my new 3" cat back....... home made

[Jono FD3]

Well as some of you know I lost my exhaust on the way up to japfest as a result of the dredded tin worm and me being me, I didnt\'t solve the problem by buying an off the shelf item!! LOL.

The other week a mate was changing his stainless exhaust on his impreza WRX and as a result, it was exactly what I wanted...... & some!! gave him £120 for what I thought was a cat back, but what I got was, Turbo elbow & down pipe, 2 pre silencers & back box all in 3" stainless!! I picked it up from him after Monster jam in cardiff & proceeded to walk through town on a Sat night at 11pm with people every where, carrying a stainless exhaust over the shoulder!!! Oh the looks we were getting! LOL

The following day I repaird the old 5Zigen back box by cutting off the mild steel rear & replacing it with stainless:


Looking through:


then the old scooby system was introduced to Mr Ginder


After a bit of cutting & shutting I ended up with this:
Nice neat weld on the flange!!


and on the silencer:


This is the cat back.... up to the rear box:


Then with the rear box fitted:



And on the car:





It is rather a snug fit under the car & I think it is actualy quieter than the original 5Zigen system!! Next on the cards is the silenced mid pipe to mach the rear section, grind the welds back & polish the system & then were all done under there ..... But the real bonus is, I will probably have the rear section spair so I can sell it on & get some money back :wiggle

Feel free to coment (good or bad) I can take it.
Jono

[shaunwil]

awesome welds. Brilliant bit of work

Shaun

[gyles18]

got any vid\'s of it? would like to hear what its like. the way you have made your system there is pretty much exactly the same as how my kakimoto is. two silencers on the cat back section...

[kiwiracer]

cool dude :Thumbsup!

[L18M]

ah.. nice work.. would be interesting to hear it =)

[grinder]

very nice

[exige]

There\'s some tallented people on here!!

[REVIT93RX7]

Very nice work!

[Jono FD3]

I\'ll get a vid up on the weekend guys, but it doesn\'t sound too bad.... I\'ll do a before & after with the silenced midpipe

Jono

[Jono FD3]

Well I desided today that the car was not asbo terretory in the noise department, so opted not to put the silencer in the mid pipe!
I think the exhaust itself is quieter than the std 5Zigen system that was on there & with the 3" mid pipe the note has deepend slightly compaird to the R-Magic 2 3/4" unsilenced mid pipe I had on her!!

Anyway, here is a vid of it.... take a look, & lets have some feedback

http://s35.photobucket.com/flash/remix/player.swf?videoURL=http://vid35.photobucket.com/albums/d192/jonathandudley/RX-7/92f997e4.pbr&hostname=stream35.photobucket.com">

Cheers
Jono

[L18M]

feedback... i like ur rear spoiler and wing mirrors
and the led lights u made earlier.. all nice little touches

[gyles18]

i like it, sounds very race car like:wiggle