2016 LX Manual mods

[saiyan1485]

Im thinking about getting straight pipes and this..

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004TRXMFK/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=AULY02GIQQ1O3

Will this give me better sound and some more hp? Im not trying to get too crazy with my car i just need the right push. Also thinking about going 2" on the pipes.

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[dominican]

I would probably not do that, but what you can do is bypass the two mufflers in the back, have a welder chop those two off, and install two straight pipes coming off the back for that nicer look/better sound. It will likely not increase HP, we'll have to wait for the aftermarket to catch up and make exhausts for our cars that we can back up with tunes.

 

[pwschuh]

You cannot tell what an exhaust system is going to sound like until you install it and listen to it. That makes buying straight pipe and mufflers off the Internet problematic. That's also why exhaust manufacturers spend money on engineering kits for specific cars so that they can tune the sound. I also recommend waiting until someone makes a cat-back kit specifically tuned to your car/engine. Whether or not you gain any power depends upon how restrictive the factory exhaust really is. That's the other benefit of waiting for an aftermarket kit as these manufacturers also have the resources to dyno test their systems to prove there is a power benefit. I wouldn't change my exhaust just for a different sound. I would only do it if there was a non-trivial power increase (i.e., more than 5 HP).

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