Dual exhaust, anyone?

lifesnotfair · 12-20-2005, 09:28 PM

I'm still thinking of making it manual and add some 50 HP somehow and forget about the turbo, heh... it should make some good slidings with that HP.. maybe not good 1/4 mile runs, but I don't care. It should also be a pleasure on the highway I bet. Oh well, I'll take my time to think about it. It's all about the budget... =P Car is looking great, I "shined" it yesterday... looks nice. Expect the pics soon, with the JDM tail lights. (Although I still believe the rear of the car will not look as good as I want, not with that small factory muffler, need something bigger, something that goes more with the car...)

j3pz · 12-21-2005, 04:45 AM

the na has more of a header designed manifold/downpipe so you could go ahead and make a cat back and use the dp already on there. if/once you got 7mgte you can swap out the dps and use the catback you just made

mrnickleye · 12-21-2005, 07:18 AM

Check out the "exhaust systems researched' thread in the FAQs section.

Bullz_EyE · 12-21-2005, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by lifesnotfair

I'm still thinking of making it manual and add some 50 HP somehow and forget about the turbo, heh... it should make some good slidings with that HP.. maybe not good 1/4 mile runs, but I don't care. It should also be a pleasure on the highway I bet. Oh well, I'll take my time to think about it. It's all about the budget... =P Car is looking great, I "shined" it yesterday... looks nice. Expect the pics soon, with the JDM tail lights. (Although I still believe the rear of the car will not look as good as I want, not with that small factory muffler, need something bigger, something that goes more with the car...)

Don't get way ahead of yourself, baby steps.

Dual exhaust dosen't suck, it only sucks when it's done for cosmetic reasons.

SupraMan1784 · 12-21-2005, 03:05 PM

i would have to agree with bullz_eye...but still if the car doesnt come dual exhaust...dont put dual exhaust haha, and yea joel the n/a's need a little backpressure, but once he puts the turbo in if at any time he does, then hes gotta change out the setup for a turbo dp to fit teh turbo in there

lifesnotfair · 12-21-2005, 07:29 PM

Well, as I'm still N/A and I'm still wondering what I really want (a guy who has bought and sold 4 other cars in less than a year and half, yeah, no idea of what I want =P), I'm gonna work on it as if I were planning on keeping it N/A.

So I bought a muffler that was on special, and I left the car about 1.5 hours ago at the shop where they do custom exhaust. Doing a 2.5 inch one, as I thought would be fine after reading the "researched exhaust" things in the FAQ. I wouldn't mind having to change in the future, as all of this (muffler and the 2.5 pipings) is costing about 145 $USD.

I really wanted to do this quickly because my car has very little mufflers... plus, the previous owner did some work on the back bumper, like a "lip", which makes the muffler even MORE UN-seeable. And I've always seen the muffler as the car's tail, or even more as the car's <certain-part-of-men>... so I didn't want that small pecker on my car =P .. LOL.

Also today I should be picking up the center tail light piece, which I left paining (the moulding part). Once I install those too, I shall take new pics, should look quite different from the first pics I posted about 3 weeks ago.

lifesnotfair · 12-22-2005, 03:58 AM

It's so loud now, I hate it. I gotta put a ... "resonator" ? Don't know how you call it in english, but it goes in the middle of the car (sorta) to make it sound less noisy. That'd be another 30 bucks more or less. Oh well, gonna do it tomorrow, coz it's too noisy right now.

Bullz_EyE · 12-22-2005, 05:32 AM

That's exactly what you call it. Sometimes they are reffered to as premufflers. I may be mistaken though and there may be a difference between a premuffler and a resonator. May I ask what kind of muffler you had installed?

lifesnotfair · 12-22-2005, 10:41 PM

I don't know what kind of muffler it is. I do know it was 2.5", no reductions in the middle, I could see from one end to the other.

It was too loud, so today I had a resonator... fairly cheap, not even 30 bucks. An 18" one, the guy at the shop told me he has had bad experience with 24" ones, they break in the middle as nothing is supporting them, he says. Now it sounds much better, and not as loud, I like it.

I also picked up my center piece tail light, which needed paint... I'll try to install the 3 piece tail lights on saturday, it should look kickass, they're the JDM ones (with darker center piece).

