Originally Posted by crossfireracr
alright you have to let me in on what you read on not getting a full exhust... and does that include catbacks???
Search exhaust or exhaust upgrades. The way I think about it is how can they provide horsepower? They are the exact same size/exact same design. A cat back will still have the 4 cats that come from the factory which is still the biggest restriction for us, and a cat back wont change that. Removing rear cats and creating true dual on a NA might net a couple hp but would decrease back pressure so it may lose horsepower. The only ones to benefit from doing that would be for a SRT which needs the added flow. But then again they have a larger diameter exhaust so it may not net that much either. The exhaust comes tuned from the factory for our motors, there is really no need to mess with it, unless you want a different sound. Its kind of like if you were to throw a 3" on a civic, you will lose performance from the loss of back pressure. So unless you have a turbo, supercharger or a V8 in your NA, I wouldnt worry at all about the exhaust, and even then I wouldnt make it high on your priorities.
Hopefully this helps and if any information is wrong hopefully someone can correct me.