mid pipe question
06-14-08, 11:33 PM
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mid pipe question
hello everyone
im looking to upgrade my exhaust system. so far i have a down pipe and an exhaust muffler, she sounds nice but i want something different. i was thinking the mid pipe and was wondering if anyone has it and knows how much of a difference it makes both loudness wise and HP wise, and also my uncle works at meineke and said for 80 bucks hell cut out my stock cat and replace it with a straight pipe ( just like a mid-pipe ) do you guys think thats a good idea or should i just buy the mid pipe? and what do u guys think about replacing it with a high flow cat from magnaflow?
thanks for the ideas in advanced
-Tony
im looking to upgrade my exhaust system. so far i have a down pipe and an exhaust muffler, she sounds nice but i want something different. i was thinking the mid pipe and was wondering if anyone has it and knows how much of a difference it makes both loudness wise and HP wise, and also my uncle works at meineke and said for 80 bucks hell cut out my stock cat and replace it with a straight pipe ( just like a mid-pipe ) do you guys think thats a good idea or should i just buy the mid pipe? and what do u guys think about replacing it with a high flow cat from magnaflow?
thanks for the ideas in advanced
-Tony
06-15-08, 12:51 AM
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a high flow cat will be okay with a stock ECU/waste gate FD, within reason. If you go with a high flow cat, you'll have to be extra careful with the intercooler you go with, until you get a tuneable ECU.
You can expect to get ~1.5psi of boost creep with a HF cat, which will put your stock ECU right on the limit or what it can handle.
You can expect to get ~1.5psi of boost creep with a HF cat, which will put your stock ECU right on the limit or what it can handle.
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a high flow cat will be okay with a stock ECU/waste gate FD, within reason. If you go with a high flow cat, you'll have to be extra careful with the intercooler you go with, until you get a tuneable ECU.
You can expect to get ~1.5psi of boost creep with a HF cat, which will put your stock ECU right on the limit or what it can handle.
You can expect to get ~1.5psi of boost creep with a HF cat, which will put your stock ECU right on the limit or what it can handle.
well i have a Power FC and a greddy front mount kit, my car isnt tuned yet, im taking it over to KDR early July to have it tuned. im also wrapping my down pipe with heat wrap and i wanted to do my midpipe, but from the looks of it im just gunna have to wrap the stock part, have u had any experience with with heat wrap? good idea? bad idea?
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06-15-08, 02:33 AM
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well i have a Power FC and a greddy front mount kit, my car isnt tuned yet, im taking it over to KDR early July to have it tuned. im also wrapping my down pipe with heat wrap and i wanted to do my midpipe, but from the looks of it im just gunna have to wrap the stock part, have u had any experience with with heat wrap? good idea? bad idea?
My downpipe is heat wrapped, but it was already like that in the hatch of my car when I bought it. I never drove the car with the stock precat on either, so I can't really comment on the actual process of wrapping the downpipe or any advantages of doing so.
