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Old 07-22-05, 01:10 PM
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hi everyone.
i'm getting my lexus sc300 pretty soon!!!
so happy. but anyway, i've been looking for a exhaust system for the car.
yes, i went on the search button, but couldnt really find anything.
i'm looking into either borla, blitz nur spec, JIC Bullet Twin Spartan, magnaflow, flowmaster, and some other companies.
i wanted to know which one sounds the best and gives the most horespower.
i've heard good comments on borlas, but after i saw the blitz and JIC exhaust system, it blew me away.
is there anybody who has a video clip of how a blitz and JIC exhaust system sounds like?
i've also heard that flowmaster is pretty good too.
please help me on this!
thanks
Old 07-22-05, 01:45 PM
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its all about personal preference
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does any body have a audio clip or a video clip of the borla exhaust on the sc300?
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there are several sound clips of different exhaust setups on intellexual.net as well as general info about exhaust upgrades for our cars
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thanks for the site.
greatly appreciate it.
Old 07-23-05, 02:39 PM
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well ur best horsepower will be determined by ur piping size, the muffler is just the sound output, flowmaster sounds like a muscle car, very beefy, but magnaflows are great all around, i am a bit biased though
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imo , borlas sound the best. It sounds smooth and clean unlike the others.
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yeah, borla sounds good.
thanks for the opinions.
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I love my HKS TI Carbon single muffler!!!
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I've heard really good things about the JIC exhaust.. I also like the fact that it's a cat back system as well
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I'd say the best exhaust is the one that gives you the most hp gain. Anyone know which is best?
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I love my HKS TI Carbon single muffler!!!
how does it sound? is it pretty loud and did you eliminate your resonators??
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Originally Posted by jacques
I'd say the best exhaust is the one that gives you the most hp gain. Anyone know which is best?
i would say that any reputable company that makes a catback system would be a good start because they put alot of time and research in order to put their product out like JIC and I think Borla makes an exhast too. I'm leaning towards the JIC myself... any people have the BORLA exhaust?
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and I'm running with no mufflers... (stock piping and cats/resonators though)

and it sounds pretty damn intimidating
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Originally Posted by pilip99
how does it sound? is it pretty loud and did you eliminate your resonators??

Yes I eliminated them. I ran 2.5in piping from the cat all the way to the muffler. So I am running a single exhaust, no more dual. It is very deep and aggressive at low rpms. At WOT it screams! I love it!


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