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Just went under my car and measured the piping. 2 inches. So, should I buy a muffler with 2.25 or 2.5 inlets? I know a 2.25 would be a snug fit, but what about the "new" piping between the 2.25 inlet and the 2 inch OEM piping? How does it work?
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id go 2.25, make sure its a god fit, but if I remember the stock exhaust is very restictive
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I would replace the pipe with 3" all the way from the cat. that would free things up a bit.
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but you don't want to free up alot without a reprogrammed ecu otherwise you get stalls.
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I would run the 3" with a cone filter and a chip upgrade programmed for those then.
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I would run the 3" with a cone filter and a chip upgrade programmed for those then.
you'll get a power loss too!
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id scrap the whole thing
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id scrap the whole thing
why? could you elaborate?
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If you have the S version then 3 inches will be fine but if you are NA do not go above 2.5 and due t our cars being atx, 2.25 would be better.

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mymellinie... did your mods make your car any faster... if so how much.... i was thinkin bout doin your mods by the end of the summer with a CAI and 2.5 inch catback exhaust......... possibly supercharging the 2.5.... tell me about your mods and how much they ran you........
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