muffler or whole exhaust?

[sc0rch]

whats the difference?...if i bought just a muffler would it make any difference at all? i dont have a headder or anything yet either......just wondering cause i can get a muffler for $50 but i cant remember the name of it..i know its a good brand though

[armyguy5]

muffler not really...unless u change the diamater of the whole exhaust pipe..theres gonna be just about no difference...go full cat back..do it right

chris

[pdiggitydogg]

get custom piping from your local shop now...that will be good...but for gods sake get a resonator too

[cashizslick]

Originally posted by sc0rch
whats the difference?...if i bought just a muffler would it make any difference at all? i dont have a headder or anything yet either......just wondering cause i can get a muffler for $50 but i cant remember the name of it..i know its a good brand though

Muffler=Junk, get the full catback exhaust

[96civicex]

whats so bad about not having a resonator. doesn't that just make it a little louder

[ebpda9]

Originally posted by 96civicex
whats so bad about not having a resonator. doesn't that just make it a little louder


a lot louder and a bee in a can sound

[pdiggitydogg]

the resonator does what it sounds like...it smooths the sharpness of the sound waves...without it...you sound like crap...the resonator does hinder a miniscule amount of power but none that will make ANY difference what-so-ever...

[94_AcCoRd_EX]

Having your muffler is fine if you go down and get some custom piping run to it. Shouldn't cost too much and you'll actually get some power.

[Civic98]

go with cat-back exhaust

[ChrisCantSkate]

strait piping on a NA car sounds horrible i think. im a believer in some backpressure is good. a free flow muffler may sound like a good idea, but when you cant accelerate under 4000 rpms because you went with 2.5 inch piping(on a d serise) no resonator and a strait through muffler design, you will loose power. i have a greddy cat back. its got a resonator, and a real muffler.. not a strait through deisign. no back pressure looses TONS of low end, but will yeild slightly better high end gains

[Suk02Si]

$50 muffler? I doubt it's a respectable company, unless your buying used. The internals can be cheap and tacky and may actually cause you to lose power depending on how large it is. When I dynoed my car I disconnected the muffler to see what would happen, I lost 1-2hp and 1-2lbs all the way across the powerband.

[sc0rch]

It's not a cheep muffler its a Ractive...you wouldnt believe some of the shit people sell around here when there hard up for $....my old alpine mrv 707 that i had to hook up since people stole my shit....i got it for $50 almost brand new


anyway i was just wondering....i could prolly buy it and resell it to someone but i didnt know if it would make a difference.......

oh and i dont want a really loud fart can either.....i kinda wanna keep pretty quite...dont want anyone to know i've done anything to my car