One of the best mods my Accord has received was designed, built and installed by Andy Ainsworth - owner of Zorstec in West Yorkshire.
Check them out at www.zorstec.com
You can Google them too, and you'll see many threads in the biking community where he commands a top reputation for ingenuity and workmanship - to me, the guy is a genius and watching him work is a pleasure.
I'm a pretty fussy guy, and I was really nervous about installing an exhaust system on a diesel as I had reservations over what it will sound like.
Andy put my mind at ease and gave me his ***urance that he would ensure it meets my specifications to the last detail. Par of the reason he could give me this ***urance was the fact that he makes his own silencers - on the day!
That means he can control the size and spec of baffling inside the box. I wanted a zero change in sound, and slight note change on boost. And that's what I have
As my car has a bodykit, the rear always look incomplete as the dual exit exhaust recesses were empty...
I visited my local Powerflow agent first - he was quite good, and helpful.. and I almost went with him until I discovered Zorstec. The main difference between Zorstec and all the other agents for bigger brands is that Andy makes his own stuff, from scratch. That means he controls the quality and workmanship and can be more specific with designs and end results.
Powerflow use generic and universal parts - so you could end up with the same back box on a Nova or an Accord..
As far as I am aware, most Powerflow guys also use universal bends - wheras Zorstec use a proper Mandrel bender. Mandrel bending ensures that the pipe diameter remains equal throughout the bend ensuring perfect gas dispersion - normally when you bend a pipe, it creates a bottleneck meaning the gasses can't escape as quickly.
So I did the deal with Andy and turned up nice and early on the day as agreed.
Here she is on the ramp first thing.:
This is the (at the time) empty recess on the rear n/s waiting to be filled with a new box:
I decided I wanted oval back boxes to ensure it remains in keeping with the OEM design, here are the end pieces for one box:
The big man himself - smiling first thing (trust me he wasn't smiling all day haha)
Started work on making up the boxes
Check them out at www.zorstec.com
You can Google them too, and you'll see many threads in the biking community where he commands a top reputation for ingenuity and workmanship - to me, the guy is a genius and watching him work is a pleasure.
I'm a pretty fussy guy, and I was really nervous about installing an exhaust system on a diesel as I had reservations over what it will sound like.
Andy put my mind at ease and gave me his ***urance that he would ensure it meets my specifications to the last detail. Par of the reason he could give me this ***urance was the fact that he makes his own silencers - on the day!
That means he can control the size and spec of baffling inside the box. I wanted a zero change in sound, and slight note change on boost. And that's what I have
As my car has a bodykit, the rear always look incomplete as the dual exit exhaust recesses were empty...
I visited my local Powerflow agent first - he was quite good, and helpful.. and I almost went with him until I discovered Zorstec. The main difference between Zorstec and all the other agents for bigger brands is that Andy makes his own stuff, from scratch. That means he controls the quality and workmanship and can be more specific with designs and end results.
Powerflow use generic and universal parts - so you could end up with the same back box on a Nova or an Accord..
As far as I am aware, most Powerflow guys also use universal bends - wheras Zorstec use a proper Mandrel bender. Mandrel bending ensures that the pipe diameter remains equal throughout the bend ensuring perfect gas dispersion - normally when you bend a pipe, it creates a bottleneck meaning the gasses can't escape as quickly.
So I did the deal with Andy and turned up nice and early on the day as agreed.
Here she is on the ramp first thing.:
This is the (at the time) empty recess on the rear n/s waiting to be filled with a new box:
I decided I wanted oval back boxes to ensure it remains in keeping with the OEM design, here are the end pieces for one box:
The big man himself - smiling first thing (trust me he wasn't smiling all day haha)
Started work on making up the boxes