Anyone w/HKS downpipe?
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Originally Posted by zeroGsti
I have an HKS downpipe but I converted mines to bellmouth plus I heat wrapped it and it feels alot better. ( and yes he cleaned it up before welding the bellmouth piece) Luckily I have a friend that does custom work. Anyways here's what he did.








thats sick dude! any better?
Originally Posted by thesnowboarder
thats sick dude! any better?
Yea man, its a stock STI up pipe. STI's have catless Up pipes I was told, so I didnt bother buying one. The base runs were with the Cobb AP not Protuned. Mike told me that if I were to get it tuned with the Injen CAI that it wouldnt make a big difference in Horse power, it would just get rid of the leaning issue that is common with intakes on our cars. I didnt do any base runs without the Cobb AP but I wish I wouldve.
reason I asked was because with the AP protuned, I only gained 10 whp over my base run of just a turboback with no tune. But this was with a regular wrx. Just wanted to see what kinda gains from a non-tuned turboback to a tuned turboback
Originally Posted by zeroGsti
I have an HKS downpipe but I converted mines to bellmouth plus I heat wrapped it and it feels alot better. ( and yes he cleaned it up before welding the bellmouth piece) Luckily I have a friend that does custom work. Anyways here's what he did.








wheres your friend located at? i have a HKS dp as well and i wouldnt mind paying a couple bucks to do that too!
We're located in Sacramento California. I dont know about a couple of bucks though, cuz it wasnt that easy to do. He had to use a plasma cutter and did some serious welding. I think it was just be easier to get another DP in my opinion. Get a Helix DP, I think they're going for $199. I've read that in this forum or iwsti.com. Thanks for the compliment though. If you need anything else modified, like catch cans, battery tie downs or anything custom. Let me know.
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