This is my car with a K&N + Z-tube and more importantly my new Tanabe Super Medallion Hyper.

http://rapidshare.de/files/4005350/Mvi_3180.avi.html

Let me know what you think of it, sorry for the poor quality.

Thanks!

 

sounds good

 

The stock muffler weighs a noticeable amount more than the Tanabe. I didn't have a means to properly weigh the two, but just by holding them it's easily apparent. Both mid-pipes are pretty light so it was harder to tell a difference, slight edge to the Tanabe. The Tanabe's mid-pipe is noticeably straighter also which I'm assuming would provide for better flow. The piping also seems to be marginally wider.

Install:

About 1 and a half hours. The hardest part was getting the old exhaust off. There's not much room under the car with just ramps. We had to put the ratchet on the bolt then basically kick it to get the bolt loose. To get the hangers off we greased them up and used all our strength to get them off. Fun stuff. After the old exhaust was off it only took literally 15 minutes to bolt on the new exhaust. Everything fits pretty well. It's kind of confusing where to put the ground because the screw Tanabe provided isn't long enough to put both bolts on (How did you do this CarFanatic56?).

First Impressions:

The first time I turned the car on it was pretty quiet at idle. Quieter than stock I'd say. The Tanabe comes with a new muffler packing material called Advantex which is supposedly superior to fiberglass, etc. All I know about it is that it smokes/smells like a mother f***er for the first 50-100 miles. My idling RPM also seemed to have dropped from about 700-800 to 500-600.

The video I provided above is just after we had it installed. At WOT inside the cabin it's louder than stock but not a ridiculous amount. The sound is also deeper. Outside the cabin is where a difference is really noticed. I was shocked when I had my friend do a flyby at the sound of it because after hearing it inside the cabin I didn't think it'd be a big difference. The thing just screams--it sounds sick. My crappy digicam really can't capture it.

Impressions 3 days later:

It is now louder than stock at startup, deeper too. The smoke is long gone as is the smell. It has a nice deep tone from 1-3k RPMs. Higher than that it just begins to scream. I think I feel a slight increase in power in the higher RPM band. Down low it's harder to tell. My butt-dyno tells me about 5hp.

Overall:

I'm happy with my purchase. I got it for $589.95 shipped from www.mach1car.com which is the best price out there. My favorite part about it is the sound. I've gotten nothing but compliments and people are wowed by it. My least favorite part is the 4.5" tips. They're about .5" too big for my tastes. They're slowly growing on me but it's going to take a while. It's a matter of personal preference really.

I hope this was informative and pictures will come soon after I get them transferred on my other PC.

Feel free to ask any questions.

Thanks.

 

don't be like everyone else with the Fuji, join the Tanabe club like me and lkmbrd.....

 

Here are some pics of the install.

 

Here are some after pics. The 100KB limit really kills the quality of the pics.

 

do I have to sign up to veiw the vid???

 

Lookin real good. But could you possibly make a vid of the car starting up...and revving it slowly to really capture how deep the sound is. This exhaust does sound alot like the FUJI...but i just want to make sure before i make a final decision.

 

never mind got it lol....wow $589.95 does that include y pipe or up to y pipe...sounds nice!!! do you have a vid at idle...thanks!!

 

It's a muffler and mid-pipe. It connects to your stock Y-pipe.

Here's a crappy video at idle/reving a little. It sounds better in person, my camera sucks.

http://rapidshare.de/files/4096750/MVI_3187.AVI.html

 

wow that sounds sooo goooddd... so you stil have your stock y pipe correct?

 

Veeeery nice! I like it, sounds a whole lot like my Fuji.

Dont be hatin on my Fuji carfanatic56....

 

sounds good....

here's the tanabe on my car:

 

Yes, stock Y pipe, stock cats.

 

Love to hear the downshift.