Striker187
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btw, if you wanna go cutout, check this out. www.quicktimeperformance.com/qtec.htm
I Want A Loud Exhaust
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CruzinAltitude
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That cutout sounds nice as hell. I cut out my cat for a few weeks on an one of my first cars becuase I was putting on a whole new exhaust, and I left it open for a few days, HOLY s*** was that loud as ****. If you want loud, thats loud, you'll get pulled over in a matter of days, but its loud!
All that being said....
A long time ago I removed the cat, and just replaced it with a piece of pipe. Then, yesterday, I installed a straight through muffler, and it is LOUD.
I love the sound right now, but I know I will want it less loud in a matter of days... can I just replace the pipe I placed instead of the cat with a resonator to reduce the sound a little? Or will that make it much, much quieter?
I still want to hear the sound the car makes... I just don't want to end up with a headache every time drive for long periods of time.
Thanks,
LOS
A long time ago I removed the cat, and just replaced it with a piece of pipe. Then, yesterday, I installed a straight through muffler, and it is LOUD.
I love the sound right now, but I know I will want it less loud in a matter of days... can I just replace the pipe I placed instead of the cat with a resonator to reduce the sound a little? Or will that make it much, much quieter?
I still want to hear the sound the car makes... I just don't want to end up with a headache every time drive for long periods of time.
Thanks,
LOS
Well, you're kinda stuck here. If you put a resonator it should quiet it a little, but I've never tried it.
Really all a resonator does is make the frequency notes bounce around a little more before comming out of the exhaust. A cat actaually muffles it.
Really all a resonator does is make the frequency notes bounce around a little more before comming out of the exhaust. A cat actaually muffles it.
smithers_0990
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I have the Mazdaspeed axel back, removed resonator, and gutted cat (I still have the first one) and it wasnt loud before I put on my axel back. It dose get annoying at highway speeds for long trips. My dad and I went to Milwaukee last weekend which is about 2 hours away and he said that he wont ride in my car again. 
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smithers_0990 said:I have the Mazdaspeed axel back, removed resonator, and gutted cat (I still have the first one) and it wasnt loud before I put on my axel back. It dose get annoying at highway speeds for long trips. My dad and I went to Milwaukee last weekend which is about 2 hours away and he said that he wont ride in my car again.
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I don't know my dad loved it when I had Mazdaspeed axel back.
He loves cars so much
but he want Hummer...if you can downpay $10000, with 0% APR with $1000~1500 monthly payments for 5 yrs, anyone can get Hummer lol
Striker187
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correct. a resonator is used to quiet the exhaust. you could say it's a "pre-muffler". it's also supposed to help buzzy exhausts sound less annoying.
Striker187
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hey you can be loud but still retain the deep low smooth tone. just depends on your choice of muffler/resonator combination. a turbo will really help the the buzzy situation too
Striker187 said:hey you can be loud but still retain the deep low smooth tone. just depends on your choice of muffler/resonator combination. a turbo will really help the the buzzy situation too
That's what I want.... a deep low smooth tone. Because when I put the silencer on my exhaust, it sounds much less loud, but it is not an even growl through the rpm range... it is sort of: low rumble from 1K to 3K, then it gets buzzy from 3K to 4.5K, and it even out an gets low again at around 5K... I hate that.
But if I take the silencer off, it is an even growl all the way trough... the problem is that it is just too loud. I thought a resonator would lower the volume, and still keep the smooth low tone all the way through the rpm range.
