Ok so i had the new muffler installed today. Well first i had thought it was 2.5"..I measured it too. the guy at the shop says its 2.25" and its not worth doing the 2.5" axleback. Ok... they install the muffler which i will post pics of but had much nicer welds and a rolled 4" tip instead of a regular 4" tip. The note became much deeper and also my engine response changed. W/o the 2.5" axleback i thought i wouldnt gain anything. But now besides being louder it seems to have more torque and more hp especially midrange and some top. I switched from a magnaflow to a powertech, i have never heard of them, but this muffler seems alot less restrictive. Now i did have an accident which damaged my last muffler so maybe something inside had been damaged. But honestly i cant account for this noticable change in response and even powerband from just changing the muffler...which is supposdly the same diamater. any ideas... the header goes on this weekend and i will definately have to put some dynamat in the trunk and some sort of resonator. any suggestions on resonators.
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Where and how much Subghetto. I need one really bad since I have Header w/ Muffler only. No cats right now but will get one soon also.
http://www.tuningdepot.com/departmentlist.asp?category=49 Here is where you can buy them they are $50.20EVOLUTION01 said:
cool. yeah. mufflex rawks.akhilleus said:
mufflex did my exhaust about 4 months ago. it didn't cost me too much to get my 2.5" 304 stainless exhaust done (from the flex-pipe back). they supplied me with a hi-flow magnaflow carsound cat and a magnaflow resonator. i already had ordered the muffler from thermal r&d (god, i love the sound of my exhaust).
i think the magnaflow resonator was reasonably priced.
pardon my ignorance, but, 4" tip? wow, isn't that a little overkill for 2.25" catback?
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I'm not much for asthetics, so if I could do it again, I'd put my muffler underneath the car, and run a pipe out the rear so no-one could even see the muffler. So the 4" tip thing is lost on me. It doesn't need to be bigger than the inlet...
I'm slightly confused, is it a 2.25" muffler? Doesn't really matter, because you won't need any larger than your header outlet diameter. If you went full 2.5", chances are you'd have to have a custom header, since I'm not sure anyone makes one with a 2.5" outlet.
I got a Genie resonator for $100CDN. Awesome polish SS construction. They're hard to find though.
I'm slightly confused, is it a 2.25" muffler? Doesn't really matter, because you won't need any larger than your header outlet diameter. If you went full 2.5", chances are you'd have to have a custom header, since I'm not sure anyone makes one with a 2.5" outlet.
I got a Genie resonator for $100CDN. Awesome polish SS construction. They're hard to find though.
