I bought an A&R performance muffler,but my car dosen't sound much different.What do I do?full 2.25" tubing?headers? I would think it should be a little louder.
Why is my car still so quiet?
kevin
Take off the muffler or put some holes in your exhaust lol...j/k don't do that
Piping , headers won't help much if the muffler is already so quite. It's the muffler that counts. Also the tip.
just dont use a muffler, sounds good
gut your cat....
THe header will add sound as well as the 2 &1/4" exhaust But you will probably get the most sound out of a high flow cat.
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ive heard stock accords with just headers and its pretty loud..try the header and 2 1/4 piping
Jay
my car is loud. header, intake, 2.25 piping, all made it louder... also no muffler makes a difference!
next step for me is to get a testpipe and ADD a muffler!
I think it could just be the muffler... I have a dynomax super turbo muffler with 2.25in catback piping and a fliped carb lid and its pretty loud.... all of the things that you listed will help with the sound but like someone posted... its really the muffler that makes the biggest difference..... when you put untake you'll hear that as well on the high end... as the RPMS get higher the sound will go from the back to the front... you have to also remember that there is a resonater on your stock piping along with the cat... that may be it too.....
~Nathan~
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how big is your tip on the muffler?
Alex.
yea the size of the tip makes a difference too, bigger tip is louder, smaller is quieter,
yeah i went from a 3 inch tip to a 4inch and it is louder.
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i think its about 4"
kevin
Is the tip resonated?
If you have stock piping, then your resonator is still on.
where is the resonator located. i have 2.25 piping custom cat-back. im wondering if its located behind the cat or in front of it by the header.
ACT Stage 1, Short Ram Intake & 2.25 Dynomax custom catback w/4inch carbon fiber tip. Thats it for now.
Putting the paint back on after
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Am I the only one here that actually likes my nice quiet stock muffler ??? You can barely even hear it running, lol :lol
-Jared
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It's located right behind the cat converter. It's where the pipe gets really fat after the converter. You can see it at the top of this picture. Kinda wierd that I'm showing you a pic of the system you bought off meOriginally posted by socal3rdgen
where is the resonator located. i have 2.25 piping custom cat-back. im wondering if its located behind the cat or in front of it by the header.
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Well, let me ask you this, are you getting the performance that you want from your setup??? OK, if you are then why are you worried about how loud it is??? Some of the fastest street cars in the world aren't loud at all.... To tell you the truth, my next muffler will be performance but quiet.... But hay, that's just my 2 cents.....
I have 2.5 inch tubing and an arospeed cherry bomb muffler.
joker is right to many degrees... take a look at police cars... they have a a lot of extra power compared to that same car in its stock form and they are very quiet.... My Uncle does a lot of work with the local police in Lafayette, LA and he said that the majority of the mods are just the ecu .... they tend to vary but the engine work is just overhauls and ports/polishing ... etc... I do like to hear my car growl though.. theres just somthing about the sound that intreagues me....
~Nathan~
"There's always something waiting at the end of the road. If you are not willing to see what it is, you probably shouldn't be out there in the first place."
~StOcK PiCs~
Exactly what I was talking about 87Accordster!!! Yeah, I love a little growl myself under the hood, like mustangs and cameros have and even police cars but if you notice, that's the only place that growl is coming from, not some loud azz muffler..... Now that's what really impresses me.....
~Nathan~
"There's always something waiting at the end of the road. If you are not willing to see what it is, you probably shouldn't be out there in the first place."
~StOcK PiCs~
i put a custom short ram intake on last night, it seems to be good enough for now,next is a converter bypass pipe.
kevin
then i guess you would know the best huhOriginally posted by Jims 86LXI HB
It's located right behind the cat converter. It's where the pipe gets really fat after the converter. You can see it at the top of this picture. Kinda wierd that I'm showing you a pic of the system you bought off me
so did yous have a resonater or no. oh and by the way they used my cat instead of your they just cut yours off.
ACT Stage 1, Short Ram Intake & 2.25 Dynomax custom catback w/4inch carbon fiber tip. Thats it for now.
Putting the paint back on after
SOMEONE STOLE MY PAINT!!!!!
What does the resonator do?
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