DAMN Thermal! Messed me good!

[kingearl]

First off I would like to say I am sick of Exhaust topics so I didnt really want to write this but...........

I knew what I was going to do with my Exhaust. I call up the Calgary place on Thermal's web site and the guy says 950 CND dollars! Thats around 630 US. I am not going to pay that for any cat-back.

So I have two questions here:

1. Where is the cheapest place to order a Theremal R&D catback system from?! Around 500 US.

RNR Racing's turbo-back system is an insanely sweet price and I was just going to go with their O2 elim downpipe but I just might get the whole damn turbo-back.

2. What are the performance and sound differances and downfalls of the RNR Racing CAT-BACK compared to Thermals?

I haveto buy this junk in a matter on days. So please reply. Thanks.

 

[RedTSiAWD]

rollhard performance....juss search for them via/ google...i forgot their site address...it's around 520 i believe USD....take it easy

JD

 

[beeztsi]

make your own, its two 90 deg mandrel bends, i made mine works pretty damn good, you can get 3in mandrel bends at a truck stop but get aluminized and are about 25 bucks and youll need a ten foot section of 3in tubing and all the appropriate flanges and hadrware. totaly cost was about 200 with muffler for mine

if you dont have a mig welder, go to a midas and see if they can do it

 

[kingearl]

Ok, 525 for the cat-back at rollhard, I'm FWD so I guess its 5 dollars more . Not bad at all. Any better?

I would make my own but I would feel more comfortable having it done by people that will do it right. Soft bends, smooth welds and such.

Anyone with RNR stuff?

 

[mikeydsm]

www.turbotrix.com ......if im not mistaken its 500

 

[kingearl]

the site says 580

 

[doug]

Originally posted by kingearl
Anyone with RNR stuff?

I've got the 2.5" O2 Elim turbo-back. I like it just fine-- I think there is a shot or two of it in the Gallery. It's not quite as deep sounding as a 3" Thermal, but it's definitely not ricey. And it's not loud at all.

http://www.dsmtalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=53567

 

[kingearl]

I took a look at the topic and your pics. It looks good. Not the best but for the price its great. What about performace? How much better is it?

 

[doug]

Originally posted by kingearl
Not the best but for the price its great. ... What about performace?

Yeah, it's not quite Thermal quality, but I have no problems with it so far. If I had it to do over again, I'd probably shell out the extra $150 or so for full stainless.

There is a bit of a performance gain, but my "butt dyno" is the worst in the world, so I can't tell you for sure. Hopefully soon I can dyno this thing for real. I felt a little more performance gain later from the UICP and new BOV than from the exhaust, but supposedly I gained more HP from the new exhaust-- Ryan at RnR said to expect 25-30 more HP out of the this exhaust vs. the stock one. Sounds a little optimistic to me, but he knows more about it than I do.

 

[jdmawd]

sometimes i wish dsms cost 30K. so kids would stop buying them and then piss and moan about the mod cost.

 

[kingearl]

35hp, I would think more but I guess thats the way the cookie crumbles. jdmawd, I am not sure what you mean by that but I am just trying to get the best cost performace ratio. I am leaning to the thermal for the cat-back part still a little, and seeing how I dont have any time to decide anymore I guess thats how its going to look. The only thing that pisses me off is the neck down that has to be cut off and replaced.

 

[doug]

Originally posted by jdmawd
sometimes i wish dsms cost 30K. so kids would stop buying them and then piss and moan about the mod cost.

Very helpful comment, dude-- thanks.