Custom exhaust ideas....
11-02-2010, 05:34 PM
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Custom exhaust ideas....
Well me being a ricer and wanting to cut a hole in the bottom of my midpipe or whatever (after the cat before the muffler) and making my car loud it actually sounds good. lol I get complements on how well it sounds from everyone. No rasp smooth deep tone. But one problem persists, the cabin noise is unbearable. You cant hear the person next you, and its been like this for a while. Soo one of my buddies has a stock piece to replace mine. Im gonna eventually get tired of the quite-ness of the stock piece. So im planning on making a custom exhaust. Idea im seeing which i know one or two of the members on here have done; cutting the resonator out and putting a straight piece in there and replace the muffler with a flowmaster 40 series. Anyone have experience with this and how it sounds in person? pros cons? Im Looking for a smooth deep tone with minimal cabin noise and budget friendy. I have a friend who welds so thats one good thing. Anyone have any other ideas?(besides going to ebay)
11-02-2010, 11:13 PM
#5
^ What he said, start w/ the muffler first, it does most of the sound deadening work in the catback.
[Edit] Ah I know who you are... I like how 4/5 posters are all friends on FB.
[Edit] Ah I know who you are... I like how 4/5 posters are all friends on FB.
Last edited by aackshun; 11-02-2010 at 11:16 PM.
11-03-2010, 12:11 AM
#6
i have a 2.5 all the way to the muffler and i took resonator out, it sounds good and its not loud at all inside the cabin...Maybe you should go with a full 2.5 and a electronic cut out so you can control it whenever you want it louder or not.. I have my 3" sitting in my garage with my e/cut out, but i never got to mount it yet..
ill link a video so you can hear how mine sounds.. but the video im posting has a slight leak from my catalytic so please dont be too harsh on me guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGXpp5b33A
ill link a video so you can hear how mine sounds.. but the video im posting has a slight leak from my catalytic so please dont be too harsh on me guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGXpp5b33A
11-03-2010, 04:19 AM
#9
i have a 2.5 all the way to the muffler and i took resonator out, it sounds good and its not loud at all inside the cabin...Maybe you should go with a full 2.5 and a electronic cut out so you can control it whenever you want it louder or not.. I have my 3" sitting in my garage with my e/cut out, but i never got to mount it yet..
ill link a video so you can hear how mine sounds.. but the video im posting has a slight leak from my catalytic so please dont be too harsh on me guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGXpp5b33A
ill link a video so you can hear how mine sounds.. but the video im posting has a slight leak from my catalytic so please dont be too harsh on me guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGXpp5b33A
Last edited by VQ'rInWLA; 11-03-2010 at 05:11 AM.
11-03-2010, 05:57 AM
#10
i have a 2.5 all the way to the muffler and i took resonator out, it sounds good and its not loud at all inside the cabin...Maybe you should go with a full 2.5 and a electronic cut out so you can control it whenever you want it louder or not.. I have my 3" sitting in my garage with my e/cut out, but i never got to mount it yet..
ill link a video so you can hear how mine sounds.. but the video im posting has a slight leak from my catalytic so please dont be too harsh on me guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGXpp5b33A
ill link a video so you can hear how mine sounds.. but the video im posting has a slight leak from my catalytic so please dont be too harsh on me guys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmGXpp5b33A
lol love the chuy sticker..
11-03-2010, 06:19 AM
#11
to the OP..i agree..start with a magnaflow muffler first..
11-03-2010, 06:38 AM
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11-03-2010, 06:42 AM
#14
naw i like my tone..perfect as is..quiet at idle, as you heard at the beginning of the vid..but when i get on it, i can hear it (just how i wanted it) no drone and i can hear my passengers as i cruise doing 80 on the freeway...best of all worlds
11-03-2010, 06:44 AM
#15
there's some cattman tone in there, but the cherry bomb kills it. anywhoo, as long as you like it..
