So last weekend I finally got my Asura dual oval exhaust on. A few things; a lot of this review is subjective of course, so be your own judge as well. Also, unfortunately I don't have the extra money right now to get onto a real dyno, so I've tried to turn my ass into a dynojet. That being said, these are my thoughts:

Pricetag: $1299 shipped (Before tax if your a CA resident)

Looks/Quality - 9/10: To me this is what I think the car should look like in terms of the exhaust and how it flows with the car. The ovals are slightly larger, the oval lips are thinner, and it sits just a smidge higher to eliminate what I thought was a gap slightly too large between the exhaust and bumper. The quality of metal, and it's polish are phenomenal. It blings without excessively sticking out. The welding is second to none, icing on the cake.

Performance - ?/10 (9/10): The ? is because I can't give an entirely accurate answer, the 9 is my butt dyno opinion. You can feel it breathe better in the lower end, there's definitely an increase in pull, and there's an obvious increase in going to 4500. From 4500-7500 or so is when you definitely see an increase of power, getting into vtec from 4500 was noticeably quicker. Asura claims ~12-15hp dyno increase when tuned, and from the feel of my ass I would guesstimate I've gained 8/9 slapping it on and resetting my ecu. I can't see his claims of it tuned to be far from the truth, but I don't have any factual data to back that up. -1 point because... you can always get more!

Sound - Infinity/10: My whole quest to choose an exhaust started with what I wanted my car to sound like. After a whole lot of reading I came across this gem, found a video and matched exactly what I wanted. This was the factor for me, that personally justified the price tag, the nice gains are an added bonus. That being said, the only way I can explain it is the sound of a demonic hellbound I-4. But you be the judge.

Fitment 8.5/10: It goes on easy, and beautifully. He supplies all the gaskets and hardware that's needed with some really nice bolts. The only fitment issue for me was the mid hanger. It was possible for me to get the hanger on with the bushing, but to me and my roommate it was unsettling to sit snug on the under body. Whether there's any warrants to those concerns or not, I'm not sure. That being said; there's real no need for it anyway but I gotta give the truth.

Pictures/Video:
Unfortunately with conflicting schedules it's been impossible to get someone to get on the outside, and I got tired of waiting. The first video is of some revving, the second one is WOT through third gear.

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Also I forgot to add: Asura is a great business man. Prompt to answer every e-mail / call, and never failed to keep me updated. +++ guy

 

In for more pics of the exhaust on the car. What size is the piping?

 

It's 3", and I will get more pics up later on. My internet was going insane last night and everytime I tried to upload anything at a fast rate my net would crash LOL, so I just linked from my facebook

 

3' that split into (2) 3' pipes?

 

I have installed this system before on a members car (Mother) and I must say it is a QUALITY exhaust. We didnt have any fitment issues what so ever. I wonder if that hanger got bent in shipping or tweaked during welding.

 

I don't wanna give any inaccurate information, but I don't remember the piping being any different but I didn't take any measurements. When I'm under for the cat next week I can take some but maybe Asura will pop in this thread to answer that question.

There's a possibility that either of these are true. Like I wrote, it wasnt impossible to have it on, but it would have been extremely snug on the underbody. Since the hanger wasn't necessary to begin with me and my roommate didn't feel comfortable sitting like that, but I'm not sure if thats A) how it's supposed to sit and B) If that'd even be an issue. Otherwise everything was spot on.

 

Thanks for posting this up

It is a 3" mid-pipe that Y-splits to two 2.5" pipes to the mufflers.

 

Sounds like the bumblebee drone on an automatic neon.

How can you even think this sounds good?

 

Driving I disagree. I need to mess around with the settings on my d5000 for video and without wind noise. Also once I get the cat on, it should eliminate some cabin noise but it's fine for me. When you're constant on the throttle you can barely hear it. I'll post a new one up tonight if I can.
For what it's worth my roommate who installed it has been around cars his whole life. Started off with a crx, and is now driving a STi. Neither of us have never knocked honda's cars but never had an appreciation for that "bumblebee" sound as you describe. When I asked him what it sounded like on the outside his words were, "It's deep, it growls.... it doesn't sound like a Honda". But to each their own *shrug*