Exhaust Choice Thread

Just asking for some input as to which exhaust i should look further into

Ill be running it off my turbo b18b setup (downpipe yet to be decided) and was wondering peoples opnions on any exhausts mentioned or others and if anyones owned one how the quality is i assume theyll be pretty top notch but just wondering.

Was looking around the 2.5 inch pipe diameter range

any advice is welcome

of the choices you've listed, I would only buy either the apexi or the hks exhaust

since I prefer hks, its the one i'd go with (longer racing history and overall better reputation...also not bankrupt in japan!)

hey i would look in to t 1 racing (t1r) exhaust thats whats on my type r and it sounds fucking great but its all u to the owner for choice in sound

I have HKS so how could i recommend anything else

blitz nurspec? sound amazing.. out of your choices hit up the HKS all i read from them is good. High quality, align perfect sound amazing.

N1 has also had a pretty sweet sound and great look.

run a ebay exhaust

go to youtube and hear some sound clips of the different exhaust's and then make your decision

Im going to take a random stab ,since You never said what kind of car this is for, and guess its for some sort of honda by the exhaust brands you listed. Since these are all exhaust manly desgined for a non-turbo setup I would considered looking into thermal R&D they make some nice 3 inch systems specifcly for boosted hondas.

if not I love the sound of the invidia n1 exhaust and the style but thats just me. Performance wise I would say buddy club or possibly apexi.

1eightySX wrote:

I have HKS so how could i recommend anything else

Why don't you recommend Volcom as I would recommend Hello Kitty? Oh yeah, the Blitz sounds hot, but I would go with HKS too.

I checked blitz's site but couldnt find the nurspec for a civic, seems everyone is leaning towards the HKS, i must say ive checked some videos and it does sound really good compared to the others ive listed probably the best. Only hope my finances allow it

Talk to Golks he got me mine for a sweet deal.

1eightySX wrote:

Talk to Golks he got me mine for a sweet deal.

hm i will talk to him i dunno if hell beat the quote i found but ill definatly talk to him id rather give business to locals

I got mine for cheap, but the dollar was better when I got it.

doom26464 wrote:

Im going to take a random stab ,since You never said what kind of car this is for, and guess its for some sort of honda by the exhaust brands you listed. Since these are all exhasut manly desgined for a non-turbo setup I would considered looking into thermal R&D they make some nice 3 inch systems specifcly for boosted hondas.

if not I love the sound of the invidia n1 exhaust and the style but thats just me. Performance wise I would say buddy club or possibly apexi.

you should listen to this..

it makes perfect sense.

ok, so wait, do you not already have some sort of free-flowing exhuast? Itsn't it 2.5 inch already?(or atleast around there)
I think you should just go to minute muffler,and get your existing exhaust maked up to a downpie (that you would have to buy, becasue they will not touch anything straight off the turbo), or just get them to make you a large diameter exhaust with either a straight-through muffler, or straight pipe.
This route will be cheaper in the long run, and you are NEVER going to notice the difference between crush-bent and a mandrel-bend exhaust on your setup, and many will argue that there is very little difference at all(all with several factual referances)
You can probably get a full exhaust made up for under $500-$600.

i think you should keep rockin the custom bent D.P you have now lol It took gallagher and i quite a while to hammer it so it would fit properly...

Marshal wrote:

ok, so wait, do you not already have some sort of free-flowing exhuast? Itsn't it 2.5 inch already?(or atleast around there)
I think you should just go to minute muffler,and get your existing exhaust maked up to a downpie (that you would have to buy, becasue they will not touch anything straight off the turbo), or just get them to make you a large diameter exhaust with either a straight-through muffler, or straight pipe.
This route will be cheaper in the long run, and you are NEVER going to notice the difference between crush-bent and a mandrel-bend exhaust on your setup, and many will argue that there is very little difference at all(all with several factual referances)
You can probably get a full exhaust made up for under $500-$600.

My exhaust is to small its only 2.25 inch or 2 inch i believe havent looked at it in a while, so i cant use my existing exhaust,
500-600$ canadian i can or just about get any of those exhausts previously mentioned so i mean i have nothing against minute muffler exhausts but if i can buy quality i might as well, if it was significantly cheaper to have one made i would more than likely look into that

minute muffler made a exhaust system for me a couple years ago for $200.

for my dual catback on my white car(2 pipes, 2 reasonators, and labour) it only came to $370. So thats basically a full exhaust there if you only did one pipe.

Update

Well i did some much needed research and found i cant use the HKS, although everyones apparent favorite for my year of civic its only offered in 55mm piping which is about 2" i cant go any smaller than 2.5

The apexi N1 i can use cause its 60mm or roughly 2.5inch piping
same with the Invidia N1

the skunk 2 70mm is another option