11-03-2010, 06:47 AM
#17
maybe the cattman b-pipe will give me the tone that CMax has, but the time of purchasing what i have..the b-pipe wasnt for sale... hence what i have now. and yes, i like it alot 
besides dont feel like going back to the welding shop and have them back under my car to make a flange and bolt on a new/used bpipe
besides dont feel like going back to the welding shop and have them back under my car to make a flange and bolt on a new/used bpipe
11-03-2010, 06:54 AM
#18
Test pipe/no cat? A hi flo cat also lowers that slight rasp.....not bad, a slight rasp.....but not like post #1....his is louder.....
11-03-2010, 06:59 AM
#19
yea you wouldnt believe the rasp i had prior to adding teh cherry bomb, it made me hate driving this car. but no cat/test pipe. i've lately been hearing a slight bit more rasp so i may add a test pipe, but i'm not sure..i have some more pressing matters right now other than this car, so for now it sits
11-03-2010, 09:03 AM
#20
11-03-2010, 11:28 AM
#23
OP if your full exhaust is stock try removing your muffler and replace it with a straight pipe. i did that to replace the fart can i had and it sounds like cmax's exhaust but a bit quieter. i always go outside and hear my car when i would lend it to my little brother and no rasp what so ever...
yup, cherry bomb or glass packs kill any exhaust. i honestly dont know why anyone would consider it...
yup, cherry bomb or glass packs kill any exhaust. i honestly dont know why anyone would consider it...
11-03-2010, 11:44 AM
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11-03-2010, 12:48 PM
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11-03-2010, 01:08 PM
#27
[quote=CMax03;7799164]Wow!!!!! What's loud to one, may not be loud to another......^ that's to loud for my taste^
here's mine and it's with Headers, Hi flow cat and 3" Catback!
Where were you in the first pic, your garage or something? Sounds pretty good in first video but different in second video.
here's mine and it's with Headers, Hi flow cat and 3" Catback!
Where were you in the first pic, your garage or something? Sounds pretty good in first video but different in second video.
Last edited by shiloh51933; 11-03-2010 at 01:11 PM.
11-03-2010, 03:29 PM
#28
Well me being a ricer and wanting to cut a hole in the bottom of my midpipe or whatever (after the cat before the muffler) and making my car loud it actually sounds good. lol I get complements on how well it sounds from everyone. No rasp smooth deep tone. But one problem persists, the cabin noise is unbearable. You cant hear the person next you, and its been like this for a while. Soo one of my buddies has a stock piece to replace mine. Im gonna eventually get tired of the quite-ness of the stock piece. So im planning on making a custom exhaust. Idea im seeing which i know one or two of the members on here have done; cutting the resonator out and putting a straight piece in there and replace the muffler with a flowmaster 40 series. Anyone have experience with this and how it sounds in person? pros cons? Im Looking for a smooth deep tone with minimal cabin noise and budget friendy. I have a friend who welds so thats one good thing. Anyone have any other ideas?(besides going to ebay)
flowmaster 40 no resinator straight pipe installed
Last edited by luke95gxe; 11-03-2010 at 04:18 PM.
11-03-2010, 09:41 PM
#29
[quote=shiloh51933;7799834]
Wow!!!!! What's loud to one, may not be loud to another......^ that's to loud for my taste^
here's mine and it's with Headers, Hi flow cat and 3" Catback!
Where were you in the first pic, your garage or something? Sounds pretty good in first video but different in second video.
here's mine and it's with Headers, Hi flow cat and 3" Catback!
Where were you in the first pic, your garage or something? Sounds pretty good in first video but different in second video.
11-04-2010, 04:22 AM
#30
yea i'm seeing that now. ill figure out what ima do here later on, right now its not a pressing issue, i'm more concerned about getting a set of coilovers then go back under and mess with my cherry bomb.
11-05-2010, 07:22 PM
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11-05-2010, 09:06 PM
#33
Cattman header, SCE copper gaskets @ the header collectors, stainless steel hardware w/lockwashers, Ceramic coated header/ypipe assy, Warpspeed 2.5" Metallic substrate cat, 3" Cattman catback.....priceless.......
11-08-2010, 02:10 PM
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