Exhaust System..?

[Mangrum]

ok i have a Bone Stock Honda and i am starting off with my first mods to this car soon. I have a question about getting the exhaust system. does brand names really matter as far as quality because i have head thins such as CAI that you can spend $200 on a brand name or spend $50 on an ebay CAI and get the same effect. My question is would yall get a brand name exhaust or stick with a generic brand. and if so why. also by doing this does it affect the performance of the exhaust etc etc.. a good website would be useful to get good exhausts.

P.S. i have a 1997 Honda Civic HX with a D16Y5

all help is greatly appreciated..:D

[WhiteAccord]

uhh and exhaust wouldnt make any diffrence in performance.... mostly sound... but if i were you i would stick to name brand... some ebay exhaust corrode and break off, or the fitment sucks on nuts and you would prob have to take it to the shop and reweld a hanger.. or you could lose performance because of bends...

[Turbodude06]

get one made at an exhaust shop...

[typerek]

for a no name brand one i would get nopi's #1 they sond good and are about 200 dollars and are made by a name brand company i forget who though. their cold air is made by aem and is a lot cheaper but same shit just a different name.

[typerek]

you should by a strut tower bar first i happen to have one for cheap lmk.

[Mangrum]

thanks... so where would i go to look into the NOPI #1's exhaust? like website.. etc?

[Mangrum]

1 NUMBER ONE DRAG Cat-Back Exhaust System - DX/CX Hatchback - Stainless Steel Muffler with Coated Steel Piping - Pipe size: 2.25"/57mm - Tip size: 4.5"/114m



i Found this on nopionline.com.. even though it says dx/cx hatchback would it still fit on my car? and also is this worth it to buy this exhaust.. at least decent quality?

[Mangrum]

bump

[Mangrum]

please answer this.. with this exhaust fit on my car right?

[WhiteAccord]

Uhhh no I have experience with #1 on a civic ... and the fitment was bad... it was off a little had to take it to an exhaust shop and reweld some things... but it does sound nice...

[typerek]

if it's for a hatch it wont fit a coupe call them about one for a coupe.

[AlliRae]

go somewhere and get it done

[greasemunkey]

ya, go to a muffler shop, and have them make you one it cost me 150$, you can bring in a muffler and have them put it on

[typerek]

i don't like muffler shop ones but if you do get one put a resonator on it or it will sound ricey.

[an0therh22]

right now an exhaust wont help u much and u wont feel difference besides the fact that ur car is loud as shit. i would say get urself a header an intake and possibly some cams

[Mangrum]

thanks..

[Mangrum]

allrighty i called NOPI and heres the thing maybe yall can help me with this. Since my 97 Civic is an HX the catalytic converter is in the header. The guy i was talking to said if i want an exhaust system i will have to replace everything (header, exhaust, and get a catalytic converter). But i cant find any cheap headers for my specific car. Also if i do take it to an exhaust shop what do i tell them i need done? i live in suwanee so any place in the Gwinnett area would be nice. thanks..

[AlliRae]

i would try mainstream preformance

[Mangrum]

yea but thats all the way in powder springs such a long drive.. anythign reputable thats a little closer?

[Vteckidd]

Exhausts Shops SUCK, cause they use CRUSH BENT PIPING.

if you want a good exhaust:
1) Ours, Mandrel bent stainless steel and YOU pick the style muffler from Magnaflow.com
2) Greddy EVO 2, great sound an decent quality
3) Skunk2 Catbacks are pretty decent as well
4) NOPI is ok if your on a really tight budget.

Intake wise, i would get the NOPI brand with an AEM filter.

[Mangrum]

thanks mike.. also did you see what i was talking about with the fact that this guy said i wil have to replace the header and get a catalytic converter etc.. because my civic is an HX. and the exhaust from mainstream how much would that run me?

[Vteckidd]

your motor has the Catalytic convertor in the manifold up top. you have 2 options:

1) Buy an aftermarket header, aftermarket cat, extend the o2 wires, get a custom exhaust

2) leave the factor header and cat and just run the exhaust from the bottom piece.

#1 is obviously more expensive. Our exhausts run $350 WITH a muffler, Cat is $100, pick up a header for $80-100 from NOPI

[Mangrum]

so if you were going to choose an option the smart thing to do would be just to save up a little bit and choose option number 1..?

[Vteckidd]

if you want a power gain, then yes, option 1 is best. but it depends what your budget allows of course :)

[Mangrum]

true.. so with option 1 we are looking at somewhere near $550.. and with option 2 it would be around $350 at Mainstream?

[Vteckidd]

yes sir

[Mangrum]

also one more question i know you are prolly getting tired of this by now.. but if i did choose option 2.. it is possible to get an exhaust from just the bottom part right. because the guy that i talked to on the phone from NOPI made it seem like with my car there was no other choice but to replace everything? but your saying that you guys can custom make an exhaust just from the bottom part and still be fine and that would just affect pretty much sound. and if i take option 1 it would have a power gain as well as changing the sound?

[Vteckidd]

you can do option one, what we would do is disconect part that comes off the header, make a flange, and hook it up from the "normal cat location" back.

since we make everything custom we can do that.

the "nopi/bolt on exhausts" are made to fit to EX models with the traditional cat location, so they are correct those wont simply, BOLT on.

[Vteckidd]

and yes any exhaust should see some type of power gain over 2in piping lol

[Lucky DAWG]

uhh and exhaust wouldnt make any diffrence in performance.... mostly sound... but if i were you i would stick to name brand... some ebay exhaust corrode and break off, or the fitment sucks on nuts and you would prob have to take it to the shop and reweld a hanger.. or you could lose performance because of bends...


not true at all


it will make a performance difference
i would stay away from catback systems, its mostly overpriced stuff

go to a shop and have them make something custom
get a bigger piping to the engine and avoid as many turns as possible, goal is to make it as straight as a journey as possible with as little as possible catylitic converters or if you have to have some make them atleast highflow ones.

too small of piping chokes your engine
too big will create a vacuum

find the sweet spot

[Mangrum]

thank you mike and everyone else for the help.

[Mangrum]

mike when money gets right i will get in touch with you and more details about all of this.. apprciate everything!

[§treet_§peed]

I ahve a copy of a N1 exhaust off of ebay.. perfect mandrel bends.. good sound not bad price either...