ok, i put this in turbo section cause i just put a turbo on a month ago and now i am looking at exhaust.I want to know what would be the best exhaust for a reasonable price. Suggestions?

"reasonable" is subjective...
Thermal R&D is the way to go, anything else is a girls exhaust!}(

Originally posted by tim97rs
"reasonable" is subjective... Thermal R&D is the way to go, anything else is a girls exhaust!}(

hey i am a girl so watch it, hehe

i dunno what reasonable is prolly no more than like $500

you can get a nice new thermal r&d for that!

from where?

hummm.... maybe i lied to ya. after looking at a few places, it seems they have gone up in price since i was looking a year or so ago...
plan B anyone?

Apexi N1 cat-back for GST.

http://roadraceengineering.com/eclexhaust.htm

Originally posted by CODE4
Apexi N1 cat-back for GST. http://roadraceengineering.com/eclexhaust.htm

that is the only 3" exhaust you will find for under 500 and thats not including shipping.

for $500, you can get just about anything

Apex'i N1
Greddy EVO
Thermal R&D

Or you can have an exhaust shop make you a 3" turbo back + muffler for $500.

Originally posted by EvuLFleA
Or you can have an exhaust shop make you a 3" turbo back + muffler for $500.

That's what I did, but mine is 2.5. It's really hard to get the pipe above the rear driver side suspention. I'm build a 3" dp that does to a dump and reduces down to a 2.5". Hopefully I'll finish it up tonight.

As far as off the shelf exhausts, That Thermal R&D is really really nice. That would be my first choice.

Originally posted by FlyinEsi
for $500, you can get just about anything Apex'i N1 Greddy EVO Thermal R&D

hmm... maybe i'm a bad searcher then, everywhere i look the greddy evo's and thermal r&d are more. I was gonna go to a few shops this week too to look at their prices too.

oh the other question i had was sound. I don't want a super loud ricey thing because i really don't want tickets or the annoyance. Which one would have the best sound? And after looking at prices i realized i will prolly spend more than $500 because i will have too, hehe. Oh and thanks for the help, i know i can be an annoying girl sometimes :)

Originally posted by chick_clipse
oh the other question i had was sound. I don't want a super loud ricey thing because i really don't want tickets or the annoyance. Which one would have the best sound? And after looking at prices i realized i will prolly spend more than $500 because i will have too, hehe. Oh and thanks for the help, i know i can be an annoying girl sometimes :)

you are boosted and you dont drive a honda, any 3" exhaust you get will sound nice. greddy evo and thermal sound the best tho.

The Thernmal R&D has a nice mellow sound. And when you wind it up it doesn't sound like a mosquito by your ear. I'm very happy with it. I was also wanting something that didn't sound so ricey.

Let me get this straight. Theres a girl who put a turbo kit on her 2GNT.

Hmm.

Now the next logical thing is to ask where you are, how old you are, if you are single, and when can I come over. I look forward to your response :)


1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Aerogear Body / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic rev.2 / T3 Turbo Intercooled @ 8 psi / http://www.team2nr.com
Mark Galyan - Indianapolis, Indiana

Originally posted by Eclipse2NR
Let me get this straight. Theres a girl who put a turbo kit on her 2GNT. Hmm. Now the next logical thing is to ask where you are, how old you are, if you are single, and when can I come over. I look forward to your response :) 1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Aerogear Body / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic rev.2 / T3 Turbo Intercooled @ 8 psi / http://www.team2nr.com Mark Galyan - Indianapolis, Indiana

haha... a little late to notice, but i don't think i'm the only girl on here with a turbo. I'm 20 and not single (i love my bf very much). I live in minnesota though so if you'd like to bring me a free exhaust you may visit, lol.

Not sure what your performance plans are but Tsudo makes a 2.5" stainless catback with mandrel bends for 269 + shipping. Mine shipped came to $290, pretty cheap and stainless mandrel to boot. Of course if you want 3" that won't help.

http://store.yahoo.com/yhst-4045096768519/ec95notsn1ca.html

ok check this out and tell me what you think. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7914225984&fromMakeTrack=true I know most if not all of you hate ebay, but it's a good price and brand new. If i were to get this would i or should i also get a hi-flow cat? And out of curiosity how hard is the install? Should i just bring it to a shop or not? Thanks again.

