Easy Bolt On Performance Mod

We read the comments and you all said we should do this simple power mod - so here it is! Turns out you can get excellent gains on non-turbo cars like the BRZ, FRS and 86 and we'll be following up with back to back dyno tests to confirm the results.
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[@mightycarmods]

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[@mattwhite3113]

Hey guys I just received Cheryl's box thanks so much for all the cool stuff and the special gift from cheryl lol

[@cumbob]

@Watch Fixerupper literally everything Google gives you on why they rumble says it's the exhaust. It's the same way 180 degree headers on v8s get rid of rumble. Pulse timing in the exhaust.

[@NitroAl]

If there is anything I don't like about Subaru's it's the sound. Even a manging v6 sounds better

[@MoparMattt]

It is vag-tastic!

[@helplmchoking]

Watch Fixerupper the burble originates from the firing order and boxer nature yeah, but up the exhaust setup is what let’s that noise comes out. If you’ve got equal length headers, the pulses don’t meet in the way that creates that classic sound. So yeah, the exhaust doesn’t create the classic boxer sound, but it IS what let’s that sound out

[@TheSaadtut]

LOL the smirk on their faces, they're like we fkd up XD

[@kylel2918]

More like we made this stupid video to entertain all the vape loving subitards and it sounds like shit just like they said it would 😂😂😂

[@EmptyHeadHeavyFoot]

@@kylel2918 the stock header is actually good. big waste of money unless you race the car every damn day. ;D

[@zashimii3307]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@patrickhooper2843]

@@zashimii3307 dammit!

[@braydenfizer6826]

John Zabala I clicked knowing what it is lol 👍

[@tydontdy3459]

Next time on mighty car mods We put back the stock mid pipe

[@regabernathy6039]

Good idea, that car now sounds like it's farting when cold or revving.

[@vipergtsr]

haha, surely they will go back to the stock one, or seek a different aftermarket header. This one sounded awful

[@Habdabi]

The comments were right on 1 thing: You should totally buy and heavily modify a Volvo!!!!

[@Jujudo]

This ain't Europe. Volvo parts and cars are like nowhere in Australia. I mean you could, but the expertise and parts would come from overseas.

[@zigaveren3902]

@ because cool!

[@automaticcool7243]

So much correctness in a comment

[@LyndoOCE]

Focus XR5? Comes with a Volvo 5 cylinder!

[@Vixen_Jayne]

Yesssssss

[@ferreira94a]

I totally just met Moog in North Sydney!! Comes up to my window and is like "hey mate I've still got half an hour in this spot if you wanna take it" What a legend! Cheers bro 👌

[@torrenyorketarren1236]

The amount of regret on there faces realising the exhaust they got sent for free probably was free for a reason

[@brifog69]

Yep Ultrex is cheap for a reason haha

[@panzerveps]

where faces?

[@TTANA]

Free isn't always the best. Lmao

[@stevo123s]

"From ultrex in Western Australia" - Made in china!

[@garykegs18]

I live in WA and thought Ultrex was good quality stuff, what full bumper to bumper exhaust brand is best ?

[@ReignofStorms]

The nervous smile after first startup was hilarious lmao.

[@ajw828]

14:07 - I totally didn't think you were saying fox at first LOL

[@TonysTechAndCars]

16:49 That moment when you realize that you made a huge expensive mistake.

[@Amnesty4Me]

His reaction when the first start up came on “Oh god what have we done”

[@deejaylx95]

Im still waiting for the BMW's you hinted at like 8 months ago lol

[@Space_Reptile]

and the DIY EV from like 3 years ago

[@dannyrocket77]

Haha, yeah when moog panned the camera towards the E34 manual. I'm still waiting too.

[@kipscott8150]

@@Space_Reptile like Apple air power its not coming

[@sadladcinn]

@Rylee :3 I don't think it is

[@klokar21]

try waiting for the holdens they teased 6 years ago

[@fazer12779]

After hearing that start-up I would immediately remove it. ...... lol

[@sleeper.simulant7327]

Or just weld on a $80 vibrant ultra quiet resonator

[@freerider8737]

you can tune it out

[@DatBlueHusky]

its a cold start feature that retards the timing to warm the cats. most modern cars have it now days

[@MrMitchell699]

@@DatBlueHusky yup, and a majority of them don't sound like garbage even with straight pipes..

