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how does everyone like their tsc exhaust. ive heard its heavy but sounds really good. it sounded really nice on the sound clip....but what is everyones opinion on it. how does it compare in weight to other exhausts? thanks guys and girls
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Rep Power: 0 dont know what it really matters on weight, your making it out like the weight of your muffler matters? How much does your car actually weigh compared toe the weight difference between teh DC Sports and the other brands available? I have one and i think that the best way to describe it is that its the most innovative and eye catching exhaust available for our car. im always being asked what the deal with it is, and that it fits the car so perfect. no other exhaust fits our car like it was meant to be there like this one does. OEM body kit or not it still fits like a glove and looks tight as well, you get the idea... sound of the exhaust absolutely rocks over all others, low grumble, great tune inside the cabin, rarely need to use the stereo because of the shear enjoyment of listening to your own car running...
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Rep Power: 0 thanks for the info man. the reason i wanted to know the weight is because ive heard that it is really heavy because of the twin canisters or whatever.......the lighter the car the faster. did you notice any increase in performance? im planning on geting a header at the same time. thanks again man
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Rep Power: 375 Get Tanabe Rspec...the best sounding and looking IMO sounds deep and looks great all stainless steel and has a straight through design more so than any others out there
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[hr]Originally posted by: OmegaBlue2k1
sound of the exhaust absolutely rocks over all others, low grumble, great tune inside the cabin, rarely need to use the stereo because of the shear enjoyment of listening to your own car running...[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: OmegaBlue2k1
sound of the exhaust absolutely rocks over all others, low grumble, great tune inside the cabin, rarely need to use the stereo because of the shear enjoyment of listening to your own car running...[hr]
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i've got the tcs on my car and it sounds great....deep mellow humm...gets kinda loud at higher rpms and u can feel it vibrate the whole car...anyways...i like it...but i soon will be one less member with a tcs, for i am getting the Apexi N1 catback....
the reason for this....well the only reason i am doing this is because the dyno chart in the dcsports catalog shows that our cars lose torque and hp with the tcs....i thought it was a misprint, but it does lose power...significant loss? no....but enough to feel a difference...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
the reason for this....well the only reason i am doing this is because the dyno chart in the dcsports catalog shows that our cars lose torque and hp with the tcs....i thought it was a misprint, but it does lose power...significant loss? no....but enough to feel a difference...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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[hr]Originally posted by: PaCiFiKbAllA
i've got the tcs on my car and it sounds great....deep mellow humm...gets kinda loud at higher rpms and u can feel it vibrate the whole car...anyways...i like it...but i soon will be one less member with a tcs, for i am getting the Apexi N1 catback....
the reason for this....well the only reason i am doing this is because the dyno chart in the dcsports catalog shows that our cars lose torque and hp with the tcs....i thought it was a misprint, but it does lose power...significant loss? no....but enough to feel a difference...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG][hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: PaCiFiKbAllA
i've got the tcs on my car and it sounds great....deep mellow humm...gets kinda loud at higher rpms and u can feel it vibrate the whole car...anyways...i like it...but i soon will be one less member with a tcs, for i am getting the Apexi N1 catback....
the reason for this....well the only reason i am doing this is because the dyno chart in the dcsports catalog shows that our cars lose torque and hp with the tcs....i thought it was a misprint, but it does lose power...significant loss? no....but enough to feel a difference...[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG][hr]
i wouldnt want to add a muffler and lose anything... id rather just stay stock
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Rep Power: 375 lose Hp Greddy or Tanabe...Apex is good but Tanabe looks sweet on a car...check my memebers ride for a pic with Tanabe Rspec installed (saw a dyno chart and Tanabe came out on top with torque and Hp then came greddy then apex) FYI
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Rep Power: 0 no matter what exhaust you put on your car your gonna get some kind of loss..but its not too difficult to get it back.. get the tcs man..its definately worth the $$ and i doubt youll be disappointed at all
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Rep Power: 0 The loss is in the lower RPMs only. Import Tuner put the TCS to the dyno and it gains a big fat 1.8HP overall. I love mine, but it is heavy, no prob though just have a friend hold it up while you bolt it in.
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Rep Power: 0 Just installed mine last month....noticed a huge increase in acceleration ability...not so much concerned with the hp increase, just with if your car gets off the line faster, which it does with the TCS...
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Rep Power: 0 here's the deal... If you rcar is completely stock then YES the exhaust WILL make you lose HP, just like adding dual exhaust to a 4 banger....you lose your back pressure. Same goes with headers.. I still love the sound of an CAI, header, & exhaust combo....in all honesty an exhaust is mostly for show unless you have a big HP gain over stock....
but you gotta love that sound!!
but you gotta love that sound!!
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Rep Power: 0 But then how come the DC sports civc with header intake and exhaust gains 5HP over stock, while the DC sports RSX-S gains just 20HP over stock, according to import tuner and honda tuning. So we still get something, just our cars don't respond well to mods. The TCS on the RSX-S gives it 6HP.
That car is already fast, it's just not fair
That car is already fast, it's just not fair
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Rep Power: 318 its me again...i'm just gonna change from tcs to apexi n1...i aint got nothin against the dc exhaust....i just wanna see how it improves...if it improves anything at all....i gotta change my cam setting back to 0 to feel any difference....the tcs is cool...and it sounds good too...i'd recommend it to anyone...
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Rep Power: 0 to clear up the thing about loss....
all stock exhaust systems are built to MAKE backpressure, backpressure= low end torque=good daily city driving power, easier to drive redlight to red light if you must. however, high rpm HP is lost because of this. most people who want an exhaust, want the power, thus, the pipe is usually enlarged, and accompanied by a straight through muffler. this reduces backpressure, and low end torque, but makes upper end HP. for every gain, is a saccrifice.
all stock exhaust systems are built to MAKE backpressure, backpressure= low end torque=good daily city driving power, easier to drive redlight to red light if you must. however, high rpm HP is lost because of this. most people who want an exhaust, want the power, thus, the pipe is usually enlarged, and accompanied by a straight through muffler. this reduces backpressure, and low end torque, but makes upper end HP. for every gain, is a saccrifice.
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[hr]Originally posted by: EternalVTEC
to clear up the thing about loss....
all stock exhaust systems are built to MAKE backpressure, backpressure= low end torque=good daily city driving power, easier to drive redlight to red light if you must. however, high rpm HP is lost because of this. most people who want an exhaust, want the power, thus, the pipe is usually enlarged, and accompanied by a straight through muffler. this reduces backpressure, and low end torque, but makes upper end HP. for every gain, is a saccrifice.[hr]
[hr]Originally posted by: EternalVTEC
to clear up the thing about loss....
all stock exhaust systems are built to MAKE backpressure, backpressure= low end torque=good daily city driving power, easier to drive redlight to red light if you must. however, high rpm HP is lost because of this. most people who want an exhaust, want the power, thus, the pipe is usually enlarged, and accompanied by a straight through muffler. this reduces backpressure, and low end torque, but makes upper end HP. for every gain, is a saccrifice.[hr]
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