Dual tip exhaust?, look at the pics for an example Options

[97sccelica]

hey guys, i have a catback exhaust from dolcek racing but i havent put it on yet. up until now, i have been running turbo'ed with the stock exhaust setup and its really about time that i got off my ass and finished it up.

i really like the look of this exhaust setup





for those of you that are not familiar with the DR catback, it is a magnaflow muffler that bolts to the cat and dumps down to the ground a little infront of the rear suspension.

i put it on once, and i liked the sound but i got REALLY used to only hearing the turbo on my car and i like it that way.

so i figured if i piped it out the back it would get quiter and seeing those pics made me want a dual tip setup.

i know it wont do much for performance when compaired to a one tip setup, but i think the look along is worth the extra money it will cost to have it done.

[KAMiX]

I voted no.. This is just personal opinion obviously but I don't think it's a good idea.

Looks wise:
The back of our cars stock has no overlap so I'd only go for them if you have a lip kit on.

Performance wise:
I think twins on small engines almost can be classified as rice. I mean a REAL double system is designed for big engines where you have 2 headers and twin piping / cat / resonator / mufflers all the way to the back. I guess it is OK to do if you make sure everything is symmetrical - ie. split the main pipe then run two equal lengths to two of the same muffler but once you start running extra pipes that are longer than the main system etc you start getting an unbalanced system! Like one side will flow more air therefor one side will sound louder etc.


I probably making too big a deal about it but I get pissed off seeing all the civics / crx's / daihatsu's around here that have massive dual mufflers poking out the back with only 100 hp behind them

This post has been edited by kamixZR: Oct 31, 2003 - 9:46 PM