A good friend of mine

[TMR Net Shark]

Just gave me his test pipe for my car to use! And he said that he'll give it to me for $50 if I want to keep it. So I have a few questions...

1. It will throw the check engine light, will it not? And if it does.. will my RPMs be limited?

2. About how much more HP will I be getting? 10-15ish?

3. Will it make my car sound ricy? Because I already have straight pipes from the original cat and it sounds amazingly low and mean... I just don't want rice.

4. Will I join the 200 hp club with that test pipe, straight pipes, and CAI?

[CanyonDriver]

you might get a check engine light but nothing will be limited. you'll get about 1-2 hp. you only get big gains from test pipes on cars running lots of boost. it might sound a little raspy, but not too different. if you make 200whp from those mods then the dyno is reading really high. more like 190whp.

[TMR Net Shark]

Originally Posted by CanyonDriver

you might get a check engine light but nothing will be limited. you'll get about 1-2 hp. you only get big gains from test pipes on cars running lots of boost. it might sound a little raspy, but not too different. if you make 200whp from those mods then the dyno is reading really high. more like 190whp.

That's what I was thinking about that much. I know stock my car made 182 hp at the wheels. I think the straight pipes helped though. And only 1-2 hp gain?

[Gr3y Goose]

yeah with cai, and exhaust with test pipe youll probably be give or take 190 to the wheel. and you will get a CEL

[nachobel]

Originally Posted by Gr3y Goose

yeah with cai, and exhaust with test pipe youll probably be give or take 190 to the wheel. and you will get a CEL

Why do people bother? Seems like an expensive inconvenience to me.