Custom Vs Brand Exhausts

[tezflow]

Finally the budget allows for a turbo back exhaust to be fitted to the 33. I was just about to buy a nice looking Trust stainless catback system, then chuck on a front pipe etc, when a mate told me it would be cheaper to go to an exhaust shop and just get the full thing made up. It will probaly work out cheaper as well as allowing me to choose the exact muffler i want and also the angle it points out at the back, the only problem is will a custom exhaust be less flowing, due to welds???

[DLuded]

u can gret some pretty cheap 2nd hand cat backs for about $300 if you look hard

then get a high-flow cat and dump/front pipe. all up should be about $800

[GTR32]

Beware getting the local bloke to do it unless he can show you dyno figures from one he's done before for a similar car. The second hand ones you see at wreckers etc are really cheap and if it's a name brand Jap thing like HKS or Trust you can usually rest assured that it'll work OK. Custom jobs, if they're any good, will usually cost $$$

[paulr33]

said it once and ill say it again. the key

#1 get a 3" split dump from BATMBL on the forums - $410 delivered

#2 take pipe to exhaust shop

#3 ask how much to fit #2 and supply 3" hiflow cat and 3" exhaust

id say resonable price for #3 would be $900

most jap kits are $1300 odd unfitted, and are cat back

[Andi]

Pfft sif custom jobs = more $$. I'm sick of the majority of people thinking this. It'd work out to be cheaper than what you'd payed for a full jap system and the thing is it'll work out to be whatever you need it to be. A full jap system shipped from Japan will cost you a stupidly high price, and thats not even if you get rorted by customs yet.

[JeeTeeEss25Tee]

You can get a decent full 3" exhaust brand such as X-Force at local exhaust shops for around $1100 to $1200 fitted. Spend the savings from Jap brand for mods that give you good gains (bleed valves, ecu/piggy backs) And I don't believe there are big power difference with Jap brand, other than sounds.

[lwells]

said it once and ill say it again. the key

#1 get a 3" split dump from BATMBL on the forums - $410 delivered

#2 take pipe to exhaust shop

#3 ask how much to fit #2 and supply 3" hiflow cat and 3" exhaust

id say resonable price for #3 would be $900

most jap kits are $1300 odd unfitted, and are cat back

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I'd also look at buying a Magic (see Magic Performance on NissanSilvia) or Catco (see BATBML) cat before hand.

By the way, cat-back Japanese exhausts have fallen a lot in price. You can get the Trust Power Extreme II (or whatever its called) full stainless cat-back for about $800, give or take a few bucks. More expensive brands like Fujitsubo are about the $1000 mark.

[Kaido_RR]

Rofl, people over-price JDM exhuast system;

Most of them cost $400 or so brandnew (catback only) then add the price for front and dump pipe looking at like $1000 for full exhuast system then add some shipping maybe around $1300-$1500

And it doesnt take a rocket sciecntest to install an exhuast all u need is a jack and some time

[CEF11E]

I had to get a custom turbo to cat pipe made up as my car is not a skyline and there was nothing available off the shelf.

I got it done at liverpool exhaust and it was $330. if it was a skyline it would have been $300.

It is a top job. excellent welds and no kinks anywhere. very well made.

I would not do it for a skyline as there is just so much stuff available.

the x-force stuff is OK but the split dump joins to close to the turbo. you would be better off with the one from batmbl. but it is twice the price. but you get what you pay for. his is the best.

you should also get the cat from him.

as for the rest of the system it's up to what you can find secondhand. or you could just buy a cheap x-force catback.

all up you will be spending $1100 plus fitting for a well designed properly flowing system.

[JCMarshall_Law]

Just buy an xforce turbo back exhaust from ebay for $650 and fit it yourself. Thats what I did and I almost gurantee that it performs as well as any of the name brand jap kits from the cat back.

If you want to spend a bit more just get a good quality split dump pipe and high flow cat (although the XForce cat is not to bad). Try getting a custom split dump pipe made up - it will cost you an arm and a leg.

My 2c

[WazR32GTSt]

custom advantages:

- brand new pipes and mufflers

- to your car's custom specificiation

- you can make the best combo for your car

- cheaper

- hangs high up as its custom made

custom disadvantages:

- no proven power gain

jap-brand advantages:

- tried and tested

jap-brand disadvantages:

- hang very low

- old mufflers that have lost their baffle

- old pipes that are beginning to show signs of ageing

- expensive

jap brands are just not worth it, as you are getting a mass-produced product that never fits as nice as a custom job and costs twice as much for something that is getting old

custom jobs are NEW and CHEAP and CUSTOM to your specific noise and power requirements..

i swear by the custom job

Warren.