12-20-2005, 09:28 PM	#1
lifesnotfair 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 169	Hrm... I'm still thinking of making it manual and add some 50 HP somehow and forget about the turbo, heh... it should make some good slidings with that HP.. maybe not good 1/4 mile runs, but I don't care. It should also be a pleasure on the highway I bet. Oh well, I'll take my time to think about it. It's all about the budget... =P Car is looking great, I "shined" it yesterday... looks nice. Expect the pics soon, with the JDM tail lights. (Although I still believe the rear of the car will not look as good as I want, not with that small factory muffler, need something bigger, something that goes more with the car...)

12-21-2005, 04:45 AM	#2
j3pz 500whp yet? Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Mechanicsville, MD, US of A, 20659 Posts: 1,060	the na has more of a header designed manifold/downpipe so you could go ahead and make a cat back and use the dp already on there. if/once you got 7mgte you can swap out the dps and use the catback you just made __________________ 88 N/A w/ 5spd - stock - not running, bhg 87 turbo/targa w/ 5spd- fidanza light weight flywheel, new oem slave cylinder, apexi air filter, no ac and no heat

12-21-2005, 07:18 AM	#3
mrnickleye 1000whp postwhore Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Mojave Desert, Calif. Posts: 1,705	Check out the "exhaust systems researched' thread in the FAQs section. __________________ Had a Red 1989 N/A. Automatic. Sports Pkg. w/wing. TEMS, and some nice MODS. Sold to a friend 10/08/08.

12-21-2005, 03:05 PM	#5
SupraMan1784 SP58GT Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dirty Jerz Posts: 691	i would have to agree with bullz_eye...but still if the car doesnt come dual exhaust...dont put dual exhaust haha, and yea joel the n/a's need a little backpressure, but once he puts the turbo in if at any time he does, then hes gotta change out the setup for a turbo dp to fit teh turbo in there __________________ Now: Saving for an MKIV Broken Rides: (Sold) 91 supra turbo 5speed with a 1jzgte motor 421whp 400(399) ft*lbs of torque on tap @ 15 psi "Always outnumbered, never outgunned."

12-21-2005, 07:29 PM	#6
lifesnotfair 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 169	Well... Well, as I'm still N/A and I'm still wondering what I really want (a guy who has bought and sold 4 other cars in less than a year and half, yeah, no idea of what I want =P), I'm gonna work on it as if I were planning on keeping it N/A. So I bought a muffler that was on special, and I left the car about 1.5 hours ago at the shop where they do custom exhaust. Doing a 2.5 inch one, as I thought would be fine after reading the "researched exhaust" things in the FAQ. I wouldn't mind having to change in the future, as all of this (muffler and the 2.5 pipings) is costing about 145 $USD. I really wanted to do this quickly because my car has very little mufflers... plus, the previous owner did some work on the back bumper, like a "lip", which makes the muffler even MORE UN-seeable. And I've always seen the muffler as the car's tail, or even more as the car's <certain-part-of-men>... so I didn't want that small pecker on my car =P .. LOL. Also today I should be picking up the center tail light piece, which I left paining (the moulding part). Once I install those too, I shall take new pics, should look quite different from the first pics I posted about 3 weeks ago.

12-22-2005, 03:58 AM	#7
lifesnotfair 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 169	aCk! It's so loud now, I hate it. I gotta put a ... "resonator" ? Don't know how you call it in english, but it goes in the middle of the car (sorta) to make it sound less noisy. That'd be another 30 bucks more or less. Oh well, gonna do it tomorrow, coz it's too noisy right now.

12-22-2005, 05:32 AM	#8
Bullz_EyE 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 238	That's exactly what you call it. Sometimes they are reffered to as premufflers. I may be mistaken though and there may be a difference between a premuffler and a resonator. May I ask what kind of muffler you had installed?

12-22-2005, 10:41 PM	#9
lifesnotfair 3" Exhaust Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 169	Sure. I don't know what kind of muffler it is. I do know it was 2.5", no reductions in the middle, I could see from one end to the other. It was too loud, so today I had a resonator... fairly cheap, not even 30 bucks. An 18" one, the guy at the shop told me he has had bad experience with 24" ones, they break in the middle as nothing is supporting them, he says. Now it sounds much better, and not as loud, I like it. I also picked up my center piece tail light, which needed paint... I'll try to install the 3 piece tail lights on saturday, it should look kickass, they're the JDM ones (with darker center piece).

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