whose midpipe/testpipe is the overall best, or are they all basically the same??

 

I've seen a lot of positive reviews on the Ultimate Racing test pipes....

I ordered the UR test pipe with resonator today, i'll see how it is.

 

The test-pipe is just a straight pipe so any will work as long as they have the fix so you do not get a cel . Steve is running a test-pipe with a high-flow cat which he seems to like , you may want to ask him about his .

 

Ive always used UR test pipes, worked great on my past Evos with no CEL, and theyre cheap too

 

Forgot to mention Ultimate Racing test pipes are in stock... When i ordered today he said they were all in stock and ready to ship.... He didn't have one with a wide band bung installed already but he said he could get it welded on and still have it out the door tomorrow (keep in mind i ordered at 5pm today)... great service if you ask me.

John

 

on the UR test pipe (and the rest of the UR Turbo back pieces).

No cel and plenty of smell

 

LOL everyone mentions the smell...just how bad is this smell? This will be the first car i run catless with..... something i should worry about?

 

The smell of other cars running catless is enough to make me and my wife nauseous... which is why I went HFC. Now, I have thrown codes with the HFC, so I think that UR needs to put the CEL fix onto their HFCs.

 

if your car is tuned right its barely noticeable.

 

do you smell it while your driving or is it something that you smell when you get out of the car??

 

I can smell a catless car in traffic from 1000 feet. And when we took a cruise with 12 evos and an s2000 every time the two cars running catless in front of me got on it we could smell it. There were two cars between us as well. Both of the catless cars were tuned.

Now I can smell my hfc so unless you run the stock cat you will have to deal with it.

 

I agree. Even with a HFC you can smell the unspent fuel.

 

so is the smell from the catless and the HFC the same?

 

It's the same smell, just different levels of stink ;-)

Honestly, on my HFC, I don't smell it anywhere any more but in enclosed spaces (my garage). Around town and stuff, no problem.

 

Ichiba Full Stainless Steel 3" test pipe.


AMS Full stainless steel 3" test pipe.