[@melin1969]

i must be getting old cos i couldnt put up with that every cold start

[@venture1011]

I think the most impressive part of these videos is that Marty and Moog are still so nice to each other after all these years of working on cars. 5 minutes into any car project and I'm yelling at my mate for losing the 10mm.

[@ricardo9628]

Is it just me or does it just sound like a constant loud fart now?

[@noobhacker101]

ikr

[@aserta]

Chinesium can of beans installed = fart sounds.

[@NerfHerdsman]

Consistently loud and wet

[@duviday]

It does that on cold start, once oil is up above 90c it sounds MUCH better. Source: am BRZ owner.

[@Viledits]

cheap exhaust system does that, start up of an 86 is always like that but once warmed up its much better

[@OG-Jakey]

Wow I was actually worried after that first start lmao!!

[@knightryder4021]

Still a fart can🤣

[@tmmtmm]

it's continuous DSG fart

[@jackass123455]

that exhaust genuinely sounds like shit it's extremely raspy

[@cudak888]

Next, on Mighty Car Mods: "How to Unmodify Your Car: It's Already Blue" Edition.

[@willsahraoui3758]

Actually heartbroken Moog didn't play the header like a French horn 😢

[@PeteAUS1983]

Plug in an Accessport and disable stratified start! will get rid of that crap cold start sound.

[@helplmchoking]

Pete Campbell yup, this is a quick and easy fix right here. Moog was correct, it’s to heat the cats up as fast as possible for emissions testing but it doesn’t make a huge amount of difference in the real world and sounds awful

[@1MotoXRacer1]

@@helplmchoking It dumps loads of fuel into the engine which could kill the catalytic converters sooner, foul spark plugs, and cause excess carbon buildup. It's junk. Also it heats up the engine really quickly which is a bad situation if you have forged pistons, but the FA20 non turbos are probably cast.

[@lw1878]

No Accessport support for the FA20. Its OFT, Tractrix or EcuTek only.

[@PolymerLad]

When did accessport start working on Toyobarus?

[@helplmchoking]

Violetta yeah that’s why I said emissions testing specifically, not emissions in general. If you’re testing a car for a set drive from a cold start, getting the cats up to operating temps as soon as possible is an easy, low cost solution to bring down the average emissions for that run, and hugely helpful with such tight targets. It doesn’t help anything last longer, but the goal is to pass the test not increase longevity

[@andrewc6602]

Back to the old intro, bold move but i like it. I have to be honest, its my favorite.

[@Renee_R343]

I never liked the new one. It was WAAAY too long to introduce 2 people ON KZbin. A montage of 25 angles for both of them. Seemed quite ridiculous in fact.

[@firionrazar3797]

The comedy is awesome, the sound of the exhaust is awfull.

[@YorksDashCam]

16:56 Moog’s face when he thought he’d ruined the car.

[@Taust724]

Maybe that cold start sound was the reason for the resonator in the stock mid-pipe. LOL your faces were hilarious!

[@numbnutsAU]

nup, removing the front cat makes all the racket. just installed PSR headers and overpipe and kept the rest stock and had that awful sound starting up. fixed it with a tune.

[@ben-7403]

​@@numbnutsAU Is it some "retard timing on warmup" parameter?

[@XBlockAcah]

The neighbors wont be happy with that cold start sound.

[@AlexRasChallis]

hopefully it can be mapped out

[@smokingpacman]

That goes away, it's just because the exhaust is new

[@Entroper]

@@smokingpacman It doesn't go away unless you tune it away. That sound is the ECU keeping the intake and exhaust valves open at the same time during cold start.

[@smokingpacman]

@@Entroper ah... No wonder my tune file said "quiet start" on it

[@maarten332]

@@AlexRasChallis You can't just map out the neighbours

[@CriticoolHit]

I like that you guys are doing achievable things to achievable cars.

