Just wanted to let everyone know that I dropped the JIC Magic Bullet 505s full titanium catback on my STI and wow! It fits up perfect to my Turboxs downpipe and midpipe. If you are thinking about doing this yourself then you will need a couple bolts to connect it since it doesn't come with a hardware kit and the stock bolts suck. Instead of using a donut gasket you should probably find yourself a 3" flat aluminum gasket. The easiest way to find one may be on the internet since I had a really hard time finding one.
If you keep the silencer in the muffler it sounds nearly stock. My ears couldn't really tell the difference. But when I pulled the silencer out the the sound came alive. It brought out that really boxer noise. Not too loud like I had heard it was going to be on the 2.5. I'm stoked so I just thought I'd tell everyone. I get a little backfire when I shift at low RPM's but with no cats and no back pressure it's to be expected. Besides, once you learn how to control it and do it when you want, it's fun to make people duck and run for cover.

 

A backfire or fire out the back?

 

Umm...A little bit of both.

 

You said, "WOW" can you elaborate a bit on that? What is different? More HP by the numbers are HP that you can feel in your body, not your mind. What about spool up?

 

yep...ditto

 

I just try and give out some info and everyone just asks for more. Are you guys never happy. Spool up is fast. noticably faster than stock and no boost spike. As far as hp gains, I can't give you anything concrete because it hasn't been on a dyno yet. The car is fast, that's all I know. It put me back in my seat before the exhaust and it still puts me back in my seat. At 300hp no one can notice small gains like 5-10hp, it's of course all in the mind. Like putting new carbon fiber side mirrors on. Of course the cars gonna feel faster. I don't think that the car gained much more than 15-30hp with the whole package. 30hp being very unlikely but I could be wrong. And I define "wow" as very f*cking nice. Not to mention the catback only weights 8 lbs.

 

That's better. Thanks man. I don't know if I want to spend the coin on an exhaust because I'm not sure how worth it it will be. I think I might put the money toward a second set of rims and a DVD Nav (both of which I don't have) I have a perfectly working exhaust now.

 

STILL-
Ya I still have a CEL. Had it checked out by my friendly neighborhood Subaru dealer. I'm in good with those guys. It just thows the P-Code for catalytic converter inefficiency. Bad thing about getting a CEL on the STI is that it deactivates the cruise control. I wrote a whole thread on it. Read the post just below the pic of the DP.
https://www.i-club.com/forums/showth...threadid=30595

 

Is 5-10 HP worth losing your cruise control and having a CEL come on? I guess it is to some.

 

Essogas you should've read the other post and found out that there's gonna be a CEL fix. You should do more research before you post sarcastic replies. Maybe I'll see you at a stoplight someday. Tell me what color my taillights are!

 

It was sarcastic but I meant no offence to you. Everyone has their own priorities. I'm patient enough to wait for all the bugs to be ironed out BEFORE I make any changes. (which I intend on doing) And I certainly will be able to tell you what colour your tail lights are because I'll just be cruising using my WORKING cruise control. But seriously, I'm actually waiting to see what PRODRIVE comes out with, then I might buy their kit and get an ECU tuning done here when the software is ready.

 

Check out Prodrives stand alone ECU. It runs around 2500 British Pounds (about $4300). If I had that kind of cash, I'd definetely get one. No need for a dyno, you just map it on the go like ECU's should while they're getting the proper air flow and running temps they don't get while on a dyno.

 

so where did u get the exhaust? and how much? im deciding between the jic titanium or the fujitsubo titanium exhaust.

so does the exhaust tip come out at an angle? or straight back?