IM getting the injen cause i cant afford an full cat back. i was wonder if i could make the injen into a full catback later on or should i just sell and rebuy the creative compacts?

 

go to a muffler shop and ask them to quote you a custom 2.5" exhaust using stainless steel and mandrel bends.

 

yup, you can keep your injen axle-back and just get a custom mandrel bent midpipe. Midpipe goes from exhaust manifold to the axle where your injen exhaust is.

 

But i also want hp. Do you think it will be close to the creative compacts exhaust?? Or should i just buy theres when i get enough money?/ thankz for th replies

 

your planning to do what i wanna do i wanna buy an hks hi-power exhaust and have a shop build me a catback i was quoted around $130 to do it

 

but would you get the gains like a complete exhaust?? thats my question .. But thankz for the price quote

 

yes
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$130 is pricey. the muffler shop by my house quoted me $70

 

you think you could get 12 hp? ANd does any one know a shop in miami?

 

you might want to add a cat and/or resonator to keep the noise down.

 

$70 is an awsome privce but i cant seem to find a place that wants to do it that cheap.

 

$70 for labor but not parts sounds about right

if you ever plan on putting a head on your car, buy a universal 2.5" center in/out resonator (glasspack) and put that in line.

and if you're worried about carb, put on a high flow catalytic converter

 

dam SOUnds much easyer just buying a creative compacts with cat. and buying a resonator. what is a resonator? I want headers also would it keep the noise down alot ??

 

no, he said $70 for labor and parts.

and glasspack?!?? why would you want one of those? that'd make yer car sound horrible, plus they go bad in a couple of months.

 

whats a glass pack?

How do you keep noise down with the header. I hate anything but deep noises. NO honda noise.

 

this is a glasspack


they mostly use them on older chevy/ford cars....

 

IS that a resonator?
IF not what is it do?

 

Glasspack mufflers can be used as resonators if they have a perforated core, not a louvered core. The louvers create turbulance and impede exhaust flow thus causing less power. A resonator is basically there to keep the resonances down inside the car and they typically quiet down the exhaust note as well. If you are putting on a header, you better add one, or it will sound like bees in a tin can...plus inside the car will be an annoying droning sound.

Basically a glasspack is a perforated pipe the diameter of the inlet and outlet with fiberglass woven all around between that perforated core and the outside case. The fiberglass packing (glasspack) absorbs sound. Newer glasspacks do not have the problem of burning and blowing out like the old ones did, so you can be sure it won't burn, settle, or blow out if you buy one of any quality (Magnaflow, Thrush, etc...). Any exhaust can be tuned to the note you want with a little work. The size of the resonator, the length of the muffler, etc will all determine the exhaust note. The diameter of the pipe changes it also. There is a lot more to it, but for now I leave you all with the above information.

Ok, and here is a good article to get you all started on building a good sounding exhaust

 

O thats cool. how much Hp loss tho? alot of minimal?

 

if u want mandrel bent exhuast in miami look into Maimimuffler they did my exhaust a few years ago for my celica 2.5 mandrel bent from cat back but ran a pretty penny

 

But i dont need the whole exhaust i just need from axel to cat i think.