i'm looking for an exhaust for a 98 2.5rs. just wondering if anyone here has a good deal. and if anyone can recomend an exhaust, do so. i just wanna keep my mind open. thanks!
what are you looking for? cheap, LOUD, low rumbles, flashy, quite? there are many diffrent options out there. IMHO all the exhuasts are very similar its just brand loyalty. so i wouldnt really worry bout wich to pick from the major brands ie HKS, Greddy, Borla. granted they all have there own qualities but in the end they will be roughly the same. if i had money and needed exhuast (i will list my current soloutino later) i would spend it on something designed specifically for a subie. such as Stromung(sp?), scooby sport or subarformance. http://www.stromung.com/ i here that many people are happy with these. i think they have sounds clips on ravensblade impreza's website (for both stromung and scoobysport) http://www.scoobysport.co.uk/ scoobysport specalizes in wrx/STi exhuast but the axle back can be used by itself with some 2" - 2.5" custom exhuast. i believe they redesigned the muffler to be less loud, but if you can find an older one (used on i-club or something) they were supposedly the LOUDEST exhaust for a subie. http://www.subarformance.com/ (this is the only link i have to there website. these guys are on i club alot. they specialize in headers (ie full race headers, Equal lenght headers) for sound only: for a very cheap mod ($18 + stock axle back) you can always gut the stock muffler, and replace the innards with some piping. fuji did this first, and now i have done it. by using the stock axle back it will look stock, and also allow you to use your stock 1.75" or 2" (not sure on RS) exhaust making the witch easy. FYI: my next exhausat mod will either use my current gutted muffler or a scoobysport back box. not sure yet
For a prefab I like the way the Scoobysport sounds on the RS. Or you could have a 3" turbo back one made which will sound way cooler. Yeah, there are other parts you have to add before that
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by RallyNavvie Or you could have a 3" turbo back one. there are other parts you have to add before that <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> lol, about 2k worth of other parts. i think meng still has his kit for sale. 2.2k is his asking i think. then you could use a 3" TBE, and stomp almost any car on the road. **[cough] 8psi [/cough]**
thanks guys! i want to do the ej20 swap but its not gonna be for a little while though. how hard is it to gut it and will it make that much of a difference?
i have an extra muffler that is already gutted (needs to have new piping put into it), which save alot of time. when i gutted mine it tool me 15-20 min to open the muffler up, and maybe 2 hours with a sawzall hammer and plieres to remove the wierd maxze of pipes and baffles in the muffler. plus it needed to be welded shut again. however this whole project only cost me $18. 10 for a 24" section of 3" pipe, and $8 for a new gasket from subaru. i have noticed mixed gains from this mod. at first it seemed as if i gained a very small bit of power through the whole rev range. (hard to tell since i put it on then went mudding lol) any way now (5-6 moths later) i feel that i have lost a tiny bit of low end power but gained it back on the high end. this is most likely due to the fact that i do not have adequate back pressure at low RPMS. but at high rpms the exhuast gasses flow better and thus allow me more power. over all i would say that this mod is purely for sound. the performance gains that you would notice would be minimal. although you now have a 2.5l engine so less back pressure at low RPMs might benefit you more. i cant say. i am happy that i did it, it works just fine for my little 2.2l. did you see the post regarding ej20 swaps for 3k? or are you lookign for a JDM ej20? maybe a STi ver. 2 or 3 (closed deck right?)?
if you like i will sell mines. the whole cat-back for...75 bucks. its not bad... its pretty quite, but if you like we can order some pipes and do a custom cat-back. just got to buy the most of the parts. o yea, mines a custom cat..the first one and my first time. well.. just e mail me at [email protected] (its two underscores) wagonL
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by RallyNavvie What's with all the EJ20 swaps into the RS? Have people all gone nuts? <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> RS-T > WRX
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Dynapar RS-T > WRX <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> I'm sayin!
just want something that is already made for force induction and not mess with it too much cause we dont want to blow up the engine or nothing like that.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by wrxchic just want something that is already made for force induction and not mess with it too much cause we dont want to blow up the engine or nothing like that. <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote"> i believe meng is still selling his kit for 2200. which he ran for what 3-4 years at 8psi on his rs
theres always race headers http://www.i-club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=70988 headers pictured in first post
i need an exhaust for my 2.5. something kind of like an N1 but i just want to see if i can get a deal on one on this forum
