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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 06:21 PM
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lol alright guys. thanks for the input.
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 06:26 PM
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I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it sounds like **** too... right? Mine had a full 3" Helix (no cat) on it when I bought it and it was horrible. Sounded like a damn CRX. I welded in a magnaflow mid muffler in and it was a little quieter but still had that ****ty tone. So I cut the Helix and welded on an Apexi N1. It's better but can still be mistaken for... uh, maybe a Celica, lmao. I have a 2.3L stroker that has 190-200 compression numbers and a TTR tubular manifold, so maybe that has something to do with it. I'm just used to my 8.5:1 2.0L DSM with a self-made full 4" sounding waaay better.

I'm gonna tell you what everyone else is... EVOs like expensive parts
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 09:45 PM
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^ nah, it doesnt sound high pitched or raspy at all. its very deep. ill try to take a vid of it.
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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But really... for $45 I would hit it!
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 04:57 PM
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even $45 is too much for this junk .... loose it and put back the stocker, or get a part time job if you don't have 1 already and get a good quality exhaust .
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 06:34 PM
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I'm getting rid of this junk. I had an exhaust shop check it for me and it doesnt fit well. If i raise it, itll hit other places like the diff or the driveshaft. Im going back to the stock cbe for a while till I save up to get an AMS or buschur tbe
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Old Aug 7, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it sounds like **** too... right? Mine had a full 3" Helix (no cat) on it when I bought it and it was horrible. Sounded like a damn CRX. I welded in a magnaflow mid muffler in and it was a little quieter but still had that ****ty tone. So I cut the Helix and welded on an Apexi N1. It's better but can still be mistaken for... uh, maybe a Celica, lmao. I have a 2.3L stroker that has 190-200 compression numbers and a TTR tubular manifold, so maybe that has something to do with it. I'm just used to my 8.5:1 2.0L DSM with a self-made full 4" sounding waaay better.

I'm gonna tell you what everyone else is... EVOs like expensive parts

Mind selling me that "crappy" sounding helix of yours? hahaha
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Old Aug 8, 2009 | 06:45 AM
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Mind selling me that "crappy" sounding helix of yours? hahaha
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 07:14 AM
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go buy you an ams.. stainless steel, fits superb, sounds great.. for the form and function being under $1k is a deal
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Old Aug 10, 2009 | 02:29 PM
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