i had a catback exhaust quoted for my 96 1.8L Impreza...it ended with the guy tellin me it would be 700 dollars and that it might not work. i guess there isn't a catback system for 1.8L,,,any suggestions on others that would work??

 

maybe the stock WRX or STi axelback?

 

That's bulls***. Go grab a WRX or STi catback and bring it to a muffler shop. I had my "aftermarket" WRX exhaust (JGT500) custom fitted for less than $100. Sure, the exhaust was $300, but yeah, $700 is way too expensive.

 

k i figured 700 was overpriced...thx for the info

 

just save all your pennies and get a WRX swap =)

 

^^ yeah go EJ20. that's what i want to do in a few years (^_^)

 

The guy was just covering his *** just in case you don't get the power increase at the wheels you're after. Your major sources of back pressure which you want to minimise are the cat and the muffler. Maybe just change these, cat to a high flow one and the muffler to a straight through. Might get better results this way without spending as much. I'm considering this option for my '95 EJ18 at the moment. I've seen some cheap high flow cats on ebay (us$100) and the shop will manufacture a straight through muffler with fitting us$230. So should be under 450 all up.

 

700 bux is a ripoff. don't go to the WRX/STi catback route either, the piping size is too big. you'll defintely lose power. just grab the muffler section of teh WRX/STi and stick with 2" with the 1.8L unless you're boosting or on the bottle. 2 1/2" - 2 1/4" is a big difference from 2", trust me.