If you participate in sanctioned autocross, won't an exhaust mod change your class? The OEM exhaust performs pretty well and it is heavy BUT, the weight is down low. IMO cutting 30# up higher in the car would benefit handling greater than down low.

 

Put 30lbs of something in your passenger seat and see if you can tell the difference.

I seriously doubt it...

Again, spending $2000 on an exhaust that weighs a little less makes great sense if you're racing and .01 second per lap is important.

But for a street-driven car it's just insane.

 

Your just paying for the name so you can say you own one.

 

Yup, Tanabe seems like my likely route now.

Thanks everyone!

 

Besides the sound/noise issue I would be curious what kind of longevity,(years of use) owners are getting out of individual exhaust systems with everything being equal. Sometimes the lightest also equals the least life expectancy in my experience, what is your experience?

 

Best bang for the buck would be Greddy Ti-C, weight about 10 lbs, however its a dual, these go for around $700.

 

Poor us s2k owners have to spend SO MUCH FREAKING $$$$ to just get a LITTLE BIT OF gain....

 

All full Ti exhausts will break -- Ti isn't flexible.

It's very brittle.
And expensive.


...but it's very light -- and weight does matter
(although I highly doubt the Greddy Ti-C weighs in at "around 10lbs. - unless be around 10 lbs you mean 19 or 20lbs... )



I wouldn't trade my full Ti cat-back single for anything --
it's quiet, light, and has a "well tuned" caterwaul



I've run mine for about 40,000 miles with one re-weld and only a mellowing of the sound.
(and when I've put the OEM back on, well, the lost of throttle response made me sad...)

 

who cares if you can tell the weight difference, what matters is if your car can tell the weight difference, which it can,

I'm a bit of a weight freak. I'm down to 2,708lb wet with driver and I've removed quite a bit of stuff and put on some new CF mods, If I was blindfolded and driving I could easily tell if someone is in the car with me.

 

With any moderately powered car like this, you can tell when another 160lb +/- person is in the car. But, not as easily as you can tell when $2000 is missing from your bank acct.

Personally, unless someone buys me a nice exhaust as a suprise, I would never put one on an S2000. The power per dollar is a joke. And the sound isn't worth squat to me.