Flowmaster Exhaust

[petrified.rabbit]

If I were going to stop after the header (no cams), I would stay with 2" exhaust piping myself. It has nothing to do with being good or bad for the internals. It just has to do with where (what rpm) you make your power at.

A new cam will give you more peak horsepower. However, you will loose some low rpm power to gain it at higher rpms. It will also reduce your mpg. How much you gain/loose all depends on how aggressive of a cam you go with.

this exactly, a way to think of this is all these mods slightly tweak where your power band curve sits with in the rpms. going too big in an area without matching other parts moves the rise of the curve away from 0. meaning you need to build rpm before getting stock hp, so that you can have more than stock. basically like turbo lag..

the bigger you go the more flow you need to utilize it effectively, too big and it will never run efficiently. efficiency = horse power.

[serega12]

Doesnt Xiaogary make alot of performance parts for us? I know he makes something else besides headers.

He does, but a lot of it becomes too expensive after you factor in the shipping charges. Header is just what gives you the most gain out of his stuff IMO...

And I'm keeping the set up at what it's at, decided not to spend any more money on major purchases until I land a job... I think I like it where it's at for now.

[Wolfman AK907]

so since they don't make the muffler in a 2" inlet would it be okay to put a 2" to 2.25" adapter on before the muffler.

Go with a Flowmaster 60 series, they're specifically designed for 4cyl. engines. If you get a Flowmaster 40, it will sound like a cheap $40 fart can, in which case you might as well have bought one and saved yourself the money. The Flowmaster 60 series does come in a 2" inlet and outlet, I know, I have one sitting right here in front of me still in the box. They're like $120. Here's a video clip of one of our members who has a 60 series muffler, see what you think: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA203a3gJ_k

[serega12]

Wolf, are you installing that exhaust on your car? if not, sell it to screech.

[thehunterooo]

that muffler is not big enough to support vtec, why would anyone want that?

[Wolfman AK907]

Wolf, are you installing that exhaust on your car? if not, sell it to screech.

It's going on my car....when I get time. I'm swamped up to my eye-balls in work right now. Like I said, they're like $120 brand new, and you can even find them new on eBay.