Pictures and Sound of Borla Header, Custom Exhaust (2.5i)

[frostbite3360]

Okay, so heres a look at my setup from underneath my 2005 2.5i. It was on a lift at Meineke so I took the oppurtunity to take some pictures.

In an earlier thread about exhaust rattle, someone with a 2.5i said the Borla header would hit a steering line, causing a metal on metal vibration to occur. After all this was installed over a month ago, theres been a rattle ever since. So I figured this might be the case. After the guys at Meineke inspected my exhaust, they said a resinator and a spring kit between the nuts where the catalytic converter and exhaust met up would solve the problem. They had 4 guys overlook the exhaust and they all thought this would solve it.

When they brought me out to show me what needed to be done, I went underneath my car to where the Header was cause I never got a clean view to see if the steering cable really was hitting the header. And sure enough, it was. All four guys missed it, but luckily I knew what to look for and brought it to their attention. They repositioned the steering line so it wouldnt hit the header anymore. I told them not to put in the resinator yet, I wanted to see if repositioning the steering line alone would get rid of the rattle.

For the most part, this has solved that annoying rattle. My exhaust is still pretty damn loud, and I'll probably look into getting a resinator in the near future to tone down the popping and crackling that comes with it. But I like how it sounds now.

What's installed you ask?

- The header is by Borla, and I believe its meant for an early 2000's model WRX. But as you can see, it fits on perfectly.

- The Catalytic Converter is made by Random Tech. It's basically the least restrictive Catalytic Converter you can get. It's basically all open air, so I'm pretty much catless at the moment and have no resinator.

- The muffler installed is by Flowmaster.

 

Here's a link to how it all sounds. This is my cell phone recording from right underneath my muffler.

http://www.mediafire.com/?84vj1pzaixz

 

Here's the pictures from the Header back to the Muffler

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd152/frostbite3360/Picture022.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd152/frostbite3360/Picture035.jpg

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd152/frostbite3360/Picture049.jpg