Worth buying joint pipe now or later?
 

Hey everyone. I'm going to be pulling the trigger soon on Tomei EL headers and was curious to know if it's worth shelling out the extra bit of money on getting the matching joint pipe or would I be okay with passing up on it for now? My car will be set up for street and autox and will be getting a tune hopefully by the end of the year. Thanks!:cheers:

I read joint and pipe and expected a completely different post. Oh well.

Get some of that medical overpipe. That's the shit.

You should totally pass it my friend. It's for sharing.

If you mean overpipe then yes as it will allow more flow which is a plus.

Hehe... I'm hungry...

Ok, anyways... if you mean overpipe, I would get it now. It will make taking it out easier with everything out of the way during the install rather than taking everything out again and installing it later. Plus the added flow is a plus. It's one of those pita installs. At least for me it was.

"Worth it" is a judgement call based on your priorities. Yes it will add power...approx. 10hp/10tq. It will remove one of the 2 catalytic converters. (Unless you get a version with Race Cat.) The other cat is in the stock header, which will also be removed when you install the Tomei EL header. Until you get a tune, this will throw a code and trigger your Check Engine Light most likely. Replacing the stock overpipe will also make the exhaust louder. (Not sure what you're running for cat-back.)

I would recommend a tune as soon as possible after replacing the stock header in lieu of getting the overpipe and waiting on the tune personally. A good tune+header will give you a nice bump in hp and remove the torque dip.

Thanks! That's pretty much what I was debating on Header + overpipe now and tune asap or just header + tune asap. I'm running stock cat back, since I know it's practically aesthetics and the stock exhaust is pretty decent already. I don't expect the car the get TOO loud if I do header + overpipe with my stock cbe. I was mainly just wondering if I should replace the overpipe along with the header while I'm at it. I wouldn't be able to get a tune till later this year I think.

the overpipe doesn't have a cat?

10HP/10TQ for what kind of setup.. free flowing cat or non?

Not knocking ya, just interested

With the stock catback, the sound won't be too bad at all. I've done full cat less on the stock cat back with my P&L EL header setup. No drone at cruising speed (65-70 mph) and only loud when you get on it. Great setup if you want the performance without your ears ringing.

The front pipe has the secondary cat, not the overpipe. I also don't think switching out the overpipe will net +10hp or tq. Not sure where you got those numbers from unless you're talking about the header + overpipe w/o a tune.

I read that wrong, thought you were talking about overpipe adding 10hp/tq. was about to order one RIGHT away given that claim was substantiated ha :D