muffler or whole exhaust?
 

whats the difference?...if i bought just a muffler would it make any difference at all? i dont have a headder or anything yet either......just wondering cause i can get a muffler for $50 but i cant remember the name of it..i know its a good brand though

muffler not really...unless u change the diamater of the whole exhaust pipe..theres gonna be just about no difference...go full cat back..do it right

chris

get custom piping from your local shop now...that will be good...but for gods sake get a resonator too

Re: muffler or whole exhaust?
 

Muffler=Junk, get the full catback exhaust

whats so bad about not having a resonator. doesn't that just make it a little louder

a lot louder and a bee in a can sound

the resonator does what it sounds like...it smooths the sharpness of the sound waves...without it...you sound like crap...the resonator does hinder a miniscule amount of power but none that will make ANY difference what-so-ever...

Having your muffler is fine if you go down and get some custom piping run to it. Shouldn't cost too much and you'll actually get some power.

go with cat-back exhaust

strait piping on a NA car sounds horrible i think. im a believer in some backpressure is good. a free flow muffler may sound like a good idea, but when you cant accelerate under 4000 rpms because you went with 2.5 inch piping(on a d serise) no resonator and a strait through muffler design, you will loose power. i have a greddy cat back. its got a resonator, and a real muffler.. not a strait through deisign. no back pressure looses TONS of low end, but will yeild slightly better high end gains

$50 muffler? I doubt it's a respectable company, unless your buying used. The internals can be cheap and tacky and may actually cause you to lose power depending on how large it is. When I dynoed my car I disconnected the muffler to see what would happen, I lost 1-2hp and 1-2lbs all the way across the powerband.

It's not a cheep muffler its a Ractive...you wouldnt believe some of the shit people sell around here when there hard up for $....my old alpine mrv 707 that i had to hook up since people stole my shit....i got it for $50 almost brand new


anyway i was just wondering....i could prolly buy it and resell it to someone but i didnt know if it would make a difference.......

oh and i dont want a really loud fart can either.....i kinda wanna keep pretty quite...dont want anyone to know i've done anything to my car