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You should be able to tell by looking at all the exhaust pictures I've added. But yes it goes under.

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This post has been edited by Rusty: Oct 17, 2010 - 12:02 AM

lookin good rusty, your car is meca clean, i love it!

yea your right that's what I thought at first, that it did go under the axle. I thought that wasn't the greatest for N/A engines. Don't we need a bit of back pressure?

It seems awfully low to hitting the ground, but making it go under the axle is what gives it that angled look when you mount it. You ended up putting the resonator towards the front part of the car right, and not the other way around like stock setup??

Here is a link to learn all about exhausts Here

It would only go in 1 way because the flanges are different size and it would also hit the tunnel. Here a quicky I did on good old paint.

^nics skills

that looks killer!
see im at a cross road.
my resonator went bad, and i still adore my sp1 muffler.
i may have to get new piping welded on from the muffler back.

that resonator you have there looks great and is quite a bit smaller than stock

haha thats cool. the new system must be a tonne lighter than the stock system.

when u doing the cold air?

it made quite a noticible difference wen i did it in the old ss-iii.

anyways with all these mods uve done there sounds like u got a quick little runner there

thanks, yeah might give the stock one a weigh.

hopefully soon (I keep procrastinating )

good to see you back on

This post has been edited by Rusty: Oct 28, 2010 - 3:02 AM

sound clip of you revving the hell out of your exhaust and doing a couple fly by and cruising please!!!

Yeah, what's new Rusty?


By the way BonzaiCelica, Back pressure is a myth for both NA and turbo, it's dyno proven that by having no bends, mufflers, cats, resonators in your exhaust your engine will yeild more horsepower than by having them.

Exhaust tuning is about the exhaust diameter being the correct size for the application as to flow enough so it wont choke the engine at peak power but small enough so that the exhaust pulses dont expand, cool down and therefore slow down. When each exhaust pulse leaves through the piping it creates a vacuum behind it causing it to do 2 beneficial things in terms of total power production,

1. the vacuum created by 1 exhaust pulse exiting helps to pull through the pulse behind it aiding in extracting gasses faster, this reduces energy loss from the piston pushing out the gas (pumping losses).

2. the vacuum also helps pull the intake charge through during the slight overlap period of the cams between the exhaust stroke finishing and the intake stroke starting, this is known as a free supercharging effect.

Adding back pressure into the system reduces the effects of points 1 and 2, and increases pumping losses.



The reason your factory exhaust is so is for a number of reasons none of which include performance.

1. Remove as much noise from the vehicle at all costs

2. Remove as much CO and NO2 emissions from the vehicle at the cost of some performance (a sizable amount)

3. Sensible routing of exhaust piping and components so they dont rub, scrape, bump or rattle, full disregard for good bends for good flow

yes I know that. I remember Rusty sending me a link to everything you just explained except for the exhaust pulses and the vacuum on the intake. If you have the link again rusty please send it my way

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that revs pretty quick for a 3sge like that, if u compare urs to mine theres not a whole lot in it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfQ6ZtFhHwI

hmm interesting, can only get quicker . What about mine compare to your old SS-III?

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Just add Turbo but then again I had to say that

I have a CT9 off a Starlet, should have full boost by 500rpm... and vacuum again at 4,000rpm

This post has been edited by Rusty: Jan 17, 2011 - 12:01 AM

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sweet no lag

Recently got 2 boxes in the mail, so I thought I'd share with you what they are...








>>Genuine TRD Carbon Fiber Guage Cluster (83133-ST000) & TRD Carbon Fiber Dash Panel Kit (55401-ST000)>>
now before anyone asks, they are early TRD parts (as far as I know, they were never on the TRD website like many other things) They are discountinued, and they never made LHD versions.













Installing now

That is sooooooooo awesome!!! I would rock that in a heartbeat, lookin good.

Oh my god those are GORGEOUS.

So I have them all in except for the passengers air vent its too hard to take out, as I'm worried about damaging/breaking stuff

Dude!!!!!!!! How can i get a set of those?

Been looking all over the internet for the dash kit! Soooo lucky.

Never knew they had a cluster surround. It looks nice!

Where did you get them? Nice find!

Wow, that's awesome. I assume you're walking around with only one leg and arm remaining now?

cheers for the comments guys, I'm really happy with these, will take some photots of them installed...minus the passengers side lol

I also bought some white led/bulb things for the guage cluster while I had it out, not as bright and even as I thought it would be


I feel really lucky I found both, as I think they only made a few of these. Ive only heard of a few members having these on here, however no pictures and searching the part numbers only gets you so far. yeah my wallet does feel a bit lighter

This post has been edited by Rusty: Jan 25, 2011 - 11:44 AM

Rusty those look fantastic! I can't believe how nice those look. I can't wait to see the "installed" shots.

Your car is a very fine example..... of a TRD catalogue. Lol

sweet stuff there Rusty

where did u find them

haha Clint still has a few more than me

Installed photos: (they dont do justice)


















still cant get it off...



Bought them off a japanese car wreaker. I've only ever seen the guage panel once and the panel kit pop a second time, so best of luck finding them and expect to pay alot for them.


however there are these fake ones which I'm guessing sticks onto the factory guage panel




This post has been edited by Rusty: Jan 26, 2011 - 12:23 AM