2.5" vs 3" exhaust
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RE: 2.5" vs 3" exhaust
ORIGINAL: Forty04
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ORIGINAL: my05civic
2.25
2.25
I've got 2.25" mandrel bentcustom catback on my n/a d16y7 and i noticed some pretty good top end gains, and it sounds really nice too.
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RE: 2.5" vs 3" exhaust
Personally I would go with 2.5 to leave room for expansion for later mods. 2.5 and even 3 inch have been used effectively on Honda N/A applications, just fyi. 2.5 is actually pretty common even for mild mods, especially for top end gains, while 3" is for maxing the thing out completely.
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RE: 2.5" vs 3" exhaust
ORIGINAL: Kedawei
Personally I would go with 2.5 to leave room for expansion for later mods. 2.5 and even 3 inch have been used effectively on Honda N/A applications, just fyi. 2.5 is actually pretty common even for mild mods, especially for top end gains, while 3" is for maxing the thing out completely.
Personally I would go with 2.5 to leave room for expansion for later mods. 2.5 and even 3 inch have been used effectively on Honda N/A applications, just fyi. 2.5 is actually pretty common even for mild mods, especially for top end gains, while 3" is for maxing the thing out completely.