I've gained an inch or so on my girth!!!!!

[Mikoriad]

No you sick o's, I'm talking about my exhaust.... I recently went the cheap cheap route on an exhaust. Ebay OBX 2.5" header, E-bay 3" cat, 3" piping all the way back to an ebay OBX 3" inlet 4.5" outlet canister. All for a grand total of @150 bucks. From the cat I had a local one man muffler shop bend me some 3" all the way back. Very tight job, the guy hung it as close to the car as he could. The hole system hardley moves when pushed, no rubbing, nothing. Also some nice clean welds, and top notch hanger job. All the hangers were bolted to the frame (by fishing bolts through holes in the frame). I was worried about how it would sound, being that I used the cheap obx parts. Boy am I happy now, sounds very deep, slight wrx sound to it. Even up in the rpm's it's still deep. Now for the seat-o-pants-o-meter meter. I personally can not tell of a torque loss down low. As for up high, it doesn't stuggle as much to beat on the red-line. Not that I take it there regularly, it was just needed for the seat-o-pants-o-meter. So in conclusion the exhaust has 2 bends. There is one slight bend after the cat and another maybe 15 degree bend for the muffler angle, very straight deal. The damn thing sounds beautiful , yes it is loud but I guess that's what I wanted. Just can't beat a custom mandrel bent system, it all just fits so tightly. Now if I could just come up on the loot for a custom turbo job...... Here are a couple crappy pics, I didn't think to take any while it was in the air.

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[240marcuSX]

looks good. i would never be able to tell that its just obx parts, unless they start failing on you or something.

+1 for saving money.

[grip_racer]

wow, how did you get all that for just $150?

ive seen that header alone on ebay for like 150+shipping.

[Mikoriad]

the header, while it is an OBX header from ebay I got it off of a blown ka in the junk yard. So for that I paid 29 dollars to take it.

[zero.counter]

Very good finds!

I really like the way the exhaust looks. It reminds me of my SSAUTOCHROME...

[w1ngzer0]

give us a review in 6 months. if no weird problems, you got a deal

[Mikoriad]

I'll make sure to update when this thing rusts off. It should be ok though it's made out of t-304 stainless.

[Mikoriad]

Just ran across this old post and well... here's an update. Nothing has changed, no rust, nothings hanging wrong and the sound hasn't changed. So far so good, almost a year from the install date and the cheap OBX can still looks good and holding up nicely.

[lrb_2000]

Just ran across this old post and well... here's an update. Nothing has changed, no rust, nothings hanging wrong and the sound hasn't changed. So far so good, almost a year from the install date and the cheap OBX can still looks good and holding up nicely.

Yay!!

[tonynalli]

this is exactly why ssac parts ARE GOOD....i would put an exaust on my car in a heartbeat...along with a turbo manifold..but i will bbe smart and make a brace to hold up the extra weight...but eh..to each his own