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Originally Posted by humfrz
Ya, put the OEM header back on.
humfrz |
Decatting the OEM header works well for unleashing some free flow, plus it's way quiter than a Tomei UEL catless header that I trialled, plus the only cost was 3 gaskets.
The Tomei header, which showed nil real positives or gains over the decat, apart from noise, alot of noise, was pulled and sold ASAP, the guy I sold it to got busted by the police for noise after about 1 week.....opps
As for the OEM catback, I'm running it with my AVO, the only other aftermarket bits is a cheap 2.5" overpipe and a SME 2.5" resonated front pipe, the car is as quite as, it was slightly louder with the decated OEM header though, it seems a turbo acts as an excellent muffler.
This makes me happy because I dislike loud for the sake of being loud.
The main reason for my SME front pipe was after decating the OEM frontpipe there was a bit of rasp and added noise, the resonated front pipe fixed the rasp.
I do wish I got the dual resonated now though, an additional glass pack would be icing on the cake, the quiter the better I say.
The little thing runs up perfectly, it sounds stock when I'm just plodding around, and all you really hear when I'm up it is induction.
These are linkys from Pulse Racing (tuner/workshop) on facehead if anyone is interested in listening, scroll down to 10 September for when it got the turbo, or al the way back to 20 March for NA tune with full decat and 2.5" header back exhaust (twice the noise, half the power) >
https://www.facebook.com/PulseRacingWorkshop/
My build thread is in the signature block if anyone is interested in an older gents opinionated view on things.
Not as old as Humfrz, but I'm working on it.