Exhaust
 

I have listened to countless exhaust clips, but I need to hear some in person. I'm specifically looking for UELs combined with whatever catbacks. I need the boxer rumble, do not want the inline 4 sound, so no ELs. I'm looking for something with a nice rumble but not obnoxiously loud. What setups do we all have?

AVO Turbo kit = best boxer rumble, other than that uel borla header? :iono:

Turbo kits normally don't have much to do with the "boxer rumble". However, all the AVO kits do have an UEL configuration(I believe). The borla UEL does sound great, but their quality has really been questioned with the header they made for the twins. I was going to get one myself until I read about all the issues they were having.

There are other options. JDL and Rev Works make a UEL headers that sound pretty good too, as I'm sure you have heard on youtube. I have a Rev Works header that was hopefully shipped out today. I'm hoping to have it on before the next big meet (whenever that may be). Your best bet will be to come to one of the bigger meets and listed to what everyone has.

I currently only have the borla cat-back so that wouldn't help you much in your search.

I didnt know that, il check out some vids

Self-serving but I love the way my car sounds now with the AVO. I sound like a very angry Impreza. I have Perrin Overpipe and Catted Front-pipe + Mach V muffler delete. There's a lot of folks around here with UEL headers that you can hear.

What I will say is I'm definitely not quiet.... If you want quiet then you should get UEL headers and just leave the rest alone.

Great Advice! Thanks!

Fa20club also offer the Uel and it runs on both NA and FI check this out
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40453

Ive got a borla uel header...

Powwaahhh!

I'm leaning toward going with a UEL with stock exhaust. But I fear that will be too quiet. This is the setup I would love to hear in person, as videos can only do so much.

Whatever you decide on let me know, I can get everything for less than online!

Are you disappointed with it? I came very close to grabbing one myself. I do hear a lot of people are having better experiences with them now that the first run has been sent back by virtually everyone.

No i love mine! It came with grimmspeed gaskets and i havent had any issues with leaks. The dots were because of the negative experiences you mentioned others having that i was unaware of.

I have the revworks UEL, perrin overpipe, invidia catted front pipe and ft86 speedfactory catback and i am extremely loud and everything over 3k is really raspy. I took off my catback for a couple of weeks and put the stock one back on and even with the header it was just barely louder than stock. Id reccomend finding the quietest resonated catback out there and trying that with a uel. To bad you didnt post this a few days ago as i just put my catback back on on wednesday

I think I've only come across Borla UEL headers on a completely stock car once and that was at the last Atlantic City meet. Considering the second one is today I'd say it's a bit late to plan around that at all... I will say it was pretty quiet, but it still sounded good. It just didn't sound like much after hearing them with all these various aftermarket exhausts.

If you want to be just a bit louder there's a couple exhausts that come to mind. There's a Greddy one that @Sargy has and an Invidia one that @ has. I always say the wrong one so I don't want to steer you in the wrong direction. My guess is the Greddy Evo something and the Invidia Q300, but I might have that wrong...

How did your brain not explode while typing that. Also, your car was only a little louder than stock because you still had an aftermarket over-pipe and a high-flow catted front-pipe. Without those pieces the car is a lot more reserved.

I have the same catback setup and car was loud with stock headers. With borla uels its extremely loud

Youre not goin to atlantic city?

I didnt think it was to loud with the stock header except for cold starts but now i dont like going over 3k rpm unless im purposely trying to be loud

At least you have a cat lol

Yep although im not sure how much it helps, last week me and @nataku put his muffler delete on my car (for about 10 mins) and that was stupid loud. I work at a dealer and we had people coming from all over the dealer to see what was making so much noise. My shopforeman said it was louder than the open header V12 he was working on the week before

Sorry for the "Blair Witch" video but I was trying to record it while plugging one ear and closing the other with my shoulder...

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-GGbYdIPEk"]Revworks UEL Header Almost Straight Pipe - YouTube[/ame]

I has an ark grip with test pipe located in silver spring :) I likey but doesn't have that boxer sound

I believe it was mainly the first run. There are tons of pictures and threads about it on here showing the poor quality and not sealing properly. I believe one member actually sent his back for warranty work 3 times. They seemed to be standing by their work which counts, but I figured I'd go a different route and just avoid it all together. It sucks because they are the most affordable and best sounding in my opinion.

:lol:

borla header, perrin over, invidia front, invidia n1.
....eargasm....

Speaking about exhausts, what do you guys think about the HKS hipower exhaust? I love the way it looks and the sound is so amazing.

I put a stock muffler back on my car to get rid of the backfiring. I sound like an Impreza. Exactly like an Impreza. It's aggressive though when I get on the gas. I think I'll start watching Impreza exhaust comparison videos now... Or I'll just fork out cash for this Quicksilver kit MMMMMMMMMMMM

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC1uWT8UAN4"]Toyota GT86 NEW QuickSilver Sports Exhaust - Startups, Revs, Ride, Loud Sounds! - YouTube[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwz649phXCg"]Scion frs exhaust - YouTube[/ame]

I know in another thread there was a discussion about Borla and quality issues. At least one vendor chimed in to say their quality hasn't been an issue of recent and the warranty makes it worth the risk.

Yea, from what I heard it was the first run that really caused issues. Hopefully those are all sold or replaced by now and not sitting on a shelf waiting to be purchased.

HKS is amazing, but their systems for this platform have had a lot of cracking/leaking issues.

@Darryljr11 souds gnarly as all get out! Coming along nicely!!!


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well that sucks :( Time to look for a new exhaust. I'm going to start looking at the N1 exhausts to see how they are.

I'm looking at the N1 also. Might be a bit louder than I am looking for though.

If you are just going axle back, n1 sounds fantastic and not that loud. Even with resonated its prob not that loud. Just saying.


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I'll probably be doing UEL Headers shortly after so I have to be careful. I guess I need to find someone with both done so I know what I'm in for (or more importantly what my neighbors and co-workers are in for :bonk: )

well if you want to meet up between now and monday I can demonstrate loud. After that I will be running stock headers with n1 for a little while

It would be amazing to hear both actually!!!! What are you running now that you are taking out Monday??

I spent like an hour reading your car journal last night (Very Impressive!!! :bow:) but I didn't make it to the end.

Where were you thinking?

Just the headers uel headers coming off Monday got someone buying them. If you wanted to meet me there early you could hear before and after. I don't know where in md you are. I work in Belair so if you wanted to come up to my work I can take you for a spin between 12pm - 9pm every day till sat.
Lets figure this out. It's much easier to make a decision in person vs.internet videos. Been there done that