Marco

Hey Rev,
I really would love to hear your in depth insight on your 5zigen exhaust...
It is the exhaust that I am prob going to put on my car, so any important details would be greatly appreciated.... such as
weight
sound
gains...if any....losses if any
etc
thanks

turbo_pwr

That reminds me Rev, weren't you trying to get rid of it awhile back?

The Reverend

Yeah, I used to have an Injen intake on my car. Well, just about the time it started to get real hot out here in SoCal last spring/summer is when I got my 5zigen exhaust. Well, I started to notice the car just drove like shit. So I thought it was the exhaust and tried to sell it. I finally thought - well, I'll just TRY the stock intake with it. Must have made about 15 more hp right away. Since then I haven't been trying to sell it. Word from AKT Trading was that this was the only exhaust setup that 5zigen tried that made any power... I haven't dyno'ed it yet (I will soon), but it probably didn't make MUCH power. However, now that I'm back on the stock intake, I do believe it could have made 3-4 hp. Anyway, it's a nice system. Welds are good, quality is good, weight is light. It's a strange design though... it has a muffler that hides up in the bumper with no outlet - I guess it's for creating back pressure without creating a lot of resistance to flow. Anyway, the sound is very nice and not at all offensive or loud or anything. Actually, I take that back, my friends say when I blow by them at 8500 rpms it has a raspy blow-your-eardrums out jet airplane kind of sound. But all of that is outside the car. From inside (even with the top down) it's all good. And a little intimidation to others isn't so bad, is it? HTH