too much flow? need advice/opinions

[Vteckidd]

Remember guys , he has a 2.2L motor.

IMO, i would go with 2.5in exhaust if you plan to not go inside the motor. If you plan on just having a peppy little bolt on car, then there really isnt any reason to go to a 3in. now if you plan on doing cams and a bigger header like 99SI said, 3in is where you need to be at. but if you dont decide to do that, i cant really justify you doign a 3in exhaust unless you plan on going turbo in the NEAR future.

However, there are major sacrifices when running a 3in exhaust with a N1 muffler, make NO MISTAKE, IT WILL BE LOUD.

I will prob run a 3in exhaust on my 2.0l 12.5:1 LSVTEC. but its a race car.

And the thing about backpressure is horseshit. i made more power THROUGHOUT the power band open header than i ever did with an exhaust on the car. i have also done dynos of cars WITH and exhaust then done it open header, the gains or difference were MARGINAL at best (IE 1whp) between the two.

[Speedm0(\)key]

catless 2.5 " piping.. but i dont know honda ECU's.. would it learn to make changes with better flow?... i mean.. if you had a 350z i would certainly tell you that unless you are going Technosquare, there really is no reason to go catless

the reason i suggested 2.5'' piping catless is because a friend of mine is running that size piping i beleive in his h22 hatch.. no cat.. and i think uberdata. and all basic bolt ons. almost made to the wheel what they are rated at the crank.