Got my magnaflow...
12-29-2003, 05:55 AM
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Got my magnaflow...
Yet another magnaflow review for your reading pleasure. I got my magnaflow installed this weekend to replace my rusted-out stock muffler. They welded in a new section to fix my leaking b-pipe and kept the stock resonator.
The sound? AWESOME. Really deep, not even remotely ricey. No 4-cylinder will make a sound like this. It's loudest around 2k rpm but not annoyingly so. Quiet on the highway; if you really get on it through the gears, you hear the muffler briefly and then the frankencar kicks in from 2.5k rpm and up. At first I thought it was too quiet, but it gets louder after it warms up. Also, it broke in nicely after a brief 2 hour drive from Philly to New York and got a tad bit louder. I even traded cars with my RSX buddy for a while so I could hear what it sounded like/looked like from the outside. He was blipping the throttle for me and it sounded fantastic. Definitely aggressive, but not loud enough to attract the cops. I'm very, very happy with the overall look, sound, and price. Butt dyno says no gain, but I'm still on the stock Y.
$179 including tax and labor for a magnaflow street series model 14829 including the b-pipe fix. now for that y-pipe...
The sound? AWESOME. Really deep, not even remotely ricey. No 4-cylinder will make a sound like this. It's loudest around 2k rpm but not annoyingly so. Quiet on the highway; if you really get on it through the gears, you hear the muffler briefly and then the frankencar kicks in from 2.5k rpm and up. At first I thought it was too quiet, but it gets louder after it warms up. Also, it broke in nicely after a brief 2 hour drive from Philly to New York and got a tad bit louder. I even traded cars with my RSX buddy for a while so I could hear what it sounded like/looked like from the outside. He was blipping the throttle for me and it sounded fantastic. Definitely aggressive, but not loud enough to attract the cops. I'm very, very happy with the overall look, sound, and price. Butt dyno says no gain, but I'm still on the stock Y.
$179 including tax and labor for a magnaflow street series model 14829 including the b-pipe fix. now for that y-pipe...
12-29-2003, 06:10 AM
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Originally Posted by nupe500
Nice...did you get in installed in Philly? if so where?
12-29-2003, 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Larry H
Yet another magnaflow review for your reading pleasure. I got my magnaflow installed this weekend to replace my rusted-out stock muffler. They welded in a new section to fix my leaking b-pipe and kept the stock resonator.
The sound? AWESOME. Really deep, not even remotely ricey. No 4-cylinder will make a sound like this. It's loudest around 2k rpm but not annoyingly so. Quiet on the highway; if you really get on it through the gears, you hear the muffler briefly and then the frankencar kicks in from 2.5k rpm and up. At first I thought it was too quiet, but it gets louder after it warms up. Also, it broke in nicely after a brief 2 hour drive from Philly to New York and got a tad bit louder. I even traded cars with my RSX buddy for a while so I could hear what it sounded like/looked like from the outside. He was blipping the throttle for me and it sounded fantastic. Definitely aggressive, but not loud enough to attract the cops. I'm very, very happy with the overall look, sound, and price. Butt dyno says no gain, but I'm still on the stock Y.
$179 including tax and labor for a magnaflow street series model 14829 including the b-pipe fix. now for that y-pipe...
The sound? AWESOME. Really deep, not even remotely ricey. No 4-cylinder will make a sound like this. It's loudest around 2k rpm but not annoyingly so. Quiet on the highway; if you really get on it through the gears, you hear the muffler briefly and then the frankencar kicks in from 2.5k rpm and up. At first I thought it was too quiet, but it gets louder after it warms up. Also, it broke in nicely after a brief 2 hour drive from Philly to New York and got a tad bit louder. I even traded cars with my RSX buddy for a while so I could hear what it sounded like/looked like from the outside. He was blipping the throttle for me and it sounded fantastic. Definitely aggressive, but not loud enough to attract the cops. I'm very, very happy with the overall look, sound, and price. Butt dyno says no gain, but I'm still on the stock Y.
$179 including tax and labor for a magnaflow street series model 14829 including the b-pipe fix. now for that y-pipe...
Wait till you get the y-pipe and you're opinion will quickly change. The car will go from sound good to sounding ricey. There's no way around it.
Dave
12-29-2003, 03:04 PM
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heh...
so the general consensus is that the sound goes to hell after a y-pipe. thanks for all the support guys. j/k...
haven't people had some success with different resonators? hopefully I can find a setup that won't change the sound too much after I get the y-pipe in spring.
it looks great...the 4" tip fits the cutout perfectly, and the end of the tip is flush with the end of the bumper.
I'll have to wait till the weekend to get sound clips/pictures since it's dark now by the time I get home from work...
j/k...haven't people had some success with different resonators? hopefully I can find a setup that won't change the sound too much after I get the y-pipe in spring.
it looks great...the 4" tip fits the cutout perfectly, and the end of the tip is flush with the end of the bumper.
I'll have to wait till the weekend to get sound clips/pictures since it's dark now by the time I get home from work...
12-30-2003, 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry H
Yet another magnaflow review for your reading pleasure. I got my magnaflow installed this weekend to replace my rusted-out stock muffler. They welded in a new section to fix my leaking b-pipe and kept the stock resonator.
The sound? AWESOME. Really deep, not even remotely ricey. No 4-cylinder will make a sound like this. It's loudest around 2k rpm but not annoyingly so. Quiet on the highway; if you really get on it through the gears, you hear the muffler briefly and then the frankencar kicks in from 2.5k rpm and up. At first I thought it was too quiet, but it gets louder after it warms up. Also, it broke in nicely after a brief 2 hour drive from Philly to New York and got a tad bit louder. I even traded cars with my RSX buddy for a while so I could hear what it sounded like/looked like from the outside. He was blipping the throttle for me and it sounded fantastic. Definitely aggressive, but not loud enough to attract the cops. I'm very, very happy with the overall look, sound, and price. Butt dyno says no gain, but I'm still on the stock Y.
$179 including tax and labor for a magnaflow street series model 14829 including the b-pipe fix. now for that y-pipe...
The sound? AWESOME. Really deep, not even remotely ricey. No 4-cylinder will make a sound like this. It's loudest around 2k rpm but not annoyingly so. Quiet on the highway; if you really get on it through the gears, you hear the muffler briefly and then the frankencar kicks in from 2.5k rpm and up. At first I thought it was too quiet, but it gets louder after it warms up. Also, it broke in nicely after a brief 2 hour drive from Philly to New York and got a tad bit louder. I even traded cars with my RSX buddy for a while so I could hear what it sounded like/looked like from the outside. He was blipping the throttle for me and it sounded fantastic. Definitely aggressive, but not loud enough to attract the cops. I'm very, very happy with the overall look, sound, and price. Butt dyno says no gain, but I'm still on the stock Y.
$179 including tax and labor for a magnaflow street series model 14829 including the b-pipe fix. now for that y-pipe...
01-01-2004, 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by soulchild
That's exactly how I felt/still feeling. All I need is a y-pipe and then I'll be set.
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