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I own a 1988 subaru brumby and am looking at upgrading to a performance exhaust although I can not fine any pre made exhausts on the web (only eBay except they were not any better than what I have at the moment ) just wondering was other Subaru owners have done ? Any advice or information is a help

Thanks Sam

wogboy95 wrote:I own a 1988 subaru brumby and am looking at upgrading to a performance exhaust although I can not fine any pre made exhausts on the web (only eBay except they were not any better than what I have at the moment ) just wondering was other Subaru owners have done ? Any advice or information is a help

Thanks Sam

are you going to include the headers in this upgrade?
although i dont have one personally on my brumby (would like to in the future) i would say 2 1/4 inch would be the go, would go any bigger.
your exhaust shop would be able to tell you the options with high flow cats etc

thunder039 wrote:are you going to include the headers in this upgrade?
although i dont have one personally on my brumby (would like to in the future) i would say 2 1/4 inch would be the go, would go any bigger.
your exhaust shop would be able to tell you the options with high flow cats etc

Yes I am looking at a complete system if the price is right, if not just going from the cat back. I live in a small country town and don't really trust the local shop but I suppose if you can't buy one you don't really have much choice

Cheers for the suggestion

normally cat back is the go 2 or 2 1/4 with a resonator and muffler is enough to make it breath any good pipe shop can bend and fit this for you. the only twin header pipes i have seen came of a ej motor i think there is one on ebay

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Subaru-fores ... 954wt_1139

alang wrote:normally cat back is the go 2 or 2 1/4 with a resonator and muffler is enough to make it breath any good pipe shop can bend and fit this for you. the only twin header pipes i have seen came of a ej motor i think there is one on ebay

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Subaru-fores ... 954wt_1139

Thanks mate, it was just that I was after a pre made exhause (like u can get for a commodore ) and just bolt up yourself ?

There won't be any off the shelf items. And you need to trust your exhaust shop, or find another one that you do.

Do a search on the forum, it'll bring up a pot load of other exhaust questions but if you hit the right words to search for you might find your pot of gold.

Personally I wouldn't go any bigger than 2 inch on the EA81. Get a set of L series Y pipes, I've heard that these are better than the EA81 MY's set that came from the factory. Do the cat back system, it'll be cheaper, easier and get the same results as a custom set of Y pipes.

Get the right exhaust shop and they should be able to work out the resonator/muffler combination that will give you the free flow you're after and get that subi beats note going on as well.

Cheers

Bennie

You could get a "stock" lukey sports exhaust. That is DIY, like the commies.
Bolts straight on.

Brumby Kid wrote:You could get a "stock" lukey sports exhaust. That is DIY, like the commies.
Bolts straight on.

Thanks for the advice Bennie

And brumby kid I am looking on the web at the moment and can't seem to find a lukey exhause to fit a Subaru brumby :/ if possible a link would be a great help

Brumby Kid wrote:You could get a "stock" lukey sports exhaust. That is DIY, like the commies.
Bolts straight on.

Exhaust or rear muffler? There's a big difference!

Cheers

Bennie

El_Freddo wrote:Exhaust or rear muffler? There's a big difference!

Cheers

Bennie

Very true, I am after a complete system or cat back not sure yet looks like I will just have to get one made up at our local shop :/

if your on a budget from the end of the y pipes will be good enough
what is the stock size of the exhaust in a brumby eg 2 inch?

thunder039 wrote:if your on a budget from the end of the y pipes will be good enough
what is the stock size of the exhaust in a brumby eg 2 inch?

1.75 I believe.

Don't expect any performance improvement other than in your head. I run both factory exhaust and a 2" sports custom made. No discernable performance between the two. Mind you, when I went from factory to custom no resonator/hotdog there was no more chugging idle when choked start

Yeah a full exhaust. I looked in their catalog at Autobarn. I asked them what they had and they looked in their book. A full lukey exhaust for a brumby.

Silverbullet wrote:1.75 I believe.

sounds about right, 2inch will allow it breath a little better then

For what is is worth here is the link to my custom exhaust


showthread.php?t=18378&page=6

Running just the one rear lukey muffler with 2 1/4" inch pipe (1 1/4" y pipe)