Looking for a 2.5" exhaust??? In the cold

Canadian Turbo · Post by **Canadian Turbo** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 5:24 pm

Hey my first post on any forum ever!!!! I must be Legacy crazy.

Tempted to put down my whole story and ask advice on everything, but I'll try and hide my excitment (like I have to when my mom or girlfriend are around) and stick to the point.

I just bought a 94 5spd Legacy Turbo (SS means sedan??). I had my 06 2.5 rs stolen 2 months ago and all of my friends have stock WRX's. In short I want to give my friends a run for their money power wise and go get back the handling that I had in the 2.5rs .

I plan on having the heads P&Pd and the turbo rebuilt (all pending answers to my other posts to come), a boost controler installed and bring the psi to around 10.

Now I have been reading day and night on this forum and I have decided to go with a 2.5" exhaust. I imagine that at 2.5" I won't have any trouble finding a shop that will custom bend most of the underside.

The question is where can I get a 2.5"downpipe?? or up-pipe, either will do. Stainless is not nessisary ( I won't have the car for more than 2 years.)

Idealy a complete exhaust at a reasonable price, 500$ seems reasonable.

Thanks for any help.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:27 pm

SS = Sport Sedan.

You'll DEFINATELY be able to give a stock WRX a run for its money. Lol.

I personally went with a 3" exhaust, just because I know that it will never be a restriction for HP gains. The parts I'm using an Espelir EGT 500 Cat-back for a WRX and an E-Bay WRX downpipe.

Lol it works great and sounds great. You can get an entire E-bay exhaust for a WRX for around $200 and all that will need to be done is have about a 1 foot extension welded in, otherwise everything will bolt up fine.

Arctic Assassian · Post by **Arctic Assassian** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 3:46 am

I only had to add three inches to my STI axelback, but I had the full turboback.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:19 am

holy s****!?

your 25 got stolen? wtf thats nuts!

i have trunk monkey protection in my ride, i highly recommend it.

that really blows though, 25's look sick and are pretty dangerous.

you'll like the legacy more though!

welcome to the forums!

smh0101 · Post by **smh0101** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:30 am

Canadian Turbo wrote:Hey my first post on any forum ever!!!! I must be Legacy crazy.

Tempted to put down my whole story and ask advice on everything, but I'll try and hide my excitment (like I have to when my mom or girlfriend are around) and stick to the point.

I just bought a 94 5spd Legacy Turbo (SS means sedan??). I had my 06 2.5 rs stolen 2 months ago and all of my friends have stock WRX's. In short I want to give my friends a run for their money power wise and go get back the handling that I had in the 2.5rs .

I plan on having the heads P&Pd and the turbo rebuilt (all pending answers to my other posts to come), a boost controler installed and bring the psi to around 10.

Now I have been reading day and night on this forum and I have decided to go with a 2.5" exhaust. I imagine that at 2.5" I won't have any trouble finding a shop that will custom bend most of the underside.

The question is where can I get a 2.5"downpipe?? or up-pipe, either will do. Stainless is not nessisary ( I won't have the car for more than 2 years.)

Idealy a complete exhaust at a reasonable price, 500$ seems reasonable.

Thanks for any help.

And dont forget an intercooler

dscoobydoo · Post by **dscoobydoo** » Thu Jan 31, 2008 5:48 am

Check out one of the previous posts about the bosal shorty pipe.

Canadian Turbo · Post by **Canadian Turbo** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:56 pm

Thanks for the tips.

Ya, not that sad to see the 2.5 go, I like my legacy alot better already. That thing was costing me almost 500$ a month and it didn't even have a turbo!!! Trunk monkey???

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:39 am

This should help to explain...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8avOiTUcD4Y

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:03 am

ah ha ha ha i'm sorry.
i can't believe that slid past so many people

.
thanks for that asc

New92 · Post by **New92** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 4:38 pm

OMG! Thats friggin genius! My daughter is getting one for her sweet 16 for sure!

Oh and welcome to the forum. Ebay is a good spot for the downpipe. Dont forget to delete that forward CAT as well.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 8:03 pm

is it the wrx downpipe that works?
which one?

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:17 pm

Yes.
Any WRX or STi downpipe will work.

You'll just need to have a new 02 bung welded in at the top.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:27 pm

ok, i thought the wrx one was the same size?
i believe i read it on here..

cool. thanks!

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:29 pm

It is the same size. I guess I should have thrown that in there.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:51 pm

so then what down pipe should you get if you want a bigger one?
sti i'm guessing?

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 11:56 pm

Well if you're looking for a downpipe do NOT buy a stock WRX or STi downpipe. They both have cats in them.

But I just bought an ebay WRX/STi 3" bellmouth downpipe. It does cause a little boost creep but not much.

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:01 am

ah!
not yet i'm not

im broke as hell

Canadian Turbo · Post by **Canadian Turbo** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:47 am

Well, I called the thread looking for a 2.5 inch exhaust because I thought that it would be cheaper to aquire 2.5" vs 3". Turns out 3" is much more popular with the WRX crowd and so are easier to find and end up being cheaper.

I found a used 3" bellmouth turbo back locally for 500$. It's catless and amazinngly it has a bung for an O2 sensor at the top of the down pipe. (for the WRX setup it's plugged with a bolt) Can't say what brand it is, and neither could the guy I bought it from.

Thanks everyone

It's going to be instaled this week, I'll post the results here.

Canadian Turbo · Post by **Canadian Turbo** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:51 am

Oh and can anyone tell me where I can pick up a cheap trunk monkey. Do they ship well?? I don't think they're available here in canada yet. I'm going to need one for sure once I instal my SEXY FMIC in the spring.

asc_up · Post by **asc_up** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 7:52 am

Like a stuffed animal? lol

SubaruNation · Post by **SubaruNation** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:10 am

i know the san diego zoo has one's that would gladly leave!

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