[@dylanhem234]

I couldn’t stop staring at Marty’s head print on the bonnet 🤣

[@eformance]

That factory manifold looks like an auxiliary fuel tank!

[@wim0104]

Subarus have enough heat shields for re-entry from space! A Tesla would have a slight battery explosion issue.

[@3800scgp]

Take a look at stock G8 GT mufflers... there's a reason they're referred to as "gas cans". At about 4-5 gallons each too 🙄

[@jessebergunder]

Faces when you guys start that classic. That sound was weird af man i’d shit a brick if i did all that and heard that.

[@phuzz00]

My fist thought would have been that I'd not done something up right, or maybe left a tool sat on top of the engine. It sounded physically broken.

[@joblow5517]

Sounds to me like it's hitting something. I really hope that's the case otherwise, wtf?

[@SpartanOfLuxon]

17:14 Moog has worked on cars so long that his laugh sounds like a turbo fluttering.

[@TheLaxMonster]

So true!

[@f_lxxxiiltd974]

14:04 thought it was a Ali G / M.C.M collab for a sec 🤣

[@siphoenix5932]

Crying at this comment

[@mamoopy]

Lmao now I need to watch Ali g again

[@ck6903]

Jungle is massive!

[@ltaper]

Yep thought the same respecta

[@madmanau8730]

The old intro, love the drums

[@vevveyfonzo]

I cannot believe that I had to search the comments so long until someone had commented on the old intro music!

[@mattn6368]

Noticed it straight away!

[@monolith2001]

Miss the old music and Moog's flying pelvic thrust.

[@Zikhr]

@@monolith2001 Honestly same

[@mattn6368]

@@monolith2001 I used to love the little music montages where Moog would be thrusting and they'd both be doing that funny shuffle dance.

[@billymcdonald2990]

“Only one thing left to do and that is... sell it” 😂 😂 😂

[@annastar1621]

Torque dip" sounds like a sauce name i'd expect to see at Wishbone.

[@scottbezo7383]

Hahaa one of the funniest intros to MCM I've seen. Just got home from my first day back at work(mechanic) after 4 months quarantine and this is what I needed. Bloody good show chaps.

[@codyludwig5100]

"Sometimes exhaust bolts can be a bit of a c.. uh ah tricky to get off.."

[@spencealmighty]

6:13 is for the OG fans - good little nod to the driveway - cheers boys

[@hackyou360]

Having a really bad day today but watching your new video makes me feel better right away :) perfect that it‘s been released today 😊

[@effazef]

I cant stop seeing 'Ali G' when Moog is under the car wearing his goggles!! 😲😂

[@zacharypappalardo3789]

Great now that's all I can see now ahahahah

[@Olie_d94]

That first start up look on moogs face. Like what the hell is this?!? Hahahaha

[@LobbyDaLobster]

@7:02 Compatiblity List - *Stanced Honds *Unicorns *Stanced Nissans *Postie Bikes *Cheryl *Yes, it will fit.

[@nic_actual]

Man, these videos are going to get me in trouble at work... Your antics have got me snickering at my desk! Keep up this 'unscripted' style!!!

[@doncosner2611]

Love Mighty Car Mods! You guys come up with some cool ideas! I like seeing what is popular in other countries and why. Awesome job!

[@DIZAZZO]

1:40 and then, suddenly, Marty goes right back to the fifth grade... Lol

[@philipxxxdj]

its cald big pp

[@wknalbc]

Just paid off my BRZ. It time for more mods :) So glad MCM got a BRZ!! All about those Quality tutorials!!!

[@christopherbenson5160]

Its actually really cool just to see how far these two have come

[@tadficuscactus]

I'm glad you are addressing the torque dip. I was one of the people that mentioned it so hopefully I contributed to you making the decision to do that.

[@tobiasthegentleman9131]

Ayyyyy, my day just got better, Thanks boys!

[@TraqJoker]

sounds like a straight piped altezza, tinny as

[@phantom240]

The 2.0 1G-FE?

