here just a short clip of my exhaust sounds. ill get a better vid once i get clutch and gasket installed in about 3 weeks

Finally got them in! Magnaflow resonator and street series muffler! Cant wait to get them installed, hopefully thursday!

that looks beautiful

Just wait to hear how it sounds.

I know this is gonna sound motarded, I should really run under axle, right?

if the exhaust shop can do it run it like stock but if not under is fine too and less bends in the exhaust

Hey looks nice! I just got my Aero Turbine 2540i muffler and AR25 resonator a few days ago and my 2.5" stainless pipe just got delivered today. Man I cannot wait to get this put together - unfortunately my cashflow has been dwindled down by repairs to my other 3 vehicles so it will probably be a few weeks before I can get it installed. I'll take some pics in and try to have posted in a couple days of the stuff - looks beautiful. One question though - how critical is it to have the stainless pipe mandrel bent? I've called every exhaust shop around within 50 miles of where I live and no one does mandrel bending - I couldn't believe it. Will it affect the performance or sound? Also my original exhaust design was to have all pieces bolted together using flanges (the downpipe, resonator pipe, and muffler pipe all separate pieces with flanges) so at anytime I could unbolt a section and replace it without having to cut and weld. Is this a good design or would I be better off just having it all welded together as a "one piece" system from the downpipe back? Thanks for the input and again those are some nice pics - I always did like Magnaflow.

I am going to have my exhaust done in a couple weeks at the most. It isnt going to be anything super special, but it will give it a nice tone, and still help power a bit. I have a 4-2-1 header on its way, which will get rid of the first cat, and I have a muffler for it. I am leaving the 2nd cat and resonator as well. I dont want it to be overly loud, but I do want a little bit of a tone.

I will post pictures and a video when I get everything.

Finally got it on. OK ,sounds good, except for that damn exhaust leak bu the flex pipe is allowing the gasses to escape before it can hit the muffler. Im sure once I get that fixed It'll sound real good. Right now though it has that real deep tone, I like it.

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Well finally got some pictures of my new exhaust - haven't had it installed yet though - hopefully within the next month. I'm still having problems finding a shop that does mandrel bending. I have a couple of links below to clips of how my exhaust sounds now (ebay header with factory exhaust piping,resonator, and muffler). It actually sounds better than in the clips (the clips were taken with my GE 7.0MP digital camera).



Exhaust Clip 1
Exhaust Clip 2

This post has been edited by bdawgbp1: Apr 29, 2009 - 11:44 PM

hey spider 77 how long is that magnaflow resonator???

Yeah, its nice. Its still hard to judge how nice cause I have yet to get my exhaust leak (rusted flange on the flex pipe) and most of it is shooting out before it hits the cat back. Although currently it has a smooth deep tone, just not as loud as some people like it. I had one guy in his civic tell me that he didnt like it cause it wasnt loud, then he drove off in his weedwacker.

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Could you tell product numbers for those magnaflows? If those sounds good, then I now which models to buy

i just recently got my custom exhaust done. 2.25" piping WITH NO CAT. yeah i said it, no cat. And a MagnaFlow race series muffler. and it sounds wonderful. it has a very nice deep tone and a slight ricey crackle. sounds different from any other cars around here so i'm very happy with it. i'm waiting on my header right now, should be in this week hopefully.

oh so you have original header right. ya no wonder why it sounds good. Once you install the new header that you bought it will sound ricey gauranteed. You better get a high flow cat and then maybe a resonator depending on how your exhaust sounds.

This post has been edited by BonzaiCelica: Jul 26, 2009 - 2:24 AM

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Honestly, I cant remember the P/N, but the resonators are pretty much for the piping size ( 2.5, 2..25, etc...)

7afte in a tunnel



my Celica, and Evo and a Tibby Turbo. Watch the whole clip....quite windy.


This post has been edited by FunkySR: Jun 10, 2009 - 6:49 PM

here is mines at a stand still.

http://s52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/miss...nt=MOV05453.flv

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ooh is it just me or do I hear turbo?

i got my header on today and i love the new sound it gives my car. now we start saving for 5sfte project. oh yeah

I finally got my exhaust put on my car yesterday and I am quite happy with it.
ebay header
2.5" piping
Magnaflow Hi-flow Cat
Vibrant Ultra-Quiet Resonator
Magnaflow Muffler

Pics and clips to follow.

Hows that hi flow cat working for you?

umm.... it flows. I think that the engine is "breathing" much better now. but its kinda hard to tell just how much by the butt dyno. I find myself just listening to my exhaust sound instead of paying attention to my rpm's and speeds. But I have no idea how much the hi-flow cat helps.

When I pull up to a stop light and I hear my exhaust, I start to look around for which car its coming from. then I laugh at myself because, duh, its my car.

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Here's the pics from the exhaust shop. They did a good job running the ehaust over the axle.






Since I sourced the components myself, I picked the magnaflow muffler without the tip on the end. so they tucked the muffler up inside a little bit and poked the exhaust tip out the back a little bit.




This post has been edited by jimmykay: Jul 17, 2009 - 8:30 AM

This is what I'm planning:

- 2,5" tubing
- Free flow cat (don't know yet what)
- Magnaflow resonator http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd...ain&id=8197
- Magnaflow XL Turbo muffler http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd...ain&id=8169
- Magnaflow end muffler http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/shopexd...ain&id=8140

I'm emphasizing for silence 60% and flow 40%.

What do you think?

Ok, so I finally got that pesky exhaust leak fixed. Got a new front pipe to replace the old rusted one. Finally got around to slapping a vid on here. Its done on my cell phone, so its not the greatest quality.
Its a magnaflow resonator and street series muffler, running 2.25 piping. The next thing I want to get done as far as exhaust goes is get a header and high flow cat.

cant this be stickied, it took me a while to find.

Which resonator can i use with the OBX sp

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this looks like a single solid setup from the flexpipe, are there no joints, or flanges, like to take it out in pieces if needed, just asking.

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You can use any resonator you want. Since I have had great luck with Vibrant Performance's products I'll say that if you want a louder system then look into a 'bottle style' resonator. Their straight through, but lack a lot of sound deadening material on the inside, so your exhaust tone is less raspy without dulling overall volume. If you want a quieter setup then I would look into a Vibrant ultra-quiet resonator. Their basically an oval muffler with straight through piping.

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how would it sound if there was no resonator? and having no resonator wouldnt affect a smog or emissions test right?

does anyone have an recommendations on a highflow cat?