What have you done to your MSP today?

[MS3_KIDD]

i picked up some touch up paint from my dealer 2day and some 2000grit sand paper and goin to start wet sanding some scratches 2morro =]

[protegerider]

thinking about buying 1moreMPH's Apexi R1 exhaust. any opinions? should i go for it or wait for the 80mm corksport to be produced?

[mp3-79bronco]

3 inch is 3 inch...hell 2.5 is plenty for your setup...yes three will help you once your in boost, but itll take some of your low end away

[protegerider]

yeah but the Apexi R1 is $550 shipped, whereas the Corksport will be around $450.

[TheDirtyGoatee]

I know its been over a year but you just have to remember what my car sounded like. I had a 2.4" corksport pipe into a custom resonator and then 2.25" exiting right in front of the wheel. Sure it was a little on the loud side but nothing bad at all.

Also this can only help the car as it will let it breathe easier. Depending on what you eliminate and what diamete pipe you go you may see some decent gains.

I am trying to recall the sound but it's hard to. Like I asked in my original post, will this require an ECU upgrade/flash or will it run just fine without such a mod?

[mp3-79bronco]

i got a j pipe back 2.5 inch full exhaust custom made for 140 bucks...( i supplied the muffler)

[TheDirtyGoatee]

Also, I had a guy tell me that because the MSP's turbo is recirulating (it is isn't it?) that a blow off valve would cause the turbo to fail more rapidly than normal. Let me get you into the frame of reference here. We were at a meet and a dude in an older STI drove by and had some major pssshht sounds of a BOV. I said "Hell, I could do that with a BOV." Obviously not on stock plastic pipes.

The question here being, was he right? Obviously not on stock pipes but if I got a hard pipe kit and wound up going with BOV would my turbo die quicker?

[TheDirtyGoatee]

i got a j pipe back 2.5 inch full exhaust custom made for 140 bucks...( i supplied the muffler)

Where the hell at?

Screw the muffler.

[xDJ DUBx]

Where the hell at?

Screw the muffler.

Any muffler shop but its very hard to find a good shop that'll do it right, I had a chop n weld exhaust and when I took it off, I had so many exhaust leaks it was insane.

[zoom 79gc]

Shame you guys don't live closer to me, I have at least 3 guys who paint for a living here and do excellent work and very reasonable prices

[sause]

cleaned my windows, looking at tint prices now.

[Laser Blue]

Also, I had a guy tell me that because the MSP's turbo is recirulating (it is isn't it?) that a blow off valve would cause the turbo to fail more rapidly than normal. Let me get you into the frame of reference here. We were at a meet and a dude in an older STI drove by and had some major pssshht sounds of a BOV. I said "Hell, I could do that with a BOV." Obviously not on stock plastic pipes.

The question here being, was he right? Obviously not on stock pipes but if I got a hard pipe kit and wound up going with BOV would my turbo die quicker?

Yes... the stock turbo uses a bypass valve (BPV) and is a fully re-circulating setup. And yes... you could go with hardpipes and put a blowoff valve (BOV) on the cold pipe. There are all kinds of pics on the forum from MSP owners who have done so. For example, If you can find Justin Lansdale's vid on youtube you can hear his BOV.

Will the BOV cause the turbo to die? Hard to say... turbos die. When they do, it can be hard to determine why. I think its more likely that turbos die on MSP's with BOV's because the people with modded setups tend to run the boost higher... more pressure in the system means more pressure ON the system.

[pavone]

^^^ im gonna go with no a blow off will not cause the turbo to die quicker in any case..unless of course the bov is not working. the purpose of the bov and the bpv are both to release pressure which they are both doing and need to do. otherwise yea, the turbo is gonna fail. (bov and bpv both allow the turbo to slow down without air slamming back into the fins)

[TheDirtyGoatee]

OK... see that's what I thought. I was like "WTF!? How would a BOV cause a turbo to die quicker?" Thanks for the input.

[Ricktalife]

OK... see that's what I thought. I was like "WTF!? How would a BOV cause a turbo to die quicker?" Thanks for the input.

yes i think somebody was pulling your leg.