Disappointment TRD Muffler

[Solorange]

Hey I just installed a TRD muffler for my car and im a little disappointed. My main goal for this mod was for a sportier sound. Not really looking to get any performance out of the engine cause it serves no point for me in this car. It accomplishes a good sound but the problem is that its hardly loud enough for me to hear. My buddy said that he thought that there is a secondary muffler on our cars and if i remove that and put a straight pipe in it should accomplish this. I am three hours away from my car right now so I cant look but is there a secondary muffler up front that i can remove? I actually drove the car for a couple of miles without the muffler to get some exhaust hangers from autozone cause I cut the old ones off and without a muffler it wasnt very loud in the low and high rpm range. But in between 2-3k rpm range it was very loud. But doing something like gutting the TRD muffler would be too loud on daily basis for that range. I just want to figure something out where it is loud enough for me to hear. With no muffler the sound I feel would be ricey to me because it sounds like my car has a lot of balls with nothing to back that up. But right now I feel that the TRD muffler was a waste of money for what it does.

Also I remember when I put some flowmasters on my Camaro the muffler got louder as it was "worn in" or as i used it more. Would the TRD muffler get a little louder as time goes on?

Thanks Chris

[anttarz]

adding a muffler is for performance, adding a muffler is not gonna add 100 hp and make it sound like a z06. you're gonna need a few type-r stickers for that.

i have about 750miles on mine and it sounds about the same. an intake will help with 3k+ rpms

[onefiend]

My buddy said that he thought that there is a secondary muffler on our cars and if i remove that and put a straight pipe in it should accomplish this.

There is a resonator between your muffler and your cat, it helps cut down on the sound. Getting a cat-back with 3" piping would help you get the sound you are looking for.

[crispone]

My CP-e intake drowns the sound of Hon-duh (and the likes) "FARTCANS" if I punch it...

...the TRD, on the other hand... has a NICE MELLOW tone... a classy sound on the outside... and a MILD drone on the inside. NOTHING like the ROAR of the CP-e when WTO!


-crisp

[facevedo17]

yeah for that sound you want look at Midias he has an trd muffler with some additional add ons" y pipe" and resonator aswell his sounds really good

[ThatVietGuy]

Just listen to the clip of my car without an exhaust on it and you'll see how quiet the car is designed to be

[lemmez]

go to this thread and check out my custom cat back exhaust. No one here has it yet besides me. Honestly i listened to all the trd exhaust evo etc.. and this one by far is the best sound + i really can feel the difference in performance. Let me know what you think..

http://solaraguy.org/viewtopic.php?t=30524&highlight=

[woa_its_j3ff]

i love the sound of my trd on my car. beats having the exhausts that are too loud that vibrate your head into a migraine, or too quiet. I think it's the perfect tone. you can hear it outside, just not inside the car.

[solaraheno]

i love my trd exhaust, but all of my friend said its not loud enough 2 hear it.... but for me i love it so much, not too loud not too quite...

[Turbosolara]

i dont get it, if you want it louder why dont you just buy a random ebay muffler? you should know trd is known to be the most quiet muffler in the market

[Solorange]

adding a muffler is for performance, adding a muffler is not gonna add 100 hp and make it sound like a z06. you're gonna need a few type-r stickers for that.

i have about 750miles on mine and it sounds about the same. an intake will help with 3k+ rpms

Yes your right adding a muffler or any exhaust will improve performance but 3hp is not a large gain. If I wanted to get good power out of my exhaust then I would remove the cat get a good catback system, probably do dats y pipe and find almost the nonexistent headers for our car. Like I said before my goal was to get a sportier exhaust note. Which I did accomplish but its just not loud enough for me to hear inside the cabin of my car. And I know it wont sound like a Z06. Thats a completely different type of engine. Its got a couple extra cylinders and longer stroke with the push rod. I expected it to sound like a 350z which it does.

Just listen to the clip of my car without an exhaust on it and you'll see how quiet the car is designed to be

I agree, like i said I drove my car without the muffler and its pretty quiet at low and high rpm ranges. Just in that 2k-3k range its loud as hell. But that is probably more loud than it needs to be for what I want.

i dont get it, if you want it louder why dont you just buy a random ebay muffler? you should know trd is known to be the most quiet muffler in the market

I dont get it either, LOL, I remember reading a post like a year ago were people were comparing exhausts and I strictly remember reading that people said that the TRD was pretty loud. Supposedly it was louder than the Greddy Evo2. I would try to find that post but there are so may threads on exhaust that I think it would take a long time to find it. Actually this is not the first time ive been misinformed. When I was looking for suspensions people have written before that they thought the tein/tokico combo was a stiff setup. They are wrong. Its barely stiffer than what the stock form is. For that mod I was looking to get rid of the wheel gap for my rims and I was actually looking to improve the handling of the car which it did very minimal. A mr2 or a miata in reality would be a perfect car for me because I prefer a good handling suspension over power. (But power is probably second on my list) I know you would say if I was looking to improve the handling that I should have gone with coilovers. But 1600 for coilovers was more than what my budget could afford so I wanted to find the best spring/strut combo which was more my price range. But suspension is besides the point. Just a little short vent of mine LOL.

But back to the exhaust, I think i might try removing the resonator and see if that will give me some more tone. Cause I want something where I can hear a nice engine note from the inside! Oh and will removing the resonator light up the CEL?

Thanks Chris

[ThatVietGuy]

Resonator is only there to dampen the sound, it has nothing to do with the O2 sensor or any sensors for that matter.

[lilm]

take out resonator and replace with a straight pipe..the trd muffler is the QUIETEST of the after market mufflers that i know of

[Turbosolara]

i think the best option for you is resale the trd muffler and get another exhaust set up. i.e. get a whatever muffler with custom 2.5" after catalytic piping alone with a resonator. that will gave you a nice tone without ricer noise (that is what my setup before).

remove the middle resonator might cause your car to have a ricer tone.

[Patrik]

i took off the resonator for a streight pipe and put an apexi n1 exhaust...




and it sounds great.. and you can hear some backfires too