My roomate just purchaced a 97 lude SH today for $9500!! It has 85K miles on it. Just tuned up, new timing belt, and in great shape. There is one minor dent in the back left fender and that is it. What mods would you guys suggest? I told him AEM CAI, greddy evo catback and some DC or Comptech Headers. Are there better upgrades for this car? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

ive heard the tanabe exhaust was a better buy for the ludes. especially the 5g ludes. and that price is unbelievable. he should have it checked out for previous damage.

 

Thanks for your reply. Do you know what the horsepower gain is with the tunabe exhaust? I will definantly look into your suggestion. We checked the Lude out at carfax and there was no previous damage. He just needed to get rid of the lude to buy a truck so it worked out well. Thanks again for your help!

 

With exhausts on the 5th Gen no one is going to be that much better then another. A straight through is going to net maybe 5hp at the sacrifice of noise. A quiet exhaust like the Apex WS is going to net 2-3 hp tops (guessing of course) but be much quieter.

Some nice straight throughs are Apex N1, Skunk2 (not sure if it's out yes), Tanabe RM, and Greddy's. The middles would be Mugen and Thermal , both being full stainless and a little quieter. Then there's the Tanabe G Power and Apex WS which are less noisey then the above.

 

My friend just bought AEM CAI for it yesterday and he wants greddy evo exhaust for it and DC sport headers. 2-3hp is not much at all. Why are the gains so low? Is it because its a 4cyl? Thanks for all your help!

 

The 5th Gen factory header and exhaust is pretty good right out of the box so it's tough to improve upon stock. A mugen header will make some decent gains and if you add the AEM CAI and a Apex N1 exhuast may e able to get a 12-15 hp gain from that combo.

 

tanabe racing medalion is very noisy.....they can hear you a mile away.....there is no sneaking out of your girlfriends bedroom with out her knowing......

or your parents house.....

yeah yeah yeah....am the second one.....

there is the tanabe hyper medalion which is much more quiet....and its the same hp gain ....or so i was told by a seller....