Fujitsubo front pipe -- teaser shot

[ohmai18]

Originally Posted by mav1178

There are many brands out of Japan that outsource components of their products. Final assembly may be in their factory but the individual parts are made overseas elsewhere.

Fujitsubo is not one of them... that's all that I can say.

As for what makes it better? Better welds, QA process, and all the extras. Most people view exhausts as a bunch of metal tubes (see discussions on cheap headers vs quality headers), some view it as art pieces.

-alex

A bunch of metal tubes...sigh. I know. They are many people who think of other things too simply. I am not sure how to put it.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by ohmai18

A bunch of metal tubes...sigh. I know. They are many people who think of other things too simply. I am not sure how to put it.

At the end of the day, I think people just need to appreciate that a company like Fujitsubo went through the trouble of developing a product for our cars from scratch.

It's very easy to make a front pipe for this car, the jig is already out there and plenty of companies have made it. To make a quality piece? That's harder... much harder.

-alex

[mav1178]

I may have found the perfect setup...

Tomei UEL + Fujitsubo front pipe + Blitz VSR exhaust.

Absurdly quiet! And no cats if you aren't into cats.

-alex

[_gt86_user]

Originally Posted by mav1178

I may have found the perfect setup...

Tomei UEL + Fujitsubo front pipe + Blitz VSR exhaust.

Absurdly quiet! And no cats if you aren't into cats.

-alex

Sounds very tempting as I'm hunting for a new setup. Would love to hear it even though I'm sure videos won't do it justice.

[ajc209]

Originally Posted by mav1178

Yes, it helped on both aspects.

-alex

I know they are the same volume, but how was it inside the car compared to stock?

I've got the Cosworth Cat Back (the rest stock) and dont want to make it any louder when cruising on the motorway, if anything a tad quieter for my taste.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by ajc209

I know they are the same volume, but how was it inside the car compared to stock?

I've got the Cosworth Cat Back (the rest stock) and dont want to make it any louder when cruising on the motorway, if anything a tad quieter for my taste.

It changes the note of the exhaust slightly. Zero drone and zero increase in in-cabin noise over whatever you have now, but the exhaust will sound slightly deeper.

I'm tempted to make a 4000-mile trip at the end of this month running a full catless setup to see how well my sanity holds up.

-alex

[mav1178]

Sound w/ Tomei 60R
stock header/stock overpipe/stock front pipe - 107.1db
stock header/stock overpipe/Fujitsubo front pipe - 107.0db
Apex'i header/Apex'i overpipe/Apex'i Super Catalyzer front pipe - 106.6db

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPgDIaNI0Kc"]FRS/BRZ exhaust: Tomei 60R exhaust and stock/Fujitsubo/Apexi front pipe comparison - YouTube[/ame]

[Mr.Impreza]

Originally Posted by mav1178

Sound w/ Tomei 60R
stock header/stock overpipe/stock front pipe - 107.1db
stock header/stock overpipe/Fujitsubo front pipe - 107.0db
Apex'i header/Apex'i overpipe/Apex'i Super Catalyzer front pipe - 106.6db

Alex, inside the cabin, does the Apexi header/op/fp increase cabin noise or does it also remain the same as with just a catback?

[Hyper4mance2k]

Or you can do what I did and buy the Berk front pipe, buy a Vibrant resonator and install it after the cat and have a catted and resonated FP for 1/2 of the price.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by Mr.Impreza

Alex, inside the cabin, does the Apexi header/op/fp increase cabin noise or does it also remain the same as with just a catback?

Depends on the catback. I would say mostly the same, but hard to say.

Originally Posted by Hyper4mance2k

Or you can do what I did and buy the Berk front pipe, buy a Vibrant resonator and install it after the cat and have a catted and resonated FP for 1/2 of the price.

Yes you can do that too, but in this case we are also assuming that the setup w/ a welded resonator provides sufficient sound suppression, and assuming that setup can be replicated with same results for different exhaust systems.

My goal with this is to illustrate the difficulty of achieving certain exhaust notes on our cars with mix/match components like header/front pipe/exhaust.

-alex

[mav1178]

Sound clips...

Tested out following:
Stock w/ Fujitsubo FP
Fujitsubo FP w/ Tomei Type-60R exhaust
Fujitsubo FP w/ Blitz Nür-Spec VS/VSR exhaust
Fujitsubo FP w/ Blitz Nür-Spec F-Ti exhaust
Fujitsubo FP w/ Blitz Nür-Spec R exhaust (no cats)

Special thanks to @FRSport.com and @info@blitzna.com for helping with this.

Stock everything w/ front pipe - same db output as OEM front pipe

Fujitsubo front pipe w/ Tomei Type-60R (no silencer) exhaust - 107.0db @ 10'
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgWecUN1VwE"]Tomei Expreme Type-60R exhaust + Fujitsubo front pipe Scion FRS Subaru BRZ exhaust sound clip - YouTube[/ame]

Fujitsubo front pipe w/ Blitz Nür-Spec VS/VSR exhaust - 85.2db @ 10'
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0j5O27Q_8Y"]Blitz Nur-Spec VS/VSR exhaust + Fujitsubo front pipe Scion FRS Subaru BRZ exhaust sound clip - YouTube[/ame]

Fujitsubo front pipe w/ Blitz Nür-Spec F-Ti - 103.3db @ 10'
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7BECUlOtxE"]Blitz Nur-Spec F-Ti + Fujitsubo front pipe Scion FRS Subaru BRZ exhaust sound clip - YouTube[/ame]

Fujitsubo front pipe w/ Tomei UEL header/OP + Blitz Nür-Spec R exhaust (no catalytic converter setup) - 107.7db @ 10'
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iItifvYzrDs"]Blitz Nur-Spec R exhaust w/ Tomei UEL header + Fujitsubo front pipe Scion FRS Subaru BRZ sound clip - YouTube[/ame]

[AREN]

Will these fit A/T models?

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by AREN

Will these fit A/T models?

I'll test fit tomorrow on an AT.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by AREN

Will these fit A/T models?

Test fitted to an AT without clearance issues.

-alex