Vegas Smith
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- Dec 2, 2002
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Houston,
Texas
Hello folks, this is a review on the BSFab side exit exhausts that are sold on Facebook. On my current DSM I've really been inspired to make the car as light as possible (removed the brakes and seats but that didn't last long). The guys at BSFab have been marketing their exhaust products on Facebook for a while now including o2 housing, manifolds and the side exits.
I've been unhappy with the Thermal R&D turbo-back that I bought used last year. I had a brand new thermal R&D system that I bought in 2004 for $900 (a lot of money back then) and I enjoyed it then, but this time around it's banging on everything including my DSS aluminum driveshaft, and it's pretty damn loud. I finally decided to give the side exit a try.
Car: 93 AWD Talon with 18G turbo
Product-BSFab 2.5" side exit exhaust
Price-$300 shipped to your door. Does not come with a 2.5" gasket.
Wait time-I think it took me 10-14 days to get it
Cons-There aren't many negatives. The exhaust sticks out from the bumper about 2" and it doesn't look great like that. I'll Probably chop an inch off at some point in the future. Considering the exhaust exits on the driver's side , it gets really loud when there are objects/cars right beside you on the left. The sounds just bounces between the cars. There is a little window from about 2,500-3,000 rpms where the exhaust gets a little drony (probably not a real word).
Pros-I dropped 37 lbs going from the Thermal R&D turbo-back to the BSFab side exit....and I now have no possibility of banging noises coming from a damn turbo-back! The idle is really nice. It can be loud if someone is parked next to you on the left but from anywhere else around the car it's not terribly loud. It's a nice throaty rumble to it, unlike an obnoxious open downpipe. You can sincerely drive the car around and not be an annoyance or have your head hurt like an open downpipe. It also comes with an o2 sensor bung welded on already in case you decide to run a 2nd sensor.
WOT- this things sounds mean as shit at full throttle. To me, it almost has an exotic quality to it. Very nice aggressive sound when you are screwing around at 5k going on a back road feeling the car's torque.
The build of the exhaust is excellent. I couldn't find any imperfections and the it was super easy to install. Just buy yourself a hole saw and cut your hole in the right spot (unlike me). The exhaust travels under the oil filter to the bumper as seen in the pics.
Overall, I'm really happy with it. I dropped 36 lbs, the car sounds like a beast at WOT, is nice at idle and is manageable around town. Plus, you can hear the turbo winding down. Can't beat that.
I've been unhappy with the Thermal R&D turbo-back that I bought used last year. I had a brand new thermal R&D system that I bought in 2004 for $900 (a lot of money back then) and I enjoyed it then, but this time around it's banging on everything including my DSS aluminum driveshaft, and it's pretty damn loud. I finally decided to give the side exit a try.
Car: 93 AWD Talon with 18G turbo
Product-BSFab 2.5" side exit exhaust
Price-$300 shipped to your door. Does not come with a 2.5" gasket.
Wait time-I think it took me 10-14 days to get it
Cons-There aren't many negatives. The exhaust sticks out from the bumper about 2" and it doesn't look great like that. I'll Probably chop an inch off at some point in the future. Considering the exhaust exits on the driver's side , it gets really loud when there are objects/cars right beside you on the left. The sounds just bounces between the cars. There is a little window from about 2,500-3,000 rpms where the exhaust gets a little drony (probably not a real word).
Pros-I dropped 37 lbs going from the Thermal R&D turbo-back to the BSFab side exit....and I now have no possibility of banging noises coming from a damn turbo-back! The idle is really nice. It can be loud if someone is parked next to you on the left but from anywhere else around the car it's not terribly loud. It's a nice throaty rumble to it, unlike an obnoxious open downpipe. You can sincerely drive the car around and not be an annoyance or have your head hurt like an open downpipe. It also comes with an o2 sensor bung welded on already in case you decide to run a 2nd sensor.
WOT- this things sounds mean as shit at full throttle. To me, it almost has an exotic quality to it. Very nice aggressive sound when you are screwing around at 5k going on a back road feeling the car's torque.
The build of the exhaust is excellent. I couldn't find any imperfections and the it was super easy to install. Just buy yourself a hole saw and cut your hole in the right spot (unlike me). The exhaust travels under the oil filter to the bumper as seen in the pics.
Overall, I'm really happy with it. I dropped 36 lbs, the car sounds like a beast at WOT, is nice at idle and is manageable around town. Plus, you can hear the turbo winding down. Can't beat that.
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