[@zashimii3307]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM

[@Jayyys5]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHrWeXZphbt2rqc

[@ian376]

I love your show. Thank you for all the quality entertainment. Keep on creating!

[@Mental_Toss_Flycoon]

I just love this video so much because that instant feeling of regret that washes over you after a poor exhaust setup choice is a hard lesson we’ve all learned a time or two.😣😂

[@microbuilder]

PSA: There is a recall for Pittsburgh Automotive 3 Ton and 6 Ton Heavy Duty Steel jack stands, so if you have some, you might want to check that out before you use them again.

[@b1txh]

You should provide some sources too.

[@user54389]

@@b1txh 5 seconds on Google could have gotten you the info www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/consumer-advisory-harbor-freight-jack-stands

[@maxmitchell2859]

They are in Australia we don't have harbor freight here

[@Mini73520]

We get our jackstands at an automotive shop.

[@microbuilder]

@@maxmitchell2859 Yep, but lots of us Americans watch too, just thought I'd pass it along, just in case.

[@poptartmcjelly7054]

"Torque dip" sounds like a sauce name i'd expect to see at Wishbone.

[@loveashley320]

This 👍

[@logicreversed18t]

Maybe the sauce could've saved the restaurant.

[@matt91gee]

@@logicreversed18t lol'd

[@ferrumignis]

Twenty kinds of dipping sauce...

[@lmee6402]

Imagine

[@Trickit10]

Hahaha that startup reaction was priceless. Nice work guys!

[@iceman49bg]

AMAZING intro delivery Marty! amazing

[@joealex65]

My favorite MCM episodes are those that come out when you're not expecting them, that notification always makes me really happy! 😁😁

[@Str8UPKr4zY]

Jeeze, I'm so early I think Cheryl might be in here watching.

[@AverageYouTubeEnjoyer123]

I’m so early rake hasn’t liked it

[@yarnismiata3792]

Love

[@crxtodd16]

Cheryl is just a figment of your imagination, maaaaaaan! 🤯

[@Glynallaway]

Wake up on my birthday morning to a new episode from the boys! Thanks Marty & Moog for my birthday present, you guys rock!😁👍🏻😘

[@toppledgod]

I haven't seen that intro sequence in a while, but it's definitely my favourite.

[@chanelle.n]

The intro always slaps 🔥

[@illiteratebeef]

>We want it to remain street legal >only replaces secondary cat, not primary.

[@jackgibb16]

Legally speaking a car only needs one cat, doesnt matter if its primary or secondary

[@patx35]

Main cat was replaced and the precat was deleted.

[@illiteratebeef]

@@patx35 uh no. I have this car and have done exhaust myself. The cat in the header is the main 2-way cat that does the bulk of the work. The O2 sensors before and after it monitor it and will throw a code on their car because nothing is being converted. The secondary one in the front pipe is just for nox and has a much smaller role.

[@illiteratebeef]

@@jackgibb16 I don't think that's true in any country or state. Cars have to meet national emissions standards and most do not allow you to remove any emissions devices. If it came with 2, it has to always have 2 to be road legal.

[@HarryG98]

illiteratebeef nah you’re wrong by there, plenty of cares are fine with just a primary cat. Even a decat won’t matter if you have a friendly MOT centre

[@scrook97m84]

I love your car! Theres nothing wrong with anything your doing with it and its inspired me to get one in the future and follow your video of all the mods you have done to the BRZ. Thanks

[@myonlyfathersson]

Love this opening music-please bring it back full time!

[@RobsZombies]

Loving the BRZ series. :)

[@BlueScapegoat]

oooooo I dunno about that exhaust... Need to hear it outside under load and broken in a bit but eesh

[@HarryG98]

BlueScapegoat sounds nice revving just a bit fart can on a cold start

[@TheNiters]

The startup noise is just the cold-start feature of the BRZ factory ECU map. They will probably turn that off when they "get a map" in the next video.

