Intake and Exhaust options

So I think the next mod is going to be getting the lip kit and spoiler repainted and installed. After that, I am going to be looking into getting an intake and exhaust solution for the Fit.

Intake:

I am torn between getting a drop in filter, getting a short ram, or doing a custom airbox with a ram air scoop behind the bumper grill. Any of those would be cool, but I am wondering if it is going to be too loud to go with a short ram. I would like to just go ahead and plunk down the $160 for the Fujita, but I'm not sure if the extra noise will be too annoying. There is not much sound insulation in the Fit, so road and engine noise is definitely a factor.

I may just get a cheap short ram off ebay, paint the tube to match my engine cover and then get a quality air filter to replace the crappy one. This solution would cost me less than $100.

My other option is a simple HKS drop in replacement. This would only cost about $60, net me 1-2 hp and would keep noise down. Plus its a quality product.

Another option is to modify the stock air box to accept air thru the bottom of the box with a hose routed from the front bumper and connected to the airbox. This would offer a constant supply of fresh air.

Exhaust:

To me, the rear of the Fit is not the better end. Most cars have a small cutout where the tip of the muffler is supposed to exit. It gives a clean finish to the rear. Not the Fit. There are plenty of exhaust options out there, both catback and axleback, but to me they all look a bit.....awkward. There is no other option besides hanging the can and tip below the flat rear lip. I was almost dead set on the dual tip Vibrant Stealth muffler, but after thinking about it a bit more, I'm going to skip it. If you do a double tip can, the can is pushed so far toward the middle of the car, it looks like a janky center exit exhaust. Offset N1 style cans just seem to hang off the bottom of the car and look even more awkward when pointing up slightly since more of the pipe is exposed.

So this brings me back to square one. What to do? I have had many different ideas on this and I think I have finally settled on a solution – a rear muffler delete. It sounds cheap, and it is, but I have other reasons for choosing this. This layout will allow me to “hide” the muffler and tip up under the rear of the car. It will give a more stealthy appearance since this is the stock configuration. There will be no large can hanging out the back alerting everyone to the fact that this is a modified car. It will be discreet like the rest of the car. This will be an axleback setup, so a stock B pipe will be used along with the stock resonator. From the rear flange, there will be a new flange and gasket, new piping to the stock rear exit. There will be a simple turn down tip that will exit just shy of the rear lip. It will use stock muffler mounts and the whole thing will be painted in a high temp satin black for the ultimate stealth appearance. I have heard this setup on a few cars and everyone raves about it. Keeping the stock size piping to the rear should help keep the volume down (a megaphone effect is created by going into larger piping and even larger tip). If volume is still an issue, a high performance muffler from Vibrant can be welded in. If tone is too over the top or raspy, a Vibrant resonator will be sourced.