DC Sports (feedback on exhaust components?)
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Anyone have any experience with DC Sports down and up pipes? i bought a DC up pipe but im wondering which downpipe to get? was going to get a DC one just to have the combo, but didn't know if anyone uses one on their car and what they thought.
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VillainX,
I currently have the DC uppipe, downpipe & exhaust (on my '05 WRX). I didn't install the uppipe yet but the downpipe & exhaust are doing great. The DC (cat-less) downpipe is nice, definately an improvement over stock but I would assume anything is better than the heavy, severely-restricted, catted OE downpipe just by looking at it. The DC DP inlet is just a normal round style. It is not the bell-mouth design like on an APS or Invidia downpipe. I'm not sure how much that really matters though. DC products have always been good quality IMO. DC's not the best but they're definately not the worst either. I'm thinking about getting their headers and then installing the uppipe at the same time.
Did you install the uppipe yet? If so, how was/is it?
I currently have the DC uppipe, downpipe & exhaust (on my '05 WRX). I didn't install the uppipe yet but the downpipe & exhaust are doing great. The DC (cat-less) downpipe is nice, definately an improvement over stock but I would assume anything is better than the heavy, severely-restricted, catted OE downpipe just by looking at it. The DC DP inlet is just a normal round style. It is not the bell-mouth design like on an APS or Invidia downpipe. I'm not sure how much that really matters though. DC products have always been good quality IMO. DC's not the best but they're definately not the worst either. I'm thinking about getting their headers and then installing the uppipe at the same time.
Did you install the uppipe yet? If so, how was/is it?
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Originally Posted by jetspeed
VillainX,
I currently have the DC uppipe, downpipe & exhaust (on my '05 WRX). I didn't install the uppipe yet but the downpipe & exhaust are doing great. The DC (cat-less) downpipe is nice, definately an improvement over stock but I would assume anything is better than the heavy, severely-restricted, catted OE downpipe just by looking at it. The DC DP inlet is just a normal round style. It is not the bell-mouth design like on an APS or Invidia downpipe. I'm not sure how much that really matters though. DC products have always been good quality IMO. DC's not the best but they're definately not the worst either. I'm thinking about getting their headers and then installing the uppipe at the same time.
Did you install the uppipe yet? If so, how was/is it?
I currently have the DC uppipe, downpipe & exhaust (on my '05 WRX). I didn't install the uppipe yet but the downpipe & exhaust are doing great. The DC (cat-less) downpipe is nice, definately an improvement over stock but I would assume anything is better than the heavy, severely-restricted, catted OE downpipe just by looking at it. The DC DP inlet is just a normal round style. It is not the bell-mouth design like on an APS or Invidia downpipe. I'm not sure how much that really matters though. DC products have always been good quality IMO. DC's not the best but they're definately not the worst either. I'm thinking about getting their headers and then installing the uppipe at the same time.
Did you install the uppipe yet? If so, how was/is it?
Think you can post a couple pics of your setup?
When you say the DC downpipe isnt a bellmouth are you saying it has a flat plate behind the wastegate like the stocker and HKS?
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Tomasu,
There is not really any rust on the tubing anywhere (yet) but the flanges (and hardware) at both ends of the midpipe have started to rust pretty quickly but I attributed most of that to the crazy amounts of salt that Ohio DOT loves to use in the winter. I'm also kind of a clean freak so I'll usually clean the rear section with each car wash so that helps.
Correct on the downpipe. The wastegate side is totally blocked off. I'm not sure what style the HKS downpipe is. The HKS DP images I saw on google were the open bellmouth style (similar to Invidia or Helix).
Here's a couple pics.
There is not really any rust on the tubing anywhere (yet) but the flanges (and hardware) at both ends of the midpipe have started to rust pretty quickly but I attributed most of that to the crazy amounts of salt that Ohio DOT loves to use in the winter. I'm also kind of a clean freak so I'll usually clean the rear section with each car wash so that helps.
Correct on the downpipe. The wastegate side is totally blocked off. I'm not sure what style the HKS downpipe is. The HKS DP images I saw on google were the open bellmouth style (similar to Invidia or Helix).
Here's a couple pics.
Last edited by jetspeed; Apr 2, 2006 at 06:07 PM. Reason: pics added
i have the DP... the only issue i had was with the sensor fix... the bungs kinda extend a bit too far out and into the body... so screwing in the sensor was a bit of a pain
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