Originally posted by chick_clipse

Originally posted by Eclipse2NR Let me get this straight. Theres a girl who put a turbo kit on her 2GNT. Hmm. Now the next logical thing is to ask where you are, how old you are, if you are single, and when can I come over. I look forward to your response :) 1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Aerogear Body / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic rev.2 / T3 Turbo Intercooled @ 8 psi / http://www.team2nr.com Mark Galyan - Indianapolis, Indiana

haha... a little late to notice, but i don't think i'm the only girl on here with a turbo. I'm 20 and not single (i love my bf very much). I live in minnesota though so if you'd like to bring me a free exhaust you may visit, lol.

Bummer. My girl just left with some more of her stuff. Let me just say I'm not incredibly pleased with her at this point in time...


1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Aerogear Body / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic rev.2 / T3 Turbo Intercooled @ 8 psi / http://www.team2nr.com
Mark Galyan - Indianapolis, Indiana

Bummer. My girl just left with some more of her stuff. Let me just say I'm not incredibly pleased with her at this point in time...

i'm sorry to hear that, doesn't sound fun. But look at the good side, there are like a billion other girls out there one of them has to be better.

Originally posted by chick_clipse
Bummer. My girl just left with some more of her stuff. Let me just say I'm not incredibly pleased with her at this point in time...

i'm sorry to hear that, doesn't sound fun. But look at the good side, there are like a billion other girls out there one of them has to be better.


Thanks for the optimism. I could use it right about now.

On a positive note, I'm going to have a 2GNT with well over 300 whp within a month :)


1996 Eclipse RS / 5-Speed / Aerogear Body / Coated in Magnetic Red Metallic rev.2 / T3 Turbo Intercooled @ 8 psi / http://www.team2nr.com
Mark Galyan - Indianapolis, Indiana

Originally posted by chick_clipse
haha... a little late to notice, but i don't think i'm the only girl on here with a turbo. I'm 20 and not single (i love my bf very much). I live in minnesota though so if you'd like to bring me a free exhaust you may visit, lol.

Where in MN? I went to the U of M for a few years and moved out to Phoenix about 15 months ago. I miss that city like crazy...

I lived in downtown just on the west side of campus there.

Originally posted by CODE4

Originally posted by chick_clipse haha... a little late to notice, but i don't think i'm the only girl on here with a turbo. I'm 20 and not single (i love my bf very much). I live in minnesota though so if you'd like to bring me a free exhaust you may visit, lol.

Where in MN? I went to the U of M for a few years and moved out to Phoenix about 15 months ago. I miss that city like crazy... I lived in downtown just on the west side of campus there.

i went to the U 2 years ago too. I now live like 30 min north of the cities.

I just purchased a megan racing 3" muffler (85$) and had my local shop weld up that to my 3" pipes. I think the piping cost me about 130-40 about a month ago and he charged me 60 to weld this up friday. I have 3" exhaust from the cat back. It is not mandril bent, but it doesn't have any creases in it either. It helped my 14b spool up a bit faster and my egt's went down by about 25 degrees.

What is wrong with the Apexi units that RRE sales for 490??? I love the damn thing on my spyder, and wish I had it on my RS-T. Althought the RSR unit on the RS-T is pretty bad ass, and stock looking.

I vote for the apexi unit...

The best exhaust out there is also the cheapest exhaust out there, and that is no exhaust. At least on a turbocharger-equipped motor. :D Might be a bit loud, though, and difficult to get through inspection. :shrug

Originally posted by Ducking_Fumbass
The best exhaust out there is also the cheapest exhaust out there, and that is no exhaust. At least on a turbocharger-equipped motor. :D Might be a bit loud, though, and difficult to get through inspection. :shrug

That's what this is for. ;)

This will be an unpopular suggestion but I have had nothing but good luck with it...

