i installed my hfp muffler yesterday went for a 16 mile drive stopped to get gas and my fit smelled like it was on fire. a real bad metal smell so i went around back and the muffler was smoking and i was like wtf. i reached down and it was so hot you couldn't touch it i wonder if i got a bad one and its stopped up? i took it off in the parking lot and yes it was installed right i'm taking it back tommorow
the heat to the muffler is right. the muffler will get very hot even on a somewhat of a short drive. and as for the smell it is perfectly normal there probably is some sort of coating on the out side of the metal so when they hold their integrity when their sitting on a shelf waiting to be sold, and that smell should go away relatively soon.
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the heat to the muffler is right. the muffler will get very hot even on a somewhat of a short drive. and as for the smell it is perfectly normal there probably is some sort of coating on the out side of the metal so when they hold their integrity when their sitting on a shelf waiting to be sold, and that smell should go away relatively soon.
couldnt have said it any better then that.
it will definitely go away
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I got a question... i got a buddy at honda who can get the HFP for me for $150, that being said ima take it! But I was thinking, wouldn't it make sense to have a performance shop put a wider down pipe between the cat and my new axle-back? Would't this make it a bit louder and allow better flow?
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Do you mean a mid-pipe? Down pipes are only for turbo'd cars unless you're putting in a test pipe which deletes the cat altogether (this is commonly refered to as a down pipe). Replacing any pipe in the exhaust with bigger tubing is usually always beneficial unless you go too big, max I'd go with the Fit would be 2.5" with basic bolt-ons.
Hey guys, I just bought my 08 Fit sport last Thursday, I upgraded from a basic-modded 00 Civic SI (I/H/E, shifter, 45shot of NOS, blah blah blah) and Im really missing the sound of my Apexi exhaust, so Im gonna put an exhaust on it. I thought about the HPF exhaust, and I also considered just grabbing a universal Borla/Flowmaster muffler, and welding it on. Has anyone tried this? I know the HP gains are minimal, im just looking for a little more aggressive tone. Has anyone tried this, or am I better off just finding the HPF on ebay. Any thoughts? I hate super loud cars, and my Apexi on my civic was perfect. Im wanting something similar...
If your looking for something similiar to the Apexi then why not just go Apexi. Just ordered the WS2 Apexi Axle back on ebay. If you read around someone posted a video of that exhaust or you can youtube.com search for Honda Fit Apexi.
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I put my hfp muffler on today... man this thing is so quiet you can hardly tell you have a diff muffler on the car just a slight growl.. do you guys know does it get a little louder with time or after break in???? Its almost too quiet imo..
Can anyone please tell me what the internal diameter of the piping is for the HFP muffler?
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i installed my hfp muffler yesterday went for a 16 mile drive stopped to get gas and my fit smelled like it was on fire. a real bad metal smell so i went around back and the muffler was smoking and i was like wtf. i reached down and it was so hot you couldn't touch it i wonder if i got a bad one and its stopped up? i took it off in the parking lot and yes it was installed right i'm taking it back tommorow
It smells like that at first because the materials inside the canister are burning up. It's normal. It'll go away soon. Nothing to worry about.
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I put my hfp muffler on today... man this thing is so quiet you can hardly tell you have a diff muffler on the car just a slight growl.. do you guys know does it get a little louder with time or after break in???? Its almost too quiet imo..
It'll break in after about 500-1000 miles. Then it'll sound nice and sexy.
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