loud is it? like apexi n1 loud or greddy evo loud
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 03:10 PM
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thanks. to tell u the truth, its loud...i had my friend rev it while i shot the video of the muffler. but its not annoying, can be quiet and has a silencer(but i only put it in to hear what it sounds like). Its on par with an apex n1, maybe a little more quiet
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 03:19 PM
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looks good man.
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 03:34 PM
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Is it still slow? JK.....nice exhaust.
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 03:37 PM
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looks bad ***, wanna hear 2night
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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sounds tight ur the first to make a vid on where you actually rev the car instead of just letting it go....... nice
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Old Apr 2, 2004 | 04:06 PM
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looks good, does the piping go under the control arm like the n1 or over?
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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it goes over the control arm
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 08:13 AM
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YOUR BLINKER IS ON!!!!!!!!
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 08:23 AM
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sounds nice
any pics of whats under the hood?
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 08:38 AM
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looks and sounds nice what exhaust did you have before, could you feel any performance advantage out of it?
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 08:38 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ej6andslow &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">YOUR BLINKER IS ON!!!!!!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

its half of my hazards...bc i was owning the 95dB noise level law

under hood shot(before the cams and dist were on):

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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 08:48 AM
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law = pwned
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 08:55 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Br1anPham &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">looks and sounds nice what exhaust did you have before, could you feel any performance advantage out of it?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i had a crush bent 2.5" exaust a LONG time ago...i ran open header from about october to dec. My car just started to run again about 3 weeks ago, so this is nice having a "quiet" exaust
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 09:02 AM
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it's still slow

mines way more JDM
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Old Apr 3, 2004 | 09:25 AM
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nice
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Old Jun 10, 2004 | 02:37 PM
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How do you like your AN-R header? I was thinking about getting one but prolly the compact version...
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Old Jun 12, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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nice for the money, get a flex pipe to bolt to it though
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Old Jun 14, 2004 | 10:01 AM
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casey doesnt know what hes talking about...
jk, it sounds ok in real life, i bet it would sound better if his car ran like it should
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