[@roddydykes7053]

Yeah brand new header-back exhausts take some breaking in to find their tone

[@HarryG98]

NiteLite basically every car "cold starts"

[@MyGoToUserName]

Cheap catbacks and front pipes don't help. The stock Front pipe controls a lot of rasp in the exhaust. I'd be switching the stock FP in to see if that helps before ditching the catback and is not a quieter option. Catbacks on this platform are worth 2-3 whp at most. If it sounds bad there is no reason to keep it.

[@TheJackStan]

You guys are bloody brilliant, Marty knows ALL the subie traits, down to the initial cat warm up that they do

[@ziweiwang1704]

When Moog said "let me show you..." at 2:50, I was sooo waiting for "its features!". Joerg Sprave anyone?

[@c4veman]

yessir

[@MADBONE0]

Loving those eyeball savers for your eyeballs 👁

[@erpetter]

Ayy! I was one of those to write a "headers-and-a-tune" comment. Glad you've read through the comments, not necessarily mine, but still got the idea for cool mythbusting. The 86 is my dream car and I've soaked myself with all kinds cool of trivia regarding them even though I can't afford one. I've driven them and I've loved it. The dip is supposedly there for emissions and fuel mileage reasons. Supposedly, the header should straighten out the power and torque bands a bit, not necessarily give huge gains on peak power, but having the power and torque bands more linear it gives you the sensation of having more power under your foot. This should make accelerating and keeping the car at speed feel livelier, definitely take it to the track again to see if you feel the difference. The tune itself will probably add 10-20 horsepower, so not much. Can't wait for the next episode, meanwhile I'll keep restoring my '97 Corolla EE101 1.3 3-door, to rid the years of wear on it. It's not much but it's all I can afford. It just got partly painted at a professional and will get detailed in near future. Also got the Super Turbo poster in the mail recently, love it! See ya!

[@grh_angelone]

All these years working on cars I've never seen a sensor removal socket. This is brilliant, I need one!

[@andrewlee2344]

Loving these videos, watched the absolute beginner one and now this one, I have two 88 Honda Preludes, both auto, Red, a daily and a project, for the project I’m doing the dreaded H22 swap, have sourced engine from eBay, stripped it for rebuild, sourced and ecu from New Zealand, me and my brother got the intermediate shaft from a 95 accord at a wreckers, got a gearbox from the local wreckers, got Custom mounts off Facebook, ordered 90-93 accord drive axles off eBay from America, got shifter box and cables off eBay, basically a Frankenstein engine swap but will be worth it ✌️thank you for the motivation to keep going MCM

[@STAG162]

16:52 Marty's reaction to the angry bees...

[@MrMonkeyworld9]

imagine taking off a exhaust thats not rusty and snapping every single bolt, i wonder what it feels like

[@richieb7692]

Was wondering why they never had the blowtorch handy, to heat up those seized nuts..

[@jokerman261]

And not getting rust in your eyes.

[@johnnyturbo8460]

@@jokerman261 Moog had his anti rust in eye goggles on... it's not their 1st rodeo lol

[@lukecowell7516]

@@jokerman261 I've done this many times but now wear goggles as a dremel in the eye to remove rust rings are not fun

[@LymaxVisuals]

Loving the Subaru videos! Keep them coming 😍🙌🏼

[@damianspehar]

Love your videos guys , really looking forward to doing all these MODS with my son when we get his FT86 :) Mighty Car Mods- bringing families together - Love it :)

[@Justa4banger79]

Who else was waiting for the Rubber hand to pop up under the car? Lmao

[@andrewshraga7301]

That's another reason why a lot of ppl just do headers ... I spent a lot of time finding an exhaust combination that mad good noises but wasn't poo

[@martin1649]

Scorpio Assmödeus GTX1 Selling the car and buying a volvo

[@brifog69]

@@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811 Invidia Q300 & Tomei or PSR headers is best combo imo, not too loud but good when you get on it. No drone as well.

