Removal of Stock Resonator

by **HKSV6SLE** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:55 am

get rid of the resonator it will help flow and incrase the exhust note...smell shoudln't be affecte eitehr way

by **CASTRO** » Fri Mar 05, 2004 11:04 am

for those of you who have had it removed... what are some detailed descriptions of the sound output? I did a search and some said it was more of a "drone" or got poppy and a little raspy up top. I dont see how that could be possible since i would still temporarily have my stock muffler and only be replacing the resonator with a straight pipe.

One more thing, is it true that by replacing the stock cat to a high flow one, ex:random technology, it will change the exhaust tone slightly? I thought that the cat in no way effected the tone unless it were a larger diameter. :-?

Any info would be appreciated.

by **adam2562** » Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:30 am

i noticed it pops a lil more with decelerationand sumtimes when i shift it will pop too.. i think it sounds awesome removing the cat will change the note too

by **prowlerartist** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 6:55 pm

i have a 4cyl solara and I took off the muffler but left the resanator and and it sounds great. I also noticed a little faster acceleration

by **PEITRUS** » Thu Mar 25, 2004 7:41 pm

pr0wlerartist wrote:i have a 4cyl solara and I took off the muffler but left the resanator and and it sounds great. I also noticed a little faster acceleration

how did you go about taking off the muffler?

by **prowlerartist** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:05 am

i just have a straight pipe after the resanator with a chrome tip. I had it done at a muffler shop. I think it cost under $100

by **prowlerartist** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:09 am

you could take it off yourself and get the same sound by just un bolting it. The muffler shop bent me a new pipe to continue out the back

by **Mole** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:24 am

you should be super loud.

by **prowlerartist** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 8:04 am

if i have my windows up i can hear the exhaust softly. Its got a descent sound for a 4 cyl. its a smoothe tone, none of that blapy or poppy stuff,
I would recommend it

by **MaxBoostSolara** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:11 pm

swimshady906 wrote:Yea i did it. Its really not a good thing to do..... Its not any louder it just has a dumb sound now. It cracks and pops ( that also might be because of the blower) But it really is not an improvment in the sound. I know someone had done this and they had a custom one put back in because it was so bad.

what blower???

by **MaxBoostSolara** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 11:14 pm

i have an off-brand N1 style muffler and it sounds pretty nice 2 me... i've never heard the TRD, Apex-i, nor the Greddy cat-back systems but i wonder how mine sounds compared 2 the others... i'm gonna get a custom cat-back later n use the same exhaust i have now or maybe a real Apex-i Universal muffler... i'll try 2 get a video of how it sounds later but that wont b 4 a while... laters

by **SolaraT** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 4:54 pm

http://home.comcast.net/~solarat/EVOIIrev.ASF
http://home.comcast.net/~solarat/EVOIIrev2.ASF

Here are some Sound/Video clips of the Greddy catback on an i4 since you mentioned sound clips. I love the deep smooth sound. Its got like two small resonators.

Removal of Stock Resonator

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