Just installed the revised JIC US-Type exhaust. Its a full 3.15 inches ID, gorgeous polished stainless steal.

Probably one of the best looking exhausts I have ever seen. Nice welds, no splatter - excellent fit and finish - nice 02 fitting location - slider 110mm tip - stainless clamps - baffle (more on that later).

Needless to say, Vivid Racing totally came through on this one. We received the parts ahead of schedule, everything was packed nicely - great job guys!!

I matched the exhaust up with a Perrin test pipe. Fully polished stainless with (the first that I know of) Mil Elim circuitry. The test pipe was just as nice as the exhaust. errin is known for making high quality scooby go-fast parts.

I finished the exhaust off with a RMR 3" downpipe. Nice, clean welds - not as pretty, but it didnt need to be.

REMOVAL
The removal is pretty staight foward - I'll skip the details and focus on the high points. Work your way from front to back when removing the exhaust. Loosen the downpipe nuts, then remove one side of the A-arm braces and swing them over - before you remove the downpipe nuts, loosen the ones on the cat and loosen and remove the 02 sensor. With all bolts still attached, remove the muffler exhaust hangers - leave two on the car, remove the hanger by the right rear wheel well - this will not be used again.
Go back up front and drop the downpipe - the rest of the exhaust will drop. Slide it out.

INSTALL
Same as above - start with the downpipe and work your way back. Nothing too terribly difficult. Its a good idea to coat your threads with antisieze. After the downpipe and cat, I installed the rear muffler and tail pipe section on the hangers. I then attached the mid pipe to the tail pipe section, leaving the clamps loose, that way you can twist the mid pipe to match the flange to the cat. Once everything is lined up, work your way from front to back - tightening the bolts. Install the A-Arm braces with the rear brace needing longers bolts and a 1" spacer to clear the RMR downpipe. The bolts received with the exhaust are the perfect length (use the supplied Perrin bolts on the exhaust).
Check all bolts one last time and adjust the rear tip.
Install the Perrin O2 circuitry. This involves removing the center console to get to the rear 02 wire loom. Once you have it exposed, you cut the white wire and connect the Mil Elim. You also strip the blue and red wires (leaving them connected) and solder the remaining Mil Elim two wires. A red light comes on when the key is switched to let you know the Mil is working. Button the console up and enjoy not having a check engine light!

PERFORMANCE!
THis exhaust sounds sooo good! Its incredibly quiet with the baffle. SO I removed it..and oh my god!! It's still perfectly quiet - a nice little rumble, but not loud at all. This is unreal because the exhaust is a straight through design (yes, I know about the turbine wheel baffling the exhaust).
Anyway - under full throttle, it is no louder then maybe a Porsche.. seriously!! I am so impressed!!

Enjoy the picks! AND THANKS VIVID!!











ENJOY!!

 

looks great and sounds like a easy install but one question in your picture of looking down from say the spoiler to the groud pic it looks like the exhaust tip is crooked . I am hoping it is a camera angle problem I know it has an adjustable piece on the end but it still looks weird. Can you tell me whats up? I really like the way it looks in your pictures and have been wanting to add the same mod with a system that is quite like you described

 

MYEVOVIII, The JIC exhaust angles to the right...it's normal, and looks VERY sexy in person. BTW SmokinJoe, why did you choose the stainless over the titanium? I know that the Ti costs about twice as much, but I'm just wondering if there were any other reasons than cost? Thank GOD JIC modified the system to actually fit properly on US EVO's!! Looks great, and nice pictures man!!!

 

Aesthetically, I didnt care for the "blue" titanium tip.. other than that - I would totally go for the weight savings.

The stainless JIC is about 18lbs, versus stock (32lbs). So you do get some sprung weight reduction - the titanium I think is 8lbs.

The stainless looks really good - you should see it in person. And yes, the exhaust does angle - and it does look super sexy. I removed the adj. tip and the stationary tip actually fits nicely.

 

how much for the JIC exhaust?

 

Call Vivid.. about $700.

Pricey..maybe. But think of what you are getting. Having an open exhaust with a nice quiet rumble is so worth it.

 

any chance of a sound clip?

 

$700 for the Turbo Back? What is the Perrin Mil Elim? Got some pics with the car normal. I love the angled exhaust!

 

$700 cat back - the Perrin Cat delete and RMR DP are separate.

The Mil Elim kills the check engine light by fooling the ECU to thinking the rear 02 is sitting behind the cat.

The car normal? You mean looking at the car normal? OK, I'll snap a shot.

If I take a sound bite, can someone host it for me?

 

Most aftermarket exhausts don't have that horrible 90 degree bend which makes the aftermarket exhaust come out at an angle a bit.

Nice to see that JIC's system ends past the rear bumper.

 

I thought the JIC exhaust didn't come with 02 bungs (according to Vivid's site).

Did you have someone weld them in place or does it now come with them for the USDM?

 

Nevermind. I just noticed the US-Spec exhaust on Vivid's website.

 

yeah brand new design with bubg. I have a few

 

You can upload sound clips and movie to timcatz ftp server

 

nice exhaust! can you take pics from the rear so we can see the exhaust angle. Thanks