View Full Version : HKS CATLESS DownPipe Good buy or not?


MyWagon
07-08-2009, 10:26 PM
I need some opinion about Downpipe, Is a HKS catless downpipe a good buy for my 07 wrx wagon??? now i already have a Cobb 3" catback im looking for a Downpipe to finish it off. im planing to get a AP V2 and install the downpipe and AP at the same time so i can go stage 2. but how do you guys feel about HKS downpipe w/cobb 3" catback..thanks for the input!

Will

knock
07-08-2009, 10:47 PM
Great idea if you don't care about the coppers, baaaad idea if you speed, or get hated on by the popos

Last time I checked you can get your car impounded for not having cats.

MyWagon
07-08-2009, 11:00 PM
yeah...i know what u mean..but i do have a "KEEP TAHOE BLUE" sticker on my car!!! hopefully they will look at me differently and i do have a wagon...which is kind of steathly....

gottaWRX
07-09-2009, 01:15 AM
I had the hks but the design was not to my liking. i have a invidia and i believe it is bellmouth design and am very happy with it. but if you dont care about quality then go for it. my .02 cents

Wes

Prosport Gauges
07-09-2009, 07:58 AM
The bellmouth is the way to go. Be careful of the cast type bellmouth as they can rust.

MyWagon
07-09-2009, 05:59 PM
+1 on the bellmouth i agree..to that..so therefore im going to save a lil more to get a COBB bellmouth DP...thanks for all the input!

knock
07-09-2009, 09:15 PM
not so fast, the bellmouth doesn't exactly help with the internal wastegate design since there is turbulence (read: drag) when the flapper opens and eddies with the exhaust flow. There isn't a big problem with having the flat plate, in my opinion, and it is going to be cheaper. Especially on the dinky tdo4.

You want better flow? Get a new inlet. That is a huge bottleneck.

C89ZX7R
07-10-2009, 04:05 PM
Edited because everyone thinks my replies are a type of trolling!