Soo... I put my DC-Sports header on last night and it mad my car sound like a 1.5L Single Cam Civic with a straight pipe. I now have $1,000 in my exhaust and my car sounds like it is farting. I am very unhappy with the sound, but the car feels a lot more powerful with the header and exhaust.

That's my worst fear, and I DO have a 1.5L engine!

Soo... I put my DC-Sports header on last night and it mad my car sound like a 1.5L Single Cam Civic with a straight pipe. I now have $1,000 in my exhaust and my car sounds like it is farting. I am very unhappy with the sound, but the car feels a lot more powerful with the header and exhaust.

That really sukcs. Maybe its time to look into a different exhaust system?

i wonder wut it'l sound like with the TRD axle-back..?

ouch make way for the rice rocket :lol:

what exhaust do you have?

what exhaust do you have?

look at his sig

I wonder if its the header??

Dave has the same exhaust with that header (I think) and his sounds fine...

send him a PM and ask- ScionBandit

just about any race header will make the car sound ricey, it's just the price you pay for the highflow

just about any race header will make the car sound ricey, it's just the price you pay for the highflow

Maybe not if we put a flowmaster muffler on the car. Has anyone tried this?

I have heard a bunch of complaints about that exhaust/header combo. Some about that exhaust alone. I am staying away from the CC exhaust all together.

ooohhhhh!!!! dont tell me that.....i said the same thing when i put my header on.. i was hoping to get the CC exhaust to clean up the sound .. i guess there is no way to clean it up.... damn.... :doh: ...and the TRD axle back wont help... my custom axle back sounded like a porche until i put my header in.......grrrrr that is BAD news!

It even sounds a little raspy with the stock exhaust (what I have)

Hey, in that case im thinkin of just putting a turbo muffler on then when i get my header, it will still give me some sound but tone it down a little

Hey, in that case im thinkin of just putting a turbo muffler on then when i get my header, it will still give me some sound but tone it down a little

Uh...I think it'll be the exact opposite. It'll be real loud... I have a friend with a Apex'i N1 Turbo on his Celica GTS and it's very loud...

i wonder wut it'l sound like with the TRD axle-back..?


Bad.....:(
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It is not the exhaust it is the header. I highly reccommend the CC exhaust it sounded beautiful until I installed the header.

Yeah, the header is without the precat... I bet with it on the exhaust would sound good.

i wonder wut it'l sound like with the TRD axle-back..?

yea me too

have you thought about adding in a resonator to quiet down the sound?

yea that might work!!!! :idea: a custom 2.5 pipe.. from the s-pipe back ..high flow cat and a HUGE resonator or maybe double resonators and a good borla/magnaflow muffler....hmmm garuntee it would be cheaper then 500 or 700 bucks for that matter.....

What's a CC exhaust? thanks.

It's not too loud it just sounds really really raspy. I guess you have to sacrifice sound for power though. You can make fun of my exhaust while I am flying past you I suppose.

yea mine is loud as f**k too..and it sounds good til about 3500rpm .....then it starts sounding like a lawnmower....

if you guys want a nice sound & good performance, go with the magnaflow exhaust (when it finally comes out) & any header.

the reason the CC exhaust doesn't sound good with the header is because it's 2.5", the magnaflow will be 2.25"

piping...? ya think so.... well from what i hear 2.5 what most of the stock pipe is...so 2.25 i dont know but you would definately keep/pick up some low/midrange....

i think i'm gonna order a magnaflow universal..take my other cat out and put a big resonator on..2.25 sounds like a good idea....

Why would that make it sound better?? Bigger piping equals better sound and more power. Making it 2.25" will make it sound raspier and even more like a Honda. If anything I think I should have gone with 3" piping.

then.....your gonna lose all your back pressure or "exhaust velocity" and have no mid/lowrange power....

if you guys want a nice sound & good performance, go with the magnaflow exhaust (when it finally comes out) & any header.

the reason the CC exhaust doesn't sound good with the header is because it's 2.5", the magnaflow will be 2.25"


isnt stock 2.25"...........the reason the car doesnt sound very good is due to the header.......it has nothing todo with CC cat back. I for one will be buying the CC cat back next month with the megan racing header.

i just ordered a borla muffler and the k&N CAI...i was one click away from ordering the CC cat back w/no cat..im not paying 6-700 bucks for a f*ckin muffler and some piping!!! thats f*ckin insane...could have a shop do the SAME exact thing for $100....i dont care if its stainless no one hangs out underneath my car anyways..and the stock ____ isnt stainless either...worst comes to worse.. spend another $100 in a couple of years if it rusts out...

you were one click away from ordering the CC cat back............but yet you turn around and diss the price............you pay what you get!!!!!!!!!! all i got to say.

f1nch you should of gone with the aluminum one that they make its a little over $100 bucks cheaper than stainless steel. Also the exhaust that your talking about is 587.50 w/o cat and before shipping. So don't get where you got 700 bucks from ,but your loss.

aparently it is the DC Header that is causeing the exhaust issues because those with the megan header do not experience this.

^^^^WERD, your not the only person complaining about the dc headers, of the 3 people i know that put them in their tc;s all said that it completely ruined their exhaust setup

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