Analysis Paralysis: Exhaust Choices

[nx91notch]

Was seriously considering a catless titanium VE setup. Does anyone know if ARH will sell their catless mid pipe and will it mate up with this catback and the stock manifolds?

This is the route I may be thinking of going. Staying with stock manifolds (for now at least) but going with HFC's and the VE titanium exhaust if it will all work together.

[Vibert]

This is the route I may be thinking of going. Staying with stock manifolds (for now at least) but going with HFC's and the VE titanium exhaust if it will all work together.

I know that jonB sells HFCs that will go between the manifolds and catback. Not too many options out there for midpipes (I think that's the right term)

[The_Ruski_Driver]

the HFCs will mate to the stock system? No additional tuning needed?

[nx91notch]

the HFCs will mate to the stock system? No additional tuning needed?

You will probably need to run the Arrow PCM but I already have plans to do so.

[Ggrrady]

My ACR-E should be ready in the next 30 days, but i am still gonna keep the Jag for this:

https://youtu.be/Al-3S-LZKdI

[Vibert]

I went with ARH 3" exhaust on mine, but I did that because I like how docile it is. There are MUCH louder and more exotic exhaust options, if I were to go nuts on it I would do the Viper Exchange TI and Agency power TI setup, I love the pitch change titanium offers.

Is the ARH system considered as being on the tame side among the popular options of Belanger, corsa, and agency power? I wish I had access to real life examples. YouTube videos just don't convey it.

[Vibert]

Corsa hasn't been all that popular for the Gen Vs has it? I've heard it on previous generations and it sounded good but on the Vs I thought there was a decent sized group that weren't happy with it.

If I could do that it all over I'd go with the Bellanger High Flow cat setup and skip headers altogether. It was a costly mistake to melt my O2s and even though they've now been wrapped I'll still always wonder. Combine that with a leaky passenger side ARH header that I'm currently in the process of fixing for the 4th time (2 dealer attempts, 2 on me) and I question if it's worth it. Then again I am constantly told by others that my setup sounds great (ARH, HF cats, stock mufflers) so I'm giving it one last fix/try with them.

Was everything heat wrapped when they were first installed? Or did they melt despite being wrapped? Would like headers but I'm really hesitant because of reported heat/melting issues.

[Voice of Reason]

Was everything heat wrapped when they were first installed? Or did they melt despite being wrapped? Would like headers but I'm really hesitant because of reported heat/melting issues.

Only the rear wires were wrapped as they turned the corner. But it's ALL wrapped now!

[yellowmz3]

Sorry for dredging up an older post, but for those of us who DON'T want headers and just want a cat-back option, what options are there, just Corsa?

[Junkie]

Is the ARH system considered as being on the tame side among the popular options of Belanger, corsa, and agency power? I wish I had access to real life examples. YouTube videos just don't convey it.

IMO yes, the ARH 3" setup is very mild in comparison. I love it

[sadil]

Any videos of the VE Titanium catback with stock cats?

[Vibert]

Any videos of the VE Titanium catback with stock cats?

I'd like to hear/see that too, but I am unaware of such a video.

[FLATOUT]

I have done a couple like that in the shop but haven't recorded any video. Next time I do one I'll post it up here. We just did two more Ti catbacks with ARH headers and high flows. On the louder side but I love the sound.

Andy