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#1 Samwise

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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:17 PM

Hey all,

 

Looking to get a 3" Turbo-back exhaust in the coming months and I'm just wondering if there is any loss in keeping my current Hitech muffler VS. the 3" muffler that will come with a system.

 

My current Hitech diffback is 2.25" / 2.5" (whatever the stock WRX size is). I was looking at getting 3" from Turbo, then to have it step down to the muffler.

 

Or am I better off having it 3" all the way through?

 

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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:19 PM

From what I have read, dropping the diff back section to 2.5 helps a fair bit with torque, providing it still flows well. Do a little bit of research though.

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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:24 PM

On a TD04, Smaller VF or 16G I would be going 3" from the turbo into one cat to a 2.5" axleback with a free flowing muffler.

On a bigger VF, 18g or 20g, I would go 3" for the entire system with one cat into a free flowing muffler.

2.25" will restrict you.

 


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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:25 PM

I think this guy knows what he's talking about.

Worth a read.

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Posted 05 August 2014 - 09:55 PM

If you decide to sell your hitech pm me

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