Hey guys! new to the forum, but not to the car, Found the after market finally for my Celica GT! Options

[UndecidedPC9397]

so as it says, I found this forum almost by mistake but found a thread with a black Celica that had been turbo'd and im back in the Celica groove. Im not thinking of really boosting the car... yet but I do what better exhaust and intake. im gonna attempt to go with that 90-93 accord CAI kit idea and get custom exhaust.
First thing I wanted to know is whos tuning Celicas in minnesota, cuz I would love to meet you guys. and also with my exhaust, I still need to find a fab shop to do my exhaust but I was think of doing a full custom exhaust (header to muffler) and wanted to know how much that might run and if anyone has done it with there 5S-FE? I have alot more things Id like to figure out (getting JDM tails, suspension, rims, etc.) but I wanna get this figured and get some rough numbers before anything else, because I hate that butt ugly stock exhaust manifold. Thank you

[mandrek]

well, my forum friend.. interesting that you are looking at those choices.. i have been doing some research my self, and the exhaust that i will be going with for many reasons is a 2.5" header back, 304 SS. i too like the EvoII can, i fell in love with it when my brother had an Evo II exhaust for his 2000GTS (GReddy). unfortunately the unit is no longer available from greddy. but you can get one off Ebay from OBX (who looks like they picked up the design after greddy dropped it)..

the only issue that i take with the EVOII can is that large 4" tip on it..

For resonators i will be going with 2x of aeroturbine's AR25 resonators. (inline one after another in the mid pipe). i chose to go with a pair of this unit after reading a large number of reviews on a wide array of different platforms.(just Google "review aeroturbine AR25" and you will see what i mean) along with before and after sound clips..

now.. just to note that i have chosen to go this route on my exhaust setup because i will be going turbo on my lil 7AFE, and there is no way that i will max out a 2.5" exhaust.. the aeroturbine resonators are !true! 2.5" strait through designs. meaning if you measured the pipe that goes down the the inside of the it too is still 2.5" so there is little to no restriction from the resonators. this is not true of many of the other resonators on the market. the 304 SS has a great properties, lighter that mild/aluminized steal, great heat management, and an ok cost. (for SS)

also i will not be going with a cat, i may later, but my car has no need to ever be registered or inspected ever again.. (unless my parents move states) should i ever need to though, i will get a SS cased ceramic cored cat. they take a bit longer to light up, but they last allot longer than metal cored cats, especially when using E85. (i may have that backwards on the metal vs ceramic. but either way i will take the one that last longer, over the one that lights up quicker)

i will be doing a coat of ceramic black paint all along the exhaust, all the way up to the tip. aswell as Ti exhaust wrap. this will do the best to contain temps inside the exhaust (and thus reducing the temp drops and maintaining exhaust velocity) aswell as protecting the unit from foren elements. not to mention it will also not draw too much attention to the under side of the car from the rear (as in if a cop was pacing me)

to minimize the bends and provide maximum performance i will go with an under-axle set-up.. many celis are using this type of routing on a DD, and report next to no issues with it.