Hi all,

One of the first mods I was thinking of doing was to upgrade at least some of the exhaust. I've been looking around on the site here, and still don't understand exactly where to start or what to expect. I'm looking at basically just trying to add just a little more "grunt" to the sound of the car, instead of the current "whine" that seems to be so common and hopefully get a little performance increase. Plus i'm sick of the back of the car getting dirty from exhaust, since the current muffler sits nearly underneath the back bumper :doh:

Anyways, the current exhaust is stock, with the 2 inch piping all the way down, until the end where it reduces to 1.75 inches. I'm thinking of mainly extractors and the end muffler, but don't really know where to start. I don't want the car to be much louder at all, as I do like the quietness - especially when I'm stuck in the traffic, but just having that extra "grunty" sound while accelerating would be really nice. I also am slightly concerned about the loss of low-end torque by increasing the exhaust size, which I read in one of the posts can happen. The low end torque is already fairly abysmal, and I don't want it any worse!

I also recently pulled out that silly silencer thing from behind the air filter, which did change the sound slightly (and changed the air flow enough that it needs an ECU reset again!), but it didn't change much. I've ordered a K&N filter too, which will come on Monday, which I hope will help with the sound and performance a little more. I still do think that I should do some work on the exhaust though.

Any suggestions? I'm new to the whole modding scene, so I really don't know where to start!
Thanks in advance :D

Dave

Ah not sure about the exaust, but I am intregued to know what this air silencer is?

You didn't rip out your MAF did you?

Maybe something like a lukey cat back ? I have no idea how it will sound though. I have been wanting to get a cat back but am afraid that it will sound to ricey and drone.

The lukey cat back should cost you around $250 - $300 installed.

The silencer thing is the weird round thing that sits just at the outlet of the air filter - right behind the MAF. It seemed to make enough of a difference in the car to require an ECU reset, and it's now running fine. It's a round thing with triangular bits of cardboard... sorta looks like a filter (although doesn't do anything at all to filter anything!). It seemed to take out a bit of the high-pitched whine the car made, so I gather that was the purpose of it to block the lower noises. And no, I didn't rip the MAF out lol :D

About the catback, I was thinking for a start I might just get some Lukey extractors and see what the finances support thereafter. I might have a job soon, which in that case might give me a little more finances to get some more work done :)

Thanks for the replies

Dave