i just bought a brand new vf 43!! finally i got the turbo! im so ready to put it in but i really need a downpipe. i have an 07 wrx does anyone have a 3" catted downpipe they want to get rid of??? pm me please

 

why u want catted?

 

its just a little too loud for me just dont like the no cats no practical for street

 

haha, this is all backwards...why is no cats not practical for the street?

 

why is it practical

 

make more power...

you can't remove and re-insert a cat from a catted downpipe, but you can remove and re-insert a sound baffle from an exhaust. How is that unpractical?

 

i didnt know you could put a sound baffle on. where does it go. how much?

 

I should mention that this is only possible (to my knowledge) with an aftermarket exhaust system. I don't think anyone makes a baffle for the stock exhaust.

I have the HKS HiPower exhaust, and the baffle is inserted in the tail pipe of the exhaust canister, drops it to the legal level. And whenever I want to do a little spirited driving, I just remove it.

 

i have the same exhaust so you have no cats and you have the baffle and it brings that sound level down quite a bit?? can you pass smog in cali with no cats

 

no.

 

no..... does it take the sound way down or not.

 

yeh, it takes the sound down considerably at idle and low RPMs, towards the higher RPMs it doesn't really quite it much.

 

for sure. i think i might just go for the catted but if i cant find anything soon ill just get a cattless and say f**k it. thanks for the info

 

np, catless is cheaper, you make more power, and you could always switch back to the stock one when smog time comes (which I believe first smog for your car would be 2011)...

 

yea thast true. i just have had some trouble with the law and getting a real loud exhaust might not be the best idea