Official N/A exhaust thread
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Re: Re: Re: what do you recommend?
Originally posted by millionsofsubys
Hey BAN, where do you find them for $280 shipped? Let me know. That way I can save up and get them fairly quickly. Thanks.
Hey BAN, where do you find them for $280 shipped? Let me know. That way I can save up and get them fairly quickly. Thanks.
Originally posted by mysubaruimp
any alternatives, even 4 times the price, that fit a 2.2 single port? i have searched and searched, but all i can find are 2.5 headers.
any alternatives, even 4 times the price, that fit a 2.2 single port? i have searched and searched, but all i can find are 2.5 headers.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: what do you recommend?
Originally posted by BAN SUVS
Search for "easter special" on nasioc. Irvine Subaru (or ISr?) was selling them for that much to i-club and nasioc members. The price is probably still very close to that.
AFAIK there are only Borlas for the single ports. Sorry.
Search for "easter special" on nasioc. Irvine Subaru (or ISr?) was selling them for that much to i-club and nasioc members. The price is probably still very close to that.
AFAIK there are only Borlas for the single ports. Sorry.
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I was thinking about starting my own thread for this question, but I don't feel that important, so I found this thread...
I have a 98 Impreza OBS and I was looking to upgrade the intake/exhaust. As for the intake, I have read that there's not many options for MY98 or earlier (w/ MAF), and losing the stock air plenum can cause bogging. A K&N drop-in flter is on the way, because this is all I figured I could do without sacraficing low-end torque. As for the exhaust, I am considering purchacing a used WRX OEM muffler. This would give me the dual-tip I was looking for, but I had a couple questions concerning this:
Would it fit in the first place? (W/ slight mod & stock piping)?
Would the WRX muffer give me much more airflow that my original muffler?
If I got the muffler, would it be useful or necessary to get larger custom piping?
(remove cat(s)?)
I'm still learning, so any of you out there w/ some experience, please share some insight....
I have a 98 Impreza OBS and I was looking to upgrade the intake/exhaust. As for the intake, I have read that there's not many options for MY98 or earlier (w/ MAF), and losing the stock air plenum can cause bogging. A K&N drop-in flter is on the way, because this is all I figured I could do without sacraficing low-end torque. As for the exhaust, I am considering purchacing a used WRX OEM muffler. This would give me the dual-tip I was looking for, but I had a couple questions concerning this:
Would it fit in the first place? (W/ slight mod & stock piping)?
Would the WRX muffer give me much more airflow that my original muffler?
If I got the muffler, would it be useful or necessary to get larger custom piping?
(remove cat(s)?)
I'm still learning, so any of you out there w/ some experience, please share some insight....
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I have a Brullen 2.25" catback on my 2002 2.5RS.. I got the quiet model in black with the resonator, and chrome 3.5" resonated tips. Seems to help keep the volume inside the car down to a tolerable level.
I got it from Ion Performance... it was $668 including shipping and a set of polyurethane exhaust hangers. THey don't do a very good job of packing them for shipping, I was really disappointed with that, and they didn't really seem to care.
The fit was great, it was easy to install. It probably took me more time to get the exhaust hangers on than it took to get the whole catback in. Install took me about an hour, by myself.
I love the tone of it... it's very deep and throaty, makes my little RS sounds like it's got some *****. Looks very nice, too... not to flashy but not too bland. Overall I like it, and would probably choose the same exhaust if I had to do it over again.
Couldn't tell you what kind of performance I gained from it, I have nothing to measure it by. My car is still really slow, so for the most part it just made it sound and look better.
Last edited by DR EVYL; 07-30-2003 at 09:01 PM.
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Zigen cat back
Well I checked out AFS' site and the Tanabe system now sells for $535, not $475. I was curious if any1 had an Imp with a Zigen system or had seen one at all....I was quoted at only $500- shipped and everything. I h8 exhausts with that high pitched, raspy sound!
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Need a custom cat-back...
So apparently Subaru only made the same flanges up thru 95 or so, so nobody makes a cat-back that will line up with the '93 set up. I was hoping someone may know an installer or fabricator in Colorado or one who could ship me a system otherwise. Any help on this would make my day 'cause the exhaust is the last thing i need- but the first thing I wanted- to complete my n/a project.
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Support your local mechanic!
So after timeless, painstaking efforts to find a manufacturer who will make a cat-back system for me I went and talked to a local muffler shop (Boulder Muffler) and Doug who owns it, I think, put my car in the air for free and started listing ideas. He's gonna install a 2.25 pipe from the cat all mandrel bent into a flowmaster dual tip silencer that makes the even the stromung tips look adequate...all INSTALLED $350!! Can't beat that for a real custom catback- resonator for only another $65 or so
So stop supporting huge corporations who already have money spouting out every orifice of their bodies and support your local mechanics!!
So stop supporting huge corporations who already have money spouting out every orifice of their bodies and support your local mechanics!!
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duel exaust
just an idea...has anyone heard of duel exaust on an RS? just from the cat back or something....how small would you have to make the piping in order to not loose low end torque? Maybee duel 1.5inch pipes ? also...has anyone seen or installed one of those electronic exaust gates? It's a little section of pipe with a little gate that closes in order to lower your exaust volume. good idea huh ? =)
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Re: duel exaust
Originally posted by IllNastyImpreza
just an idea...has anyone heard of duel exaust on an RS? good idea huh ? =)
just an idea...has anyone heard of duel exaust on an RS? good idea huh ? =)