I just put the Helix V3 downpipe on with the Helix cat-back. I am running stage 2 on the Cobb AP and all I can say is wow. The car sounds sick and its so much more responsive.
Has anyone else gone with this setup on an 06 WRX TR?

 

cool man...i having my down pipe put up this week...i will have an invidia catted, this give me an idea how stage 2 is like..right on! did you get more exgressive sound compared to just a catback? did it sound better? loud? power gain? i cant wait to have mine..

 

did you get the catted one?

 

Power gain - hell yes
Sound - at low idle its very similar but when you get on it its gets loud; it will make a car alarm chirp just driving by at low idle because the low bass it produces
Cats - no

I have to be careful because the difference between a cat-back and stage 1 to a turbo-back and stage 2 is very very noticable. I also put on springs, a rear sway bar, endlinks, and a rear strut bar so the handling is very much improved.

 

Can you post a sound clip?

 

I will get it up by the end of the weekend

 

awesome, i love the looks of the helix. how much did it cost you for the downpipe and the catback?

 

I think it was 450 for the catback and about 190 for the downpipe. Plus installation so overall about 750.

 

nice i am gonna do that for my car too as soon as i get the money got the 06 wrx tr as well

 

Hey, so the V3 cost you 190$ - not bad at all. Ok, so fitting wasnt an issue, and you arent getting any of the boost creep issues w/ your car so far? And you have been WOT? I was going to get my wg ported but if you havent hit any problems yet..I drive an 06 TR as well, and so far I have a borla hush and I am getting an AP in a couple weeks.

 

I just put a boost guage on and its boosting around 16-17 max and steady around 15. I am going to hook up the Cobb AP and see what that is reading.
Sorry to be noob, but what is WOT?

I talked with a few shops and they all said that with the stock turbo you wont need the external wastegate. It would be sick to have it though. I cant wait for the up-pipe to finally come out.

 

wot, wide open throttle, like mashing it lol. Do you have aim? You seem like an active 06 TR mod'er that would be good to keep in contact with . Our mod paths seem similar.

 

no AIM. I have yahoo messenger. Our destinies are very similar. Mod our subies we shall

 

Muahahahahaha! I think for under 200 bucks, I may just have to pick up one of those downpipes .

 

I am going to get unlazy and get some sound clips. I think I can get some good ones with my camera.

I realized what WOT meant after I posted. I have opened it up a few times and it gets pretty loud. I could also feel a big difference in power also.