ok so for the thousandth time, heres another dumb one. im either getting my downpipe or tune this week and i want to know if the downpipe will change my sound at all, i want to avoid any kind of fartcan-esque or civic sound. its like nails on a chalkboard to me for some reason. also with my hahn intake and downpipe i could probly be looking at near 300whp AFTER my trifecta tune i think right? probly the same torque..? or with just the intake and tune i wonder how much? i guess? anyone? thanks for the help with all my noob questions..

 

a catted downpipe make the car sound alittle more aggressive. not ricey at all. sounds pretty good. a catless is probably alittle louder. you'll get lots of gurgles and pops from the exhaust.

 

im planning on getting the maxflow dp from hahn. after that is it a MUST to tune to see any power effects? i assume so with the learn down feature.. but aggressive is good

thanks cuda joe. being from MD i guess youll hear it soon enough at a meet

 

well after you first put it on, and the first drive you do with it on, you will notice a difference in spool time and power increase, and a new exhaust note. after the first 12 hours, your car will figure whats up and adjust boost level to match the air flow rates on the stock tune. I saw an increase of 1 psi after getting the dp on. then it dropped a full psi from what it was stock to correct, lol.

your almost in the area, if you wanna hear what a catted dp on a stock exhaust sounds like we can meet somewhere.

 

This car does not sound like a Civic no matter what you do. The turbo takes away some of the ricey 4 cylinder sound. Catless sounds good on this car IMHO.

 

im actually trying to do a meet or mini meet at hunt valley sat night i think 06g85 may come and hopefully 09whitepshhh and some of my guys. if you wana bring some buddies we'll be up there bullshitting for a while or actually jacksonville would work too since i think thats closer to bel air

 

Catless downpipes are **** on this car... even with the stock exhaust it sounds amazing!

 

problem is i need to stay legal

 

yea you can with a catless, you just get a catless with a O2 bung and no code will be thrown. now if a cop approaches the car and smells the exhaust then you have a prob. go catted. I grabbed the CIA catted stainless dp.

 

yea im goin with the hahn maxflow catcon one i think. what about saturday. are you able to come out?

 

anyone using the the electric cutout that hahn offers?
does it just allow you to flick a switch and the exhaust just dumps before the cat???

how does it sound?

 

well I will make an effort if im not doing anything, I work that day at the mall from 11am to 7pm. so if its not too late for me to go out (meaning I dont feel exhausted).

 

gotcha i was thinkin like 8 or 830pm. what mall?

 

Harford Mall, over here in Bel Air.

 

A catless downpipe with stock exhaust sounds like rice, I own it and hate it. Im planning on getting a resonater.

 

oh man, you dont know what rice is

 

I had one behind me at a redlight yesterday he did not notice. Even if he did my car has the shell of a cat and has no DTCs so visually it looks legal (we have no emissions testing in Florida)

 

yeah, in MD though that are PITA. Its safer to go with a catted one and avoid the crappy hassel of emmissions.

 

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dunno there are youtube videos though.

 

good news
pc sound quality usually doesnt tell me chit but its worth a shot

 

CANCEL THREAD hahaha ordered my Trifecta Tune 5 minutes ago

 

Make sure you datalog & get the tune tweaked with the intake.

 

Anyone just gut the stock DP?

Thoughts?

 

they're easy as crap to swap out though. Literally takes 20 minutes. I plan on swapping my catless for the catted come inspection time. Just do it 2-3 days in advance to get rid of my "not ready" codes and then swapping right back.