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Old May 29, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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Question rear section vs catback

Are there differences in performance gains between a catback Tanable and a HKS rear section exhaust system?
For a 2004 IS 300.
What does everyone prefer?
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Old May 30, 2007 | 05:15 AM
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Not by much if any. Most gains will probably come from header/y-pipe.

Most choose their exhaust for the sound. I got a HKS CarbonTi (rear section only) because it was $200 and local. + I got my B-pipe made from a exhaust shop.

When I had just the rear section, it was pretty quite (for my taste) and it was deep toned under WOT. My current setup is pretty loud at WOT, but deep/low toned in low-rpms.
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