Slater Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm definitely getting a BSR chip, but need an opinion on the down pipe and exhaust combination...The wifey drives the wagon sometimes and we take it on vacations and whatnot, so I don't want super loud highway drone action or a loudass look-at-me setup. I've heard the JT 3" exhaust is as quiet if not moreso than a 2.5" setup.I'm keeping the stock 15G for now and am not planning on going beyond 300hp for now since that's the limit of the slushbox.I know the 3" will be better for a huge turbo upgrade, but I don't see that in my future anytime soon. On the other hand, the 2.5" just seems too "small" as it's sooo close to the stock exhaust. But I don't like the idea of a nice 3" down pipe smashing down into a 2.5" exhaust - it makes more sense to have as little bottle necks as possible.The 2.5" setup with e-cutout may be the best compromise - quiet when I need it to, open dump when it's time to lay the smack down. I would put a 3" e-cutout at the end of the down pipe right before the exhaust necks down to 2.5"...I know this topic has been beat to death, but I know there's folks on here with both setups, and would appreciate opinions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jross Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I have a JT 3" turboback, and I love it. Really, I do. I'll try and see if I can't get a video/audio of it in action at some point. I'm on alot of private roads, so I may actually be able to go around with the tailgate open recording how it sounds in action (and I can get samples from inside the car). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StansMan Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Where do you buy JT exhasts from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Where do you buy JT exhasts from?←Andrew Zizzo from this board. I think his screen name is AutoX24.- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I have a JT 3" turboback, and I love it. Really, I do. I'll try and see if I can't get a video/audio of it in action at some point. I'm on alot of private roads, so I may actually be able to go around with the tailgate open recording how it sounds in action (and I can get samples from inside the car).←They are sold catless - did you add a cat to yours or are you running the straight pipe setup? I would imagine that would affect the sound considerably...- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plan_B Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm definitely getting a BSR chip, but need an opinion on the down pipe and exhaust combination...The wifey drives the wagon sometimes and we take it on vacations and whatnot, so I don't want super loud highway drone action or a loudass look-at-me setup. I've heard the JT 3" exhaust is as quiet if not moreso than a 2.5" setup.I'm keeping the stock 15G for now and am not planning on going beyond 300hp for now since that's the limit of the slushbox.I know the 3" will be better for a huge turbo upgrade, but I don't see that in my future anytime soon. On the other hand, the 2.5" just seems too "small" as it's sooo close to the stock exhaust. But I don't like the idea of a nice 3" down pipe smashing down into a 2.5" exhaust - it makes more sense to have as little bottle necks as possible.The 2.5" setup with e-cutout may be the best compromise - quiet when I need it to, open dump when it's time to lay the smack down. I would put a 3" e-cutout at the end of the down pipe right before the exhaust necks down to 2.5"...I know this topic has been beat to death, but I know there's folks on here with both setups, and would appreciate opinions...←BSR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jross Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 They are sold catless - did you add a cat to yours or are you running the straight pipe setup? I would imagine that would affect the sound considerably...- Slater←I added in a 3" catco race cat. Honestly, I don't think it affected sound very much, though I will be the first to admit it's possible. Seeing as how I could see through it before it was installed, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I've heard nothing but good things about JT turboback from our Swedish friends. I think that's the route I would go. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 BSR?Yup, BSR. Nice stuff!- Slater Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StansMan Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I have a JT 3" turboback, and I love it. Really, I do. I'll try and see if I can't get a video/audio of it in action at some point. I'm on alot of private roads, so I may actually be able to go around with the tailgate open recording how it sounds in action (and I can get samples from inside the car).←How are the sound levels on this? I'm probably getting an exhaust this summer. I want something that'll belt it out but not overly anoying when cruising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Yup, BSR. Nice stuff!- Slater←Happy with my BSR retune as well. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jross Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 How are the sound levels on this? I'm probably getting an exhaust this summer. I want something that'll belt it out but not overly anoying when cruising.←Honestly, I don't notice it most of the time. I'm running the 2-muffler setup, and the sound is really really mellow. StickThatClutch, you're semi-local.. we should meet up at some point if you wanna hear the JT before you buy.[edit: and fluffy rocks] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StickThatClutch Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Thanks for the offer Jross. I have the IPD catback, ideally I just want something that would bolt onto it. Would be only interested in a down pipe at this point.Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
850drag Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 I'm definitely getting a BSR chip, but need an opinion on the down pipe and exhaust combination...The wifey drives the wagon sometimes and we take it on vacations and whatnot, so I don't want super loud highway drone action or a loudass look-at-me setup. I've heard the JT 3" exhaust is as quiet if not moreso than a 2.5" setup.I'm keeping the stock 15G for now and am not planning on going beyond 300hp for now since that's the limit of the slushbox.I know the 3" will be better for a huge turbo upgrade, but I don't see that in my future anytime soon. On the other hand, the 2.5" just seems too "small" as it's sooo close to the stock exhaust. But I don't like the idea of a nice 3" down pipe smashing down into a 2.5" exhaust - it makes more sense to have as little bottle necks as possible.The 2.5" setup with e-cutout may be the best compromise - quiet when I need it to, open dump when it's time to lay the smack down. I would put a 3" e-cutout at the end of the down pipe right before the exhaust necks down to 2.5"...I know this topic has been beat to death, but I know there's folks on here with both setups, and would appreciate opinions...←NO ATR, I would go for them, sorry but out of all the systems I have heard nothing can compete (performance wise it is also #1 in my book) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volflo Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 They are sold catless - did you add a cat to yours or are you running the straight pipe setup? I would imagine that would affect the sound considerably...- Slater←it does indeed. when i changed from 3" catless ferrita down pipe to the very same one with the kemira cat the car got considerably quieter. also the exhaust rumble ignition thing almost vanished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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