Mr. Bean

I know a test pipe alters the sound a bit... how much of a rice sound will I get. Sort of like a G35/350 or really ricey?

Second... does it make a difference if the test pipe is resonated will it help reduce the rice sound... or hinder any power gains?

Also... will I need the CEL fix to use it?

Thanks for any help,

Jason

xviper

"Sound" and the definition of "rice" is up to personal and individual interpretation so I won't touch that one.
As for the CEL, I believe this is stickied some place:

https://www.s2ki.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=229959

NFRS2kSi

i think that's called cataylic convertor known as CAT

boyguan

thats not true

a resonated test pipe is not the same as a cat.

id go with a resonated if you dont want to get a raspy sound. but i think the straight through pipe might give slightly better gains

jzz30

dont buy the megan. on numerous occasions i have seen then crack in half or all the way through. but they sound good though...

Wisconsin S2k

moving to S2ktalk

XclusiveAutosports

I was actually very surprised when I first put a testpipe on my car when it was NA. A non-resonated testpipe, just a straight piece of pipe sounded REALLY good when I was running an HKS exhaust. It sounded much more burbly sounding, more like a 350z for lack of a better comparison, not ricey at all. Its funny because I just installed testpipes on my bro's 350z, which are non-resonated and they are very raspy, but the S is not like that at all. Go with a straight testpipe (ie. non-resonated is fine) with a set of spark plug anti-foulers and you should be fine.

Mr. Bean

Spark plug anti-foulers can be found where?

vtec9

a straight pipe does make it sound more like a VQ exhaust.. that was my very 1st thought after installing it. Its slightly raspy, but definitely not ricey in my book. I like the sound a lot because you can actually hear the exhaust now over the sound of the engine screaming before it just sort of blended in.

now.. how to make it sound like an enzo with a tubi. thats the real question

xman03

I went with non-resonated, here's what it sounds like with stock exhaust and k&n fipk http://media.putfile.com/s2000-reving