I was thinking about getting a header for my 94 civic dx to give it a little bit better sound and some hp but i dont want that obnoxious sound what should i do leave the stock muffler on and just swap the exhaust manifold for a header?

 

Well, the header alonewill gain you a few horses. You do know that you can get decent soundingaftermarket exhaust systems, right? Oh, and if you have an intake, you won't hear the header anyway... trust me

 

a header doesn't make a huge difference in sound.

 

headers are a small factor of sound..

 

I recommend the greddy evo2 for the bets sounding cat back with a good performance factor. The apexi ws2 also sounds good but from what I have been told, doesn't net the same HP increase as other exhausts.

 

DC sports headers will give you the best perforamcen, and maybe a LITTLE sound difference, but its mainly in the exhaust. Yes, GReddy Evo 2 and Apexi WS2 are really good, so is the RSR Ex-Mag. Intake suprisingly makes a large differnece in sound as well, so the AEM V2 is where its at as far as intakes go.

 

this is like the 17 thread like this just today, just search around man, we have a search function here at hcf, its very helpful

 

seminole_wind,
I have a 2000 Civic DX w/ 1.6L and I installed intake, Borla cat back, and an Arospeed chrome header and it did add some good deep sound to the exhaust note. Header only cost about $160 bucks or so. I think it was well worth the money. Seems a little quicker too!