zoinkssooby

so far i've only installed some borla headers. (halfway there for the cat-back) they were bought through sean at www.ralitek.com for $295
there was a definate improvement in low end torque and gave back the grunt that was there before the short ram intake.
the sound is beautiful even without the rest of the system done. i get compliments on the rumble regularly
it is a great header for those who plan on going turbo in the future but, i would recomend it for that purpose only if you're impatient like me and want power now (and plan to put a turbo together piece by piece). otherwise wait and buy a turbo specific header.

N/ABeast

Right now, I have a Stromung SS Catback, and I dont recall how much it cost. It sounds good, but it rattles even with Kartboy Hangers. Next exhaust piece going on is a MRT or Brullen Header, or a Borla Header w/no cats..

carl

Ive got a 00 Rs. I had the original exhaust cut from the cat back and fabricated with 2 1/2 inch pipe. I removed the resonator and added a revolution titanium muffler as well. The plumbing ran me 180 and the muffler I got online for 225 , it originally lists for 350. As far as its tone it is great. It has alot of bass. I ve been complimented that from a distance the car sounds like a Porsche. One downfall when removing the resonator though is that while crusing at highway speeds unless you have a powerful stereo the exhaust tone can get somewhat annoying. The motor really sings up to 4000 them pulls even harder like a vtec set up on a honda until you hit 5500. I had the car dyno tested and the torque went up by 9lbs, my horsepower went up by 13hp. So it is not a waste to fabricate your own exhaust. I got mine done by a friend at meineke. My only note to somone that goes this route that make sure that the muffler you choose is a quality one and that it comes with a silencer if the outlist is bigger than 2 1/2 inches. Before my titanium muffler I went with meineke stuff and I had replaced three mufflers in 13 months at their expense. The mufflers they offer cannot handle the exhaust temperatures at full throttle that the 2.5 exhales. It burns the inner packing in the muffler and three to four months later the baffles will rattle in the muffler and your can will sould like a heap not a well tuned machine. Hope this helps.

Phatstud

very helpful topic here.

what i'm interested in are WRX exhausts...

what's everyone's system like, uppipe/downpipe, etc...

as for the same questions, how much/where?

thanks

88ghost

for sure 93-96, not sure about 97 and up Subary Impreza L GC8, the WRX STOCK exhaust will not fit our cars, it's too short, i tried and it's laying in the garage at this moment, gotta take it to the shop and let them bend it a little, make it longer, it's about 2-3 short, anyways, just a heads up, i dunno about WRX aftermarket exhausts but for sure the STOCK exhaust will not fit DIRECTLY! again a heads up.

not sure about the 2.5rs if anyone tired, please post. help us fellow suby owners out.

zoinkssooby

just added the borla catback last week... damn it sounds mean. to answer a previous question about the hanger, i had sean over at rallitek put a "nub" on the ends of the 2 on the muffler. stays there fine now.