$180 - Pacesetter 2.5" mandrel-bent catback.
$40 - Chop off the gay tip and replace with stock-looking dual tip.

You can stop here, or:

$80 - Chop off the gay muffler and replace with universal magnaflow.
$40 - Chop off the midpipe and add a huge 24-36" glasspack/cherry bomb/resonator
$100 - Replace the cat with a high-flow 2.5" cat
$50 - Have an exhaust shop fabricate a 2.5" downpipe from the HRC elbow to the Cat.

Usually cheaper than custom fabricating a complete 2.5" mandrel-bent exhaust system, and depending on options, usually cheaper than any boxed exhaust. Sounds GREAT - deep growl and quiet.

I got a RNR racing exhaust which is very good, but their service is lousy!

Actually Ebay has a cheap 3" Tsudo catback system. And its less than $500. I have the 2 1/2 Tsudo, not ungodly loud but its mandrel bent all the way.

Hehehe but it served you well? the pacesetter...

I think if you are gogin the pacesetter route, hack off the whole muffler, and attach a magnaflow Race, or a universal Apexi muffler.

Like I said before, Apexi-N-1 is one of the better exhaust out there, not to mention the new WS series. Greddy is not bad as well.

Remember, you get what you pay for in the long run in quality as well as performance.

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for suggestions. I am still undecided though because I don't wanna buy something i'm gonnna' hate. I will decide soon though!!

I think its funny that no-one made fun of you and told you to go here http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=search&select_forum=8 . :P

Originally posted by eclipse_99rs
I think its funny that no-one made fun of you and told you to go here http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=search&select_forum=8 . :P

Maybe because i did go there and i didn't find what i wanted. I don't think that it hurts to ask a question if people don't like it than don't answer it. I did do a search before i asked the question too. Maybe people are just feeling nice by not giving me the search answer. :)

As for the "best exhaust," it depends. If you want the most power, the bigger the better (greddy evo, apexi, etc...). THe models for the gst are the ones to get. However, if you are like me, I hate LOUD exhaust, cause I wanna keep my hearing, I would go with a smaller diameter, piping. It won't create the most power, but you will notice a gain (compared to stock), plus keep your hearing (rsr exhaust, greddy sp, pacesetter with an added muffler, etc...).



-------jezreel
1998 GS with hrc stage 2, sfmu, ml, prokits, Greddy warning gauges: egt, boost gauge, and oil pressure, apexi tt, haydans tranny cooler, costum dp, groundwires, dynotune fp gauge. gst muff, turbo spoiler
Boostin since Aug 03.

nothing like driving with the windows down and the music low: i love hearing the turbo spool, swwwhhhttt!!!!
thanks for www.kaptainmyke.com for the sig hosting :thumbsup

Originally posted by chick_clipse

Originally posted by eclipse_99rs I think its funny that no-one made fun of you and told you to go here http://forums.2gnt.com/dcboard.php?az=search&select_forum=8 . :P

Maybe because i did go there and i didn't find what i wanted. I don't think that it hurts to ask a question if people don't like it than don't answer it. I did do a search before i asked the question too. Maybe people are just feeling nice by not giving me the search answer. :)

I was just kidding, no question is a stupid one, and to help answer i like the way the apexi N1 looks and sounds. Get it in a 2.5 or 3 inch if they make it.

I have extrememotorsports.com 3" GST stainless exhaust and I love it! It is kind of loud, but what do you expect from a 3" exhaust...

Originally posted by SilverBullet20g
I have extrememotorsports.com 3" GST stainless exhaust and I love it! It is kind of loud, but what do you expect from a 3" exhaust...

Holy crap, I was looking at you car domain site and you car is tough!!!


-------jezreel
1998 GS with hrc stage 2, sfmu, ml, prokits, Greddy warning gauges: egt, boost gauge, and oil pressure, apexi tt, haydans tranny cooler, costum dp, groundwires, dynotune fp gauge. gst muff, turbo spoiler
Boostin since Aug 03.

nothing like driving with the windows down and the music low: i love hearing the turbo spool, swwwhhhttt!!!!
thanks for www.kaptainmyke.com for the sig hosting :thumbsup