Header and Strut Bar

Today I got my header installed with a downpipe and Magnaflow high flow cat with OBD2 complaince
The header and downpipe are ceramic coated from a R/A Lancer purchased from the same place as most of my goodies....Road Race Motorsports
Let me know what you think.


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thats just plain funny..but in a cool way..lol...looks nice though....what are your future plans for her? turbo?

Have you been able to tell any difference in the car since the mods?

your engine bay looks real nice!!! i wasn't considering a new exhaust header as the stock manifold has separate pipes of just about equal length, but a bit narrower than your new one; have you noticed a real performance improvement? has the strut bar also made a noticeable difference?

Actually, the strut bar does make the car feel better in turns, I wasn't honestly expecting it to do anything other than look nice
The header helps the car climb through the RPM's faster and I don't need to be as heavy on the gas pedal to accelerate, I haven't really gotten on it yet as I went to court today for a speeding ticket, so I'm being cautious. I feel that they are both worth the money though so far.

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ORIGINAL: tidus10

thats just plain funny..but in a cool way..lol...looks nice though....what are your future plans for her? turbo?

My future plans are limited only by my future finances. I would like to add a turbo, but the cost factor is a huge deterrent. What is funny anyway? Is it because I'm working with what I have and is practical? An EVO with a family is like a bicycle with a 100 mile commute to work...not practical. I think seeing a car seat in the back of an EVO would be a hell of a lot funnier

I just send you a pm. What did you use to cover the bolt anchors where the roof rack bolts to the roof??? We have a silver 04 AWD and we love ours. I put on some nice ARE wheels and also removed most of the badging. Put on narrow black pinstripe on the side.
Paul

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ORIGINAL: expositor

your engine bay looks real nice!!! i wasn't considering a new exhaust header as the stock manifold has separate pipes of just about equal length, but a bit narrower than your new one; have you noticed a real performance improvement? has the strut bar also made a noticeable difference?

The stock manifold merges all the exhaust gases together really quickly, the pipes are only like a 10" drop from the exhaust ports before they all merge. When they are thrown together so quickly, it slows down the rest of the exhaust gases trying to escape and obviously restricting the escaping gases. The header keeps them seperate until it is underneath the engine at which time they join into the downpipe and then are sent through a high flow cat. This is really beneficial when you are in the mid to high RPM's and the gases are really being expelled into the exhaust quickly, but I also noticed benefits at the lower RPM's as well with less pressure on the gas pedal needed. If you have an aftermarket air intake you will benefit more with an aftermarket exhaust since you are drawing more air into the engine, you have more to get rid of. All your mod's are helping each other out.
BTW, thanks for the compliment

That is awesome definitely something i would look into. I am think about ordering the short ram intake from road race really soon . But those headers look awesome and are tempting to....

A side note on the header...make sure you plan on having a shop do the install, it will be a custom job as the downpipe is designed for the R/A Lancer, the length is a little short, so they will need to add a section of pipe, but only about a foot long. I paid $140 to have everything installed and welded. Road Race did my install tio ensure that it would fit properly, but I got the same quote from an exhaust shop which is how they determined the fee. I went to two other shops for install quotes and got $217 and $250-300, so shop around!
The strut bar was absolutely worth the money too!!

awesome definitely will look into it first id like to get a intake and a few other simple mods ...

this doesnt apply to the topic...but i saw on yuor car domain page you have silverstar bulbs do you have pics

No, not right now...most of the upgrade bulbs are worth their money though, I had cool blue sylvania's before and they were even better than the stock.

Anyone interested in the Strut bars...you can PM me or call Road Race Motorsports. They are made to order at this time, so they will take a little bit of time, mine took a week and a half to come back from powdercoating. Worth the $$
I believe the price will be around $90.

good job buddy!!! keep her rollin and smoke some honda's out there...

by the way...keep an eye, cx-7's and 07 mdx's are out there to kill outlander...lolz

I know the cx-7 is a turbo 4. If I were only FWD and a manual trans, I may have a chance at racing, but the AWD and auto trans kills me. Unless you can give me tips to launch this beast. Anyone?

a power ignition will help, but lets find out more bout the cx 7's. i, know the turbo acura m.d.x. is a killer, but again its up to the driver to make things work.

Suggestions on ignition systems or driving tips?

hmmmm.....i, know m.s.d.'s offers a power ignition for coil packs.( d.i.s. 2 system) have one, but didn't get a chance to install it. now for driving tips.....floor it bro.!!!....lolz

lol...got that part down, but the AWD eats the torque/hp off the line...and the rest of the RPM's too I should confess. Let me know how the MSD goes when you install it.

right on, am' still searchin for somebody that knows how to install power ignition, found one but he sez the last one he installed to a mitsu. eclipse, experienced some problems. dont know what kind'a problem, but i, e-mailed m.s.d. in search of power ignitions. so far d.i.s. 2 is in the list for vehicle w/ 2 coil packs.

I don't think I want to experience any problems with my ignition system, especially if I'm paying a few hundred dollars for it...I'll let you try it first

lolz....i'll post the result soon, stand by.

dirt, i remember in another post if i recall yuo said you had a magnaflow muffler...how was the install bolt on or weld...and how does it sound...loud?

Also the headers and high flow cat if you said you had them what kinda difference do they make...?

Ive been watching videos of me in my evo and i miss it so much , haha....i now want to do some mods to my outtie and make it sound better and get alil more performance out of it....
Not thinking turbo quite yet...maybe in a year or more..if i do