Exhaust Suggestions for Blob STI

All being well I might have bagged a 2005 STI (non-PPP) in the coming weeks.

First thing on my list is an exhaust. Couple of questions;

Ninja2, Vortex and Blitz Nur Spec seem to be the popular choices. Ive heard the Blitz is LOUD, is it also the deepest rumble? Can anyone describe the differences? Its mainly town driving so not so bothered about motorway drone.

Next question, sports cat or decat?

The afterburner raptor exhaust is a really good system, very loud on a full decat, put it this way mine has set alot of car alarms off just pottering down a street. Loads of pops and bangs from it. Similar to a nur spec but slightly cheaper I think, made by hayward and scott so its well made. Once its been on for a while it gets alot quiter on the lower revs but loud as hell on full throttle.

Cheers Chris, never heard of the Raptor. Will look on youtube.

Slight correction but found out it IS PPP, not sure if that makes a difference?

Can't fault the nur spec mate...well apart from the price but well made! mines loud but a deep rumble, sets car alarms off all the time too and get plenty pops n bangs

Mine on rolling road
https://youtu.be/3xrnd3aSP9Q

oHUTCHYo wrote:

Cheers Chris, never heard of the Raptor.  Will look on youtube.

Slight correction but found out it IS PPP, not sure if that makes a difference?

Awesome exhaust - but if you go decat you will need a remap

By god that is music to my ears, sounds nice.

So narrowed to Nur Spec or Raptor so far then. Both sounding good. If I keep the PPP cat on for short term can I avoid a remap? Am planning a remap but was wanting a HKS SSQV on first plus I need to save some pennies. Whats a rough cost on a rolling road map and where?

Worth a shot - but dont suppose youre considering selling up your widetrack any time soon? On the hunt for a clean black sti widetrack. As mentioned I have one lined up in a few weeks but am keen to keep options open

Cheers Carl

It's cheaper if you get it done by one of the well known mappers up here. Andy Kindon in Chester Le Street runs a mapping day every 6-8 weeks with Bob Rawle and GIPA in Boldon runs a mapping session with Andy Forrest every couple of months as well. You can't go wrong with either.

oHUTCHYo wrote:

By god that is music to my ears, sounds nice.

So narrowed to Nur Spec or Raptor so far then. Both sounding good. If I keep the PPP cat on for short term can I avoid a remap? Am planning a remap but was wanting a HKS SSQV on first plus I need to save some pennies. Whats a rough cost on a rolling road map and where?

Worth a shot - but dont suppose youre considering selling up your widetrack any time soon? On the hunt for a clean black sti widetrack. As mentioned I have one lined up in a few weeks but am keen to keep options open

Here is the vid that convinced me to go nur spec
https://youtu.be/jBTJUAEhe3g
Remap not needed unless you remove the downpipe cat, ran my nur spec for a while with the cat in before finally going catless...much louder catless tho
Nah not planning on selling anytime soon mate, but if I do I'll give you a shout
As above can't go wrong with Bob Rawle or Andy Forrest

if you want noise and your not afraid and not a pussy there is only one exhaust and that is the rcm team ice exhaust

Beast !!!

andybish wrote:

if you want noise and your not afraid and not a pussy there is only one exhaust and that is the rcm team ice exhaust

+1 

Marietto wrote:

oHUTCHYo wrote:

Cheers Chris, never heard of the Raptor.  Will look on youtube.

Slight correction but found out it IS PPP, not sure if that makes a difference?

Awesome exhaust - but if you go decat you will need a remap

The Afterburner Raptor is the new version of the much loved Afterburner Vortex (the Raptor has a slightly deeper note apparently).  If you are looking to buy 2nd hand you might have more chance of finding a Vortex than a Raptor and they tend to go for a decent price. I had a Vortex on my Blob for a while and it was superb, I only changed it for the sake of neighbourly consideration and I wish I hadnt, althought my TSL exhaust was also very nice, check them out too. Afterburner systems are made for Scoobyworld by the guys at Hayward & Scott who are legendary themselves. Whatever you get if you stick to the well known makes you'll be able to sell any of them on very easily, so you can chop and change till you find what you want. Although as others have said if you fully decat the car, then the sound changes again and may have a more severe effect on one pipe versus another. Happy hunting.

Revolution system few scooby running them

Nurspec for noise abouts £200 secondhand

Depends if every use or werkend you

Hoping to find a used Nur Spec

Good choice

I have nur spec on classic, fully decatted and its ridiculously loud lol

I tried one of them decibel apps and it idles at 103db lmao

Not many people like it that loud but I do, it's a subaru it's got to be heard lol

My logic is I'll spend money on something I'll be dissapointed in because its not loud enough. I'd rather go for the loudest and work backwards as the novelty wears off, as appears to be common with the Nur Spec

Lol I use my nur spec everyday and still not bored of it

You running any sort of BOV with it or not? Im 32 now and wont rest until Ive owned something 350+ bhp that goes bwaaarrrp-tsssst lol

Thinking of a HKS SSQV

Yeah I have the forge duel piston BOV mate, sounds nice but the hks one sounds nice too, probably would have one but I just prefer the look of the forge one.

Not much required to get 350bhp on a widetrack, mines been running 347 for 2 years with no issues at all, now in the process of going to 400 bhp

My forge dv

I'm running no dump valve chatter ftw lol

Wish I could do that too mate, current turbo won't take it tho lol!