Hi, Guest
01-21-2009, 04:01 AM
Ypu'll have to shorten any first-gen exhaust as the exhaust mani on the Zetec/SPI was at the front of the engine. On the Duratec, as you know, the exhaust mani is at the back. If you buy the exhaust kit and chop/re-weld the flange at the front-most end of the piping, you'll be fine.
Oh, and you had me smiling until the fart can ;)
Custom tubing is great, but obviously standard "crush" bends will rob internal gas velocity and introduce more turbulence to the exhaust gas flow. Mandrel bends are quite superior and make noticeably more power on the whole than their crush-bend counterparts.
As for how quick you got to go faster from stock, it's the same as your styling tastes - in the end, the only person that cares how fast you got "faster" than stock is you. Also, faster than me? I'd hope so, son - I'm driving a mini brick! I didn't buy it to go fast. I bought it to be useful and relatively unstoppable in the snow. So far, it hasn't disappointed. I'll buy something that will really perform out of the box down the road, or who knows? Maybe a first-gen hatch. ;)
Personally, if it was me and I was going to refit your car again.. I'd go with a full mandrel-bent 2.5" stainless setup from the header, all the way back to the tip. This is Canada and unless your car will never see snow, performance aluminized exhaust setups are just a waste of cash IMO. I had a full MBRP 2.5" T304 flex-back on my 07 ZX5 and it was probably one of the best-sounding 4-cyl ehxausts I've heard in quite some time. I was getting compliments from Subaru drivers and as far as I'm concerned Scooby drivers have the "sex" department cornered for 4-cyl exhaust noise.
Maybe I was too hard on you. I don't think I was. If nothing else, my place is completely reversed from where I was years ago and I took the same s*** from people that you're taking now. It's not that I've seen the light (pun possibly intended), but Niteshade really only belongs on show cars. Or perhaps at best, non-primary lenses (i.e. tails and headlights).
If nothing else, you know you've fully started modding your car when...
Oh, and you had me smiling until the fart can ;)
Custom tubing is great, but obviously standard "crush" bends will rob internal gas velocity and introduce more turbulence to the exhaust gas flow. Mandrel bends are quite superior and make noticeably more power on the whole than their crush-bend counterparts.
As for how quick you got to go faster from stock, it's the same as your styling tastes - in the end, the only person that cares how fast you got "faster" than stock is you. Also, faster than me? I'd hope so, son - I'm driving a mini brick! I didn't buy it to go fast. I bought it to be useful and relatively unstoppable in the snow. So far, it hasn't disappointed. I'll buy something that will really perform out of the box down the road, or who knows? Maybe a first-gen hatch. ;)
Personally, if it was me and I was going to refit your car again.. I'd go with a full mandrel-bent 2.5" stainless setup from the header, all the way back to the tip. This is Canada and unless your car will never see snow, performance aluminized exhaust setups are just a waste of cash IMO. I had a full MBRP 2.5" T304 flex-back on my 07 ZX5 and it was probably one of the best-sounding 4-cyl ehxausts I've heard in quite some time. I was getting compliments from Subaru drivers and as far as I'm concerned Scooby drivers have the "sex" department cornered for 4-cyl exhaust noise.
Maybe I was too hard on you. I don't think I was. If nothing else, my place is completely reversed from where I was years ago and I took the same s*** from people that you're taking now. It's not that I've seen the light (pun possibly intended), but Niteshade really only belongs on show cars. Or perhaps at best, non-primary lenses (i.e. tails and headlights).
If nothing else, you know you've fully started modding your car when...
Daily driver 1: 2007 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sport "S"
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.
33" BFG Mud-Terrain KM2s, lots of Rough Country gear - bumper, 2.5" lift, swaybar disconnects, Superwinch 10,000lb winch, Detroit Locker in rear D44 axle, custom exhaust, K+N filtercharger, Superchips-tuned.
Daily driver 2: 2006 Subaru Legacy GT
COBB Stage 1+ package - AccessPort tuner, COBB intake and airbox. Stage 2 coming shortly - COBB 3" AT stainless DP and race cat, custom 3" Magnaflow-based exhaust and Stage 2 COBB tune.