Stock Exhaust for CTSC powered NSX?

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I wanted to go to a stock exhaust for my CTSC NSX to reduce engine noise.

I know it will affect HP, but it should still work with my CSTC right?

Also will a 95 OEM exhaust fit in my 94 NSX?

Thx!!!!
 
If you don't have cats on right now, it will make a HUGE difference putting them back on. Especially if you are running non-resonated.
 
The 95 exhaust will directly fit your 94.
 
What about a cut-out? I am thinking of trying it to maintain the OEM exhaust. Electric of course. It seems they get filthy after so many miles, but I figure I would just install it into the test pipe, so that removal and maintenance were easy.
 
I've heard it's not a good idea to run a restrictive exhaust with a blower, which is why I sold the pride v2. That was advice from shad. I know many people do it, I just didn't want to take any risk with my engine.
 
Consider this. Naturally aspirated engines run at 14~psi of "boost" naturally. The air that fills the cylinder on those engines is pushed in by atmospheric pressure, the same way our lungs are able to fill with air.

If you add a blower/turbocharger, and add "boost pressure", you are supplementing the atmosphere. So 1psi of boost is actually 15~psi total (at sea level). Imagine the seas drained, and we could drive below sea level, where pressure increases, you would be adding "boost", exactly the same as when we drive into the mountains, we lose "boost". You wouldn't hear anybody say "dont drive below sea level with a restrictive exhaust" if you catch my meaning.

The only thing that would concern me is if you had a built engine with a big overlap, where the increase in exhaust gas volume caused an issue where "back pressure" was impeding the flow of the intake charge and contaminating it. The exhaust should be sized to fit the application, if your application is strictly 5000+rpm drag racing and you have a large overlap and 30psi of boost on leaded race fuel, running a restrictive exhaust is probably not a good idea. But if your application is street car, daily driver, and the engine is mostly OEM, having an exhaust system that does not meet perfectly the demands at WOT (there is some back pressure) will be a good thing at lower RPM (where you actually drive your car, 2000-5000rpm) because the "restrictive size at peak power" becomes a benefit during those middle rpms, increasing the velocity of the exhaust gas, and actually exerting a pull on the cylinder helping the exhaust gas exit. You may have noticed that if you install a large exhaust system on a tiny 4-cylinder engine with no performance modifications it will lose torque through the rpm range with no other changes. This is because the exhaust system was helping to scavenge the cylinder thanks to the aforementioned velocity increase. A good read on this subject is "David Vizard" books, mostly directly at small block chevy, he found that exhaust systems sized properly can exert as much as 16 TIMES the cylinder filling pull that the descending piston is capable of.

a "PERFECT" exhaust system would start out small, and gradually increase in diameter as the engine RPM developed, maintaining exhaust gas velocity and keeping pressure down through the rpm range.
 
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I've heard it's not a good idea to run a restrictive exhaust with a blower, which is why I sold the pride v2. That was advice from shad. I know many people do it, I just didn't want to take any risk with my engine.

You do know that the pride exhaust is more free flowing than stock and stock is fine for the CTSC. I have the Pride V1 and I have about 5 years worth of logs. I saw when I put the Pride on that the boost increased (about 1-1.5 psi) once you got past 7K for the first couple of months. After the exhaust was broken in, the boost is now steady from 3K to 8K no increase once full boost is obtained which would indicate a restriction. In Vegas at around 1800-2500 feet up, its 8.5 +/- .3. Once broken in the exhaust is not restrictive at all. I have the intercooled SOS supercharger with 420rwhp and 320rwtq, so far more powerful than the CTSC.
 
You do know that the pride exhaust is more free flowing than stock and stock is fine for the CTSC. I have the Pride V1 and I have about 5 years worth of logs. I saw when I put the Pride on that the boost increased (about 1-1.5 psi) once you got past 7K for the first couple of months. After the exhaust was broken in, the boost is now steady from 3K to 8K no increase once full boost is obtained which would indicate a restriction. In Vegas at around 1800-2500 feet up, its 8.5 +/- .3. Once broken in the exhaust is not restrictive at all. I have the intercooled SOS supercharger with 420rwhp and 320rwtq, so far more powerful than the CTSC.

I'm just telling you what I was told. I've also heard people who dynod their car after the pride v2 and lost a couple hp. Mind you that is a new exhaust and not a "broken in" exhaust.

I'm glad to hear it is working well for you.

If it were my car and I wanted to quiet it down I would get a gen 1 comptech exhaust. That is quiet and free flowing.
 
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To the OP, the Fujitsubo would do what you want from a sound standpoint but without the performance restriction of the stock muffler. It is 60mm throughout. However, it is $$$$.
 
To the OP, the Fujitsubo would do what you want from a sound standpoint but without the performance restriction of the stock muffler. It is 60mm throughout. However, it is $$$$.

Thanks for all the tips! After I added a cat to the car, I feel like the sound is just right even with my aftermarket exhaust.
 
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