# hks hipower vs apex'i n1 **URL:** \ **Category:** SON240sx Automotive\ **Created:** [March 22, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454 "2005-03-22T17:44:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fitbikeco18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fitbikeco18](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fitbikeco18)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/1 "2005-03-22T17:44:26Z")
hey, so ive narrowed it down to two…either HKS Hipower or whatever, or Apex’i N1…does anyone have any suggestions on which to get? oh, and if you have pics of either on an s13, post them! itd be a great help cheers ---
**Author:** ![Solarian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solarian/32/5514_2.png) [@Solarian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Solarian)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/2 "2005-03-22T17:51:16Z")
Apex’i N1, for no reason other than I say so 😃 I dunno, I highly doubt there’s much of a flow difference between performance exhausts, I mean, flow through a pipe aint all that complex, if they know BASIC fluid mechanics, they should all be good. The N1 is quieter, and might have a tiny bit more backpressure than the HKS for that specific reason, but I like my exhausts quiet, so yea… Again, I have little to no technical expertise and this is just my preference. Also since you listed these two exhausts, I assumed you’re turbo. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/3 "2005-03-22T18:10:00Z")
solarian, if you dont have anything useful to post, dont post. fit, are u talking about n1 or n1 dual? The n1 dual is a sexy looking exhaust and is pretty loud, and from what I remember has more of an angle than the HKS. Also, from two people who i know that has an apexi N1 exhaust(dual), the 2nd backmost hanger seems to just break off and take a nice chunk of the exhaust with it, leaving a big hole. Could be just isolated incidents, but has happened twice to people in this club. ![http://www.knracing.se/images/hks_s13_hipower.jpg](http://www.knracing.se/images/hks_s13_hipower.jpg) hi-power installed ![http://www.team-mischief.com/img/more/greg3.jpg](http://www.team-mischief.com/img/more/greg3.jpg) best pic of n1 dual installed i can find atm ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/4 "2005-03-22T18:12:44Z")
solarian stop bringing up vauge fluid mechanics relations that really have nothing to do with it. i was one of the people with the n1 dual issue. personally id go with an n1 single stainless or the rsr gt2. both are very nice and will be far less heavy over all GT ---
**Author:** ![fitbikeco18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fitbikeco18](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fitbikeco18)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/5 "2005-03-22T20:02:46Z")
yeah…does anyone have a pic of the N1 single installed? also, who makes the rear lip on the pic of the 240 with the N1 duallys? ---
**Author:** ![s13Junkyard](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s13junkyard/32/5502_2.png) [@s13Junkyard](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/s13Junkyard)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/6 "2005-03-22T20:47:42Z")
everyone has N! get hi power ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/7 "2005-03-22T21:17:43Z")
thats my car and thats oem aero GT ---
**Author:** ![fitbikeco18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e56c9b/32.png) [@fitbikeco18](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fitbikeco18)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/8 "2005-03-22T21:23:49Z")
sexy…by oem aero, you mean its the oem rear lip? sorta a stupid question…but just thought id check ---
**Author:** ![GT1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5e925/32.png) [@GT1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GT1)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/9 "2005-03-22T21:38:43Z")
yea thats what came on the car stock from the factory. GT ---
**Author:** ![DTS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@DTS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DTS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/10 "2005-03-24T13:52:52Z")
all of those exhausts are too quiet, especially the Apexi, but ide take the HKS over the apexi ---
**Author:** ![iQuAGoD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@iQuAGoD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/iQuAGoD)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2005, 1:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/hks-hipower-vs-apexi-n1/84454/11 "2005-03-24T13:55:42Z")
> [@DTS](#): > > all of those exhausts are too quiet Thats subjective… they are louder than stock. I’d prefer my exhaust to be as quiet as possible, but the N1 is a good compromise between noise and flow, while still maintaining a hot sexy deep down spl uptune sound.