When i first got my exhaust the thing sounded awesome all the time. No rasp always deep and nice. Now when the car is cold(not warmed up) i get a raspy sound at part throttle. When it warms up it mostly goes away. But sometimes it seems to be faint even when it warms up. Anybody notice this? Or have a solution?

 

ya mines starting to do that to i hate it

 

i Dont get it, sounded so good before.

 

I noticed this too. Mine has done it even when my car was new. Maybe when the cat is warm the rasp is less? dont know why it would all of a sudden start though.

 

never thought of it like that maybe...

 

I dont think its the cat, because the first 3 months i had it, the exhaust was amazing. Maybe the cats going bad or something.

 

Just noticed this this morning actually!

I know when I had my cavalier (I had dual flowmasters) it got raspy one day. I found out a hole had rusted into the weld where one of the hooks were.

 

prolly a hole or an exhaust leak somwhere

 

If you have a resonator; those are usually the first to go on our cars.

If not, get one and check your muffler.

 

it was always that way, you were just in denial at first

 

Lol, nice. But no it seriously wasnt. I guess its time to check for leaks, maybe switch out the resonator and/or muffler. I hate RASP

 

same thing happen with my hahn, got the muffler replaced, the packing blew out, made it so raspy and loud, if it does it again im cuttin the bitch open and packing it with stainless steel wool instead of fiberglass.

 

I think cold temps have a lot to do with this. I have a Hahn 3" and it mellows out once warmed up.

 

yea if it doesnt warm up long enough its all raspy when u start to drive and on colder days/nights its gonna be rasp till it warms up all the way

im running the Vibrant 3in cat back and its beasty at low rpms and loud race car at higher rpms hahaha

 

Vibrant 3" is what i have, That **** SOUNDS SOOOOOO good when its warmed up.

 

yea, i was always under the impression temperature plays a factor with the exhaust note.

 

the packing in most resonators and mufflers burn up quite fast, tap your res with a hammer and if it sounds hollow it's probably wearing out.

 

Yep I bought my catback hahn used for less than 10k miles and the resonator is junk. Cat is gutted. I removed muffler section and still does the raspy crap. It sounds fricking horrible especially around 3500rpm - 4500rpm. At least they were nice enought to offer a new resonator section for 150.00 hahah. Sounded great dont really beat on the car all that much but almost embaressed to drive near anyone.

 

Yea, i get embarrassed when i have to drive away from somewhere when my car is cold. LOL terrible

 

haha me too cuz it sounds like a piece of ****, damn you cold weather

i just tell myself it sounds good most of the time haha

i hate when i have people with me and i tell them i have to warm it up, they get all gay

i say u want to walk bitch
haha

 

What’s the life expectancy of an after market exhaust?

 

basically what you have to do is build you car so that its so fast that it doesnt matter what the exhaust sounds like haha

 

I've gone through 3 resonators and 3 flex pipes over 2 years, so not too long. One of the things I hate about my car.

 

hahahhaa awesome

 

****, id rather sacrifice 2 hp and sound good. I hate raspy 4 bangers.