[@andrewshraga7301]

I was lucky to get the blitz nur spec quad tip catback with the diffuser for less that half price because there was one in Perth that had been damaged in shipping... Combined that with the ultrex unequal headers and left the stock front pipe in ... Quite as on long trips and idle no drone... But had a really nice burble at low rpm and a good note at full send ... I've had quite a few ppl say how good it sounds when I'm giving it a bit ... Also seems to build revs a lot better through mid range did get it all dyno tuned ...

[@andrewshraga7301]

@@scorpioassmodeusgtx1811 ^^^

[@maxwalker995]

Love the friendly competition between you guys

[@markevens]

It's always fun watching you two blokes bang away on your cars

[@johnnyturbo8460]

Moog: " next time on Mighty Car Mods" Me: " Nooooooooooooooooooo"!!!!!

[@capta1nher0]

Yup, gets me every time, dammit I wanted to see the dyno!

[@willecutlip]

Nice to see a car where the bean counters didn’t hose up the engineers’ design for easy maintenance! 💪🏻😎

[@kinafermusic2456]

that’s pretty much every Subaru tbh. Why they’re nice to work on

[@rsbharley4766]

Nice video guys, looking good Marty. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@garykegs18]

Can’t wait for tune.. I really like these cars but will see what your easy mods gain is.. great information n fun to watch..

[@willaka12]

Love to see one of Turbo Yoda's brz/frs turbo kits on this

[@CaliPride96]

I feel like Marty is more Inlove with the build then moog 😂

[@chrispietersen804]

You guys are having so much fun! I envy you two!!

[@DEZADOG11]

Wooroloo, back to the original concept 🙌🏻

[@skylinejdr]

HAHAHA Martys reaction when it starts. 16:50. The face of disgust followed by a subtle thumbs down.

[@slowbird]

2 minutes in and Martys already getting Moog back for all them " Its a WRX/STI" comments regarding the 2 door WRX

[@BigBucknasty313]

That compatibility list for the ramp!!! 🐐

[@SamMassingham]

While watching this Cheryl's mystery box arrived, absolute quality right there 👌

[@goclunker]

When using hand tools and with no help, 4 hrs could be real

[@trayner]

17:21 is that the 180sx in the window reflection ?

[@Br3no94]

Very much enjoyed the attitudes and jokes and seeing you both enjoy the episode 😂

[@zacradonich1719]

Was gonna get one of these.. gonna hold of a couple months and see how this one turns out Very convenient thankq fellas

[@AngryMackAdventures]

WHO LOVES AN MCM TUESDAY MORNING UPLOAD, TO WATCH FAST CARS, QUICK MODS AND CHERYL 👍🏼🔥

[@philiprowney]

Not when the cars are well out of 95% of the viewers price range. [ 'hey, we've got this brand new car and we're not happy with it' ] These amateurs have been using very expensive stuffs for mods for too long. [ others have mentioned in comments before ] There needs to be a new #blueTurd

[@AngryMackAdventures]

@@philiprowney Hi Philip haha yes atm there are cars that mighty car mods are doing that may be out of price range for some but over the last 10/15 years on the channel they have been trying to cater for everyone! This BRZ is a great P-Plate car that most teen Australians buy as an entry level sports car, so this is the perfect series for just that. Im sure in the next few months MCM with do up another turd, im feeling it!

[@freshageVI]

The last time I was this early to a release, it was my wedding night.

[@SuperAnimekid]

Hahaha

[@glynprice3815]

Badambum tss

[@oldestpartofheaven]

yo mcm, i've just received my signed poster and the shirt, took quite some time for aussie post to get it to germany, but it's really nice - go on with your stuff and thanks for some nice content from the other side of the world :D

[@MiniMainGamer]

16:53 priceless moment! Love the look on their faces!

[@wretchedexcess1654]

Torque Dip: When you get up in the morning and have a raging stiffy and need to pee; you get to the toilet/john/pot/bog and push down on your friend for a better chance of hitting the target; your feet slip out from under you and you hit your chin on the water tank of your crapper.

[@Henchman_Holding_Wrench]

But did it increase the James Bond effect?

[@shaneirle]

Old intro yesssss I think this one is wayyy better