i built my exhaust last year. i have a clear image long tube header, 2.5" piping with a magnaflow 5x8x18" muffler and 36" long 6" round magnaflow muffler as a resonator. i love the sound, however the resonator hangs kinda low and after it bounced off a couple speed bumps its rattling. im thinking of going with something smaller. im wanting something thats max a 4" diameter body. im interested in knowing what others have and how it sounds.

as a side note, i am catless.

 

I had almost the same exact setup, but i had a pacesetter..

I paid 65 bucks for a resonator, and to get it welded on, along with all the joints in the pacesetter...

Local muffler shop...

Its been on the car about 5 months and havent had any problems.

 

I took the resonator off mine, I think it sounds better. You think it would sound ricy but it made mine deeper. If you look inside a resonator they don't have much in them at all, they only drop it a few DB. Cut it out and replace it with a pipe and see how you like it. if you want to hear mine PM me in a few days I'm going to make a short vid of my exhaust.

 

My resonator took the rasp and pop out. And the exhasut quieted down a good amount actually. I wouldnt take it off, IMO.

 

na i dont want to get rid of it, i think ittle be to uncontrolled of a sound. as it is, its the right tone and loudness. mabey ill try to get a smaller magnaflow resonator again.

 

i have vibrant 3inch headerback exhaust what resonator could i put on that would quiet it down but not effect power? also it cant hang to low because my car is lowered

 

Resonators dont really effect power so much...

Mine from a local muffler shop did the job perfectly..

 

Just go to a local shop and have them order a universal basically "no brand name" type. Dont pay the extra money for a Magnaflow. like Short and I said ours are great and they were 60-65 installed and welded.

 

how much will it quiet it down?

 

Depends how big you get it...

bigger the more toned down it is..

It got rid of a good amount of rasp for me as well...

 

thats exactly why i got the magnaflow i did. the car is quiet, almost quieter than stock at idle and cruising, once you get on it its a very nice tone. all was good till i had to put my snowies on that are about 1" shorter than stock and i could go sideways into my driveway.

i guess ill check out what the parts stores have, i do all my own exhaust work anyways. just thought id see if anyone had anything specific they like.

 

almost quieter then stock? me likey

 

My car is quiet as hell

 

quieter then stock?

 

its quieter than stock at idle, and quite quiet cruising. turns into a monster when you get on it hard, i love it, nobody suspects anything cause they cant hear it.

 

what type of resonator is that?

 

its a magnaflow round muffler, 6" round, 30" body (36 overall) 2.5 in/out, and i have a 5x8x18 magnaflow muffler out back. love the sound, i just cant tuck the resonator up high enough. im lowered on h&r race springs and my winter tires are shorter than stock, it makes the car a little low. im fine if i go sideways over everything, my problem was with the huge amount of snow we had this winter and after the plows came through i couldnt go sideways into my driveway and i scraped the exhaust rather hard, since then it rattles on startup.

 

broke a weld maybe? but i feel you man i scrape my stock exhaust pretty often on the H&R sport springs

 

ok bringing this back from the dead, i got a new resonator, its a cherry bomb, however looks no different than any other glass pack style resonator. now the car car sounds like complete crap. it has a nice sound at idle and light throttle, as soon as i get a little harder on the throttle it gets very raspy and extremly loud. im very disapointed with it.

right now im back to the drawing board. a friend of mine has a thrush resonator he pulled off his car, its the exact same dimentions as a my cherry bomb, but he said it was nice and quiet. another guy i know has the same resonator on a 2.2 ecotec and says its quiet, however he still has a cat and a different muffler. i honestly think im wasting my time putting it on, even though its free.

anyone have any thoughts??? im almost ready to find a stock cat-back, im sick of throwing time and money at this exhaust.

 

stock catback = FTMFL

IIRC, thrush is the same as cherry bomb and pretty much any other glasspack. same basic construction. I has a 29" overall length glasspack that I was going to install but might just use a straight pipe (I'm still rocking the stock catback, but i have a 3" zzp dp / header)

What I am contemplating is either glasspack or straight pipe (2.5"), CTI over-axle 2.5" mandrel, into the stock muffler which will be modified to accept 2.5" in. Should be better flowing and quiet.

I have not yet heard an aftermarket catback system that I like. The closest was a custom 2.5" with magnaflow muffler and a really large magnaflow resonator. that didnt sound too horrible.

 

I had the clear image 3" setup with a modified (resonator added) pacesetter...

the muffler broke and i replaced with the stock one... it actually sounds really nice...

 

as i said earlier in this thread, magnaflow muffler and huge magnaflow resonator sounded great, car is just too low for a 6" diameter resonator as it wont tuck into the tunnel.