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![]() This is not a "will it fit" thread. This is a "I'm making that ****er fit!" thread.
![]() Total Spent - $225. STi Muffler from NASIOC member - $75 Mandrel bent 2.25" pipe from the headers back, o2 bungs & labor included - $150 I will post video with sound and pictures of the install as soon as it's on. It shouldn't be too terribly loud without the cats, because I'm running an OEM MY04 STi muffler. If it's too loud for my liking, I will install a high-flow cat. The final say for anyone thinking about exhaust for your Legacy? Custom is cheaper, and you get what you want.
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Olmsted Twp, OH
Vehicle:2000 Legacy GT Ltd White Birch |
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#4 |
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![]() Just got back from the install. Here's the rundown -
I ended up using 2.25" instead of 2.5", because the STi muffler already had 2.25". I originally ran catless, and as soon as I started it, I realized it was WAY to loud and raspy without a cat. So, I ended up getting a hi-flow cat and installing it as well. It's still a bit raspy when you really get on it, but idle and cruising sound SWEET. It has a very deep and throaty ( ![]() However, I still feel it's a bit on the raspy side. I'm really thinking about using the stock midpipe (houses a cat and resonator) and just turning it into a cat-back. It all depends on whether or not I can blow out this muffler a little more and it tones down a bit. Here are a couple teaser pics: More install pics and video later. Excuse the dent in the decklid as well. It is being fixed, the badge holes are being filled, and it's getting a new paint jerb in the near future. ![]() |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Location: Tampa
Vehicle:2004 FXT |
![]() So what's up with the muffler hangers, did they need relocated?
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Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Upstate, NY
Vehicle:2006 STi WRB |
![]() Wow, that looks good. Very interested in the video. Also, did you notch out the bumper for the tip?
Thanks, -BB98 BTW, I have the same dent but on the other side. Also being fixed soon along with a debadge ![]() |
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Vehicle:2000 BMW Z3 sold Outback & ForesterXT |
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Vehicle:2018 Impreza Sport Pearl White |
![]() let me know if you decide to dump that highflow cat.. I might buy it off you.
-ben |
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Vehicle:2012 Fit Sport 5MT Orange Burst |
![]() I have added this to the FAQ. More info on how well it fit, including the hangers, would be nice.
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![]() The stock hangers were, uhh....modified. I'll take pictures tomorrow so you know what I mean. Don't get me wrong, this is a very custom job. Not a lot of the factory STi piping was used.
I just got home from a trip up to Pittsburgh, and I'm really thinking about reinstalling the midpipe containing one of the cats. idle / cruising sounds WONDERFUL; however, when you give the car some throttle, it sounds quite raspy. It really needs either another cat or a resonator. |
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![]() spdracr00 - It's not a true high-flow cat. It's actually a higher than normal flowing cat with 2.5" pipe. The piping was pressed and welded onto the 2.25" pipe. It made a noticable difference in sound, but it's still too loud for my liking. I'm going to continue to work on this project tomorrow morning.
Jonathan |
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![]() Here are a couple more pictures.
![]() ![]() ![]() Now, I'm playing a game of "find the rice" with this damn exhaust. At cruising speeds, it sounds truly wonderful. Just loud enough, very rumbly, but not too loud; however, as soon as I get on it, it becomes hideously raspy. Does anyone know if this sound would be coming from the muffler or from the lack of cats / resonators? Could it be from the STi muffler? Has anyone found that muffler to be at all raspy? Could this be remedied by using the stock midpipe? I could not care less about performance gains. This isn't a race car, and I put the exhaust on there for it to sound better, not to be quicker. |
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![]() wheres the video clip/sound clip??
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![]() I will hopefully be recording those tonight. I don't have a camera, and I'm not going to leave you guys some crappy camera phone video that accomplish anything. Tonight, I'll probably be taking GOOD video that you can actually learn from.
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Vehicle:2006 LGT Stg2 5MT 97 LegacyGT Wagon 4EAT |
![]() Man, that axle-back part looks really low...
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![]() that was about how low mine was before i had teh exhaust guy reweld some hangers and tuck it into the frame a little bit.
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![]() Thanks, Mitch. I really need to put her on a diet and some steroids, though. Once I have a few financials taken care of, I plan on starting to look for good deals on STi turbo parts, and slowly starting the build.
Suspension is done. Next are brakes (STi Brembos) then the power build. |
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![]() My car is still a little raspy, but I've just got the one STi resonator in the midpipe, Borlas and a high-flow 2.5 cat section. We don't have that extra muffler called a turbo
![]() My dirty-ass car...It took about a 10" extension to get the tip where it sits in the bumper, but the exhaust is tucked up nice and high, out of harm's way. You can see the "auto-fitment" mod the N1 did in my bumper as it warped over time.... ![]() |
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![]() damn, I have to get one of these...
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![]() mmmm autofitamentttttt
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#24 |
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![]() oh, to answer your question about raspyness...
Yeah, lack of resonators and cats will make it very very raspy. It should sound good if you add those two components to the exhaust system. I wonder how "straight through" the STi muffler is. |
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![]() Here's my STI exhaust; 2.5" mandrel bent from the cat back. Includes an 18" resonator. At idle is is quiter than stock, and produces a nice hum while cruising. No raspiness, just a deep bellow, and you can even hear some popping when downshifting or lifting off the throttle.
Note the ghetto-rigged rewelded hangers ![]() |
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