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02-20-2003, 06:46 AM
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muffler or whole exhaust?
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
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02-20-2003, 07:19 AM
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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
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02-20-2003, 09:06 AM
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get custom piping from your local shop now...that will be good...but for gods sake get a resonator too
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02-20-2003, 09:42 AM
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Re: muffler or whole exhaust?
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Muffler=Junk, get the full catback exhaust |
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02-20-2003, 09:43 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: North Carolina
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whats so bad about not having a resonator. doesn't that just make it a little louder
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02-20-2003, 09:44 AM
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a lot louder and a bee in a can sound
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02-20-2003, 10:07 AM
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Yahoo Watashi wa kattaze!
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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...
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02-20-2003, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
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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.
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02-20-2003, 01:24 PM
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go with cat-back exhaust
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02-20-2003, 01:39 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: orlando florida
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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
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02-21-2003, 04:38 AM
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$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.
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02-21-2003, 07:43 AM
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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 |
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