Trying to figure out what route to go for a more characteristic subaru sound than stock mufflers.

So far the nicest clip we've found is the link below.

Not sure if what they did would be cost effective.

Would love any suggestions and sound clips!!

 

 

 

 

Edited January 22, 201610 yr by Kbsubie

Bash out your cat, straight pipe to a decent muffler in the back. 2.25 after the header.

Generally any of the "performance" (fart can) mufflers off of ebay etc. will give you some nice throaty Subaru growl. If you're wanting the signature sound, you don't have to pay much. Performance overall seems to lag more with the big expensive exhausts on these cars. Open muffler will give you plenty of sound.

 

You'll love it for at least 3 hours until the headache sets in and you can't use your CD player anymore.

Subie growl is easy to get. A glasspack right behind the cat, and a decent muffler in the stock location. Some 2" pipe between them, and a 2.5" resonator tip. Nothing expensive or exotic required

By behind are you saying before, or after the cat, exhaust flow-wise. Also would just replacing the cat with a glass pack have the same effect you think?

After the cat. I never recommend anyone hollow, or remove a catalytic converter. Mostly cause i dont know where they live, or what hoops the have to jump thru to get inspections, or registrations. Where i live, its no holds barred on the exhaust. We dont have safety, or emissions to pass. I know its tough in some places, so i leave that up to whoever is doing the mods.

 

That said, all my current cars are "emissions legal" in most areas...visually anyway

Found this sound clip of my former coupe.  It is running a full stainless 2 inch exhaust from the heads all the way to the tailpipe.  There is a high flow Cat on there as well.  Muffler is a standard parts store Magnaflow.  Its got a nice deep growl.  Ask its new owner what he thinks .  

 

I installed a 2" exhaust from the Y-pipe back with a SS Magnaflow many years ago. I really like the sound of the Magnaflow. Not very loud in cab at all but sounds awesome when my wife was leaving the house in it to pick up flowers at the nursery.

cut off the exhaust with a sawzall just after the hanger in the back, in front of the axles. Best sound you'll get on the ea82, ej22 as well. Leave the cat.

cut off the exhaust with a sawzall just after the hanger in the back, in front of the axles. Best sound you'll get on the ea82, ej22 as well. Leave the cat.

Make sure to keep stocked up on ibuprofen 

 

Even at 17 I had to throw the muffler back on my 99 LGT, headaches everytime I drove

Generally any of the "performance" (fart can) mufflers off of ebay etc. will give you some nice throaty Subaru growl. If you're wanting the signature sound, you don't have to pay much. Performance overall seems to lag more with the big expensive exhausts on these cars. Open muffler will give you plenty of sound.

 

You'll love it for at least 3 hours until the headache sets in and you can't use your CD player anymore.

^

CD player always goes for some reason. Then people look because of the sound and realize you are in fact not a teenaged boy. 

Just cut my cat out, replaced it with a cherry bomb, then threw a Honda muffler on the end. TOO QUIET! Back to the drawing board.

Just cut my cat out, replaced it with a cherry bomb, then threw a Honda muffler on the end. TOO QUIET! Back to the drawing board.

Pics? Been wondering a way to get rid of my gutted cat

Nothing fancy, just cut it out and weld something in it's place lol