vishnu or turboxs?
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It is nice to see that both BANSUVS and WORLD ONE can keep the flames out of their posts as true professionals do. It is obvious that both guys are very knowledgeable and always try to be helpful.
On NASIOC, my first post was met with a litany of sarcasm and not one helpful comment.
i-club is DEFINITELY the "nicer" forum.
On NASIOC, my first post was met with a litany of sarcasm and not one helpful comment.
i-club is DEFINITELY the "nicer" forum.
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All in all I think that you will be making a good move from trying to stay out of sensative issues that involve both companies. That will keep naysayers from pulling the conflict of interest card on you. All in all I don't have a problem with employees of interested parties working our boards, but I have seen such arrangements turn sour very quickly on other boards. Which is perhaps why a good bit of you are over here in the first place, is it not?
Good times,
Good times,
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JERRRY JERRY JERRYYY!!! j/k ...nice to see both of you acting professional...of course if no one else was reading this....then it might be a different story ..hehe(just kidding)...im not taking sides or anything...both are great exhausts and im sure there are unsatisfied customers of BOTH companies...very few, but they are still there....anyway kevin was just sharing a personal experience , thats all. nothing to make a big deal about. cant we all just be friends? :-)...you guys work for 2 of the best companies around. no one can really say one is better than the other...they are both just really cool. thats all
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Well, I went with the TXS Uppipe - and TXS TBE-RFL-TI. The new one the full 3" all the way back. Someone posted that it sounded obnoxious and by no means does it at all. To be honest I've had 4 people at lights ask me if my little car had a v-8. I love the entire setup, the sound is mean and I've heard a quote that it scares hondas. I just got back from a 5 hour road trip with my girl friend and to me this was the real test. Highway cruising she slept like a baby and did not have one complaint. However when you go WOT at stoplights it screams and you cant hold a conversation. But for just normal driving its not that bad, you'll just find yourself randomly revving the engine that is all And as others have said you can grab a TXS and a Cobb AP for the price of the Vishnu. And for a dealer plug Garet at World One Performance cant be beat. Give him a call and you will get a price and customer service that is out of this world.
And as others have said you can grab a TXS and a Cobb AP for the price of the Vishnu. And for a dealer plug Garet at World One Performance cant be beat. Give him a call and you will get a price and customer service that is out of this world.
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Originally Posted by 1WRX2NV
so basically...if you buy the Vishnu exhaust...you will be more than pleased with it. If you decide on the TXS you will also be more than pleased with it. These are both great looking and sounding exhausts...and they both can help to achieve GREAT power gains. I had both...and had good power gains with both!! 
cant go wrong with either one....
-freddie
cant go wrong with either one....
-freddie
Well, I can comment on the TurboXS side of things. BTW, thanks freddie, for selling the TXS TBE to me. It's been great, not too loud and does perform beyond my expectations. Vishnu products are top notch... if there was a used Vishnu exhaust at the time I was getting my TBE, I would have gotten the Vishnu.
Also, I recommend the following:
I ended up wrapping the downpipe using 2" wide Thermo-tec header wrap, and spray coating it with the Thermo-tec Hi-heat Spray. It smelled a little at first, but then the smell went away, and I know that this has increased performance, and has reduced the underhood tempurature greatly. I used to have my TMIC heatsoaked, but now it's not hot, and only slightly warm after driving.
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I also have the TXS TBE with the rfl muffler. My only complaint with it is that the cat hangs down too low as a result of the downpipe design. I keep smashing the cat on rocks. Oh well. It sounds great, and flows well for my dollar.
hey escaflower,
you're always out at sears point in the black wagon right??
ill be there next week (i hope) with my Txs tbe and perrin uppipe so you can have a listen if you are there.
i have no experience with the Vishnu product, but i am very happy with my txs
you're always out at sears point in the black wagon right??
ill be there next week (i hope) with my Txs tbe and perrin uppipe so you can have a listen if you are there.
i have no experience with the Vishnu product, but i am very happy with my txs
me personally, i like the turboxs, i like that you can always put on your stock axle back on whenever you want the stock look or the standard or ti txs muffler. i just ordered my txs tbe along with the txs uppipe, should take about 3-4 days and im confident that im going to love it.
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
No, they don't.
they do look simillar...but the muffler part is a little different. I think Shiv used to use a Magna flow..not sure about now.
I wouldnt be shocked if he just changed mufflers and put his name on them...just like the "Vishnu" JIC coilovers.
-freddie
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Originally Posted by 1WRX2NV
they do look simillar...but the muffler part is a little different. I think Shiv used to use a Magna flow..not sure about now.
I wouldnt be shocked if he just changed mufflers and put his name on them...just like the "Vishnu" JIC coilovers.
-freddie
I wouldnt be shocked if he just changed mufflers and put his name on them...just like the "Vishnu" JIC coilovers.
-freddie
For the record: Vishnu Signature exhausts are manufactured right here in the bay area by a local race prep/fabrication shop using 321 stainless tubing, Catco cats, and Magnaflow mufflers. Vishnu Standard exhausts are manufactured in Australia by a company called TaipanXP using a design provided by the same maker of the signature series. Both exhausts are proprietary designs that cannot be purchased from the manufacturers by anyone but Vishnu. Vishnu did indeed spend time and money developing both exhausts from scratch.
As for the coilovers, they are indeed JICs, but the matchup of spring rates and damping is also proprietary to Vishnu and cannot be purchased by anyone else from JIC.