Good morning everyone

I've just recently started keeping up with the tC's aftermarket again, and have been installing a few new things. Sometime in the soonish future I want to install a catback, however since I also want to go with a header most likely, I want to make sure that I have a hi-flow cat and a resonator so I don't get a ton of rasp. I know a lot of people here have had good luck with having custom exhausts made, so that is definitely a route I will look into. Despite that, getting a pre-made one appeals to be more because it's something that my dad and I could install together (he's almost more excited than I am about installing car mods.)

The thing with a lot of the pre-made catbacks that I've seen is, that most don't come with a resonator and a hi-flow cat. I remember that the Draxas exhaust did, but unfortunately it seems that they are gone now. The only other one that I can think of that does for sure is the CreativeCompacts one (as an option.) Are there any other brands that do? The Dezod exhaust, perhaps? I've done some searching and I couldn't find anything else, but I wouldn't be surprised if there was something that I missed. It doesn't matter if it's a brand that's out now or yet, since it will probably be a little while before I can sneak another car mod past my wife anyways

Thanks!

 

The only one I can think of as of now is the Dezod street power exhaust:
http://www.dezod.com/pd_street_power...temtc_0506.cfm

I've heard/seen it in person and it seems like a well-made exhaust and it sounds good too. This car didn't have a header tho...

 

both the ARK N2(cannon style) and ARK DT-s(OEM look) have built in 18" resonators and are true catback systems. Here is a video of mine, which is the ARK N2, along with some pics of the install so you can see...

 

the arks look nice but the price is too high for me.....

 

ALL of the name-brand bolt-on exhausts are overpriced and designed for looks and sound, and that means loud without a header. Now replace the most restrictive part of the tC exhaust - the exhaust manifold - with a header and you'll see, or rather you'll hear , you're going to have to do some custom exhaust work anyway. There's a ton of threads here from folks battling the inherent rasp/drone from header + aftermarket exhaust.

You could go totally custom, buy your muffler, cat, and resonator from a place like summitracing.com and have a local exhaust shop weld it up for you and save hundreds of $$ over a CC or Magnaflow bolt-on system.

I'm going custom myself and going to try something a little different from what I've read here on SL. But for now if you're intent on getting a ready-to-bolt-on header-back with a straight-through muffler, I would recommend precisionmuffler.com. They can weld in a cat, large resonator, and large Magnaflow muffler of your choice and deliver it at a reasonable price.

 

Hmm I didn't think PrecisionMuffler did cat-backs any longer? Are they just special order now? I'll have to look into that.

Although to be honest, I'm starting to lean towards just not bothering with a header and the negative issues that come with having one (rasp, worrying about CEL's, etc.) I may just get a nice cat-back that sounds good with the stock manifold, and put that header money towards a supercharger (wish me luck with that one lol.)

 

Yeah, F/I is better way to go if you want good power gains. You only get so much from N/A since no one makes a tuned I/H/E bolt-on system for our car -yet (here's hoping it will happen!)

Have you considered turbo? The S/C will only bring you up to about 184whp so most folks either add header & exhaust and/or buy S/C pulley, increase boost & re-tune on dyno for more power. By that time you've spent as much $$ as you would for ZPI Stage 0 turbo + tuning - not that that's the best turbo available, but you get my drift ...

Also, your exhaust needs simplify. The turbo makes a pretty good muffler itself, all you need is 2.5" downpipe and catback, should sound pretty good.

And turbo is the ultimate bolt-on - think your dad will like that!