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Old 08-30-2014, 06:26 PM
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LE5 exhaust help

I bought my car used and riced out to the max so I had to tune it down, the exhaust however is still the same he threw in long tube headers I have no idea who makes em, also a scrap yard resonator and magnaflow muffler. Not sure which model. Now I want to keep the headers but the car sounds like garbage. What would you recommend for exhaust that's not too loud but still sounds like performance. Sick of sounding like a straight piped civic.

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Gmpp exhaust or zzp 2.5 inch sound good
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Or just put and lnf muffler? Idk how it will sound because you are NA.
Or find a quiter muffler. This route is cheaper if your are looking for that lol
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Ive been thinking about buying a pipe kit and getting a solo performance resonator and muffler for mine.

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Has anyone ever heard of someone throwing a pacesetter catback on a 2.4?
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if you're still N/A and plan on staying that way just find a used stock LE5 or LSJ exhaust. I'm running a non catted long tube with the stock LE5 exhaust and it sounds fine. It's not loud until you get on it and even then it's not very loud at all.

I plan on keeping this setup when I add the supercharger also.
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Originally Posted by qwank
if you're still N/A and plan on staying that way just find a used stock LE5 or LSJ exhaust. I'm running a non catted long tube with the stock LE5 exhaust and it sounds fine. It's not loud until you get on it and even then it's not very loud at all.

I plan on keeping this setup when I add the supercharger also.
same here, but its very raspy, resonator and muffler have probably seen better days though
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Originally Posted by RicemanCDN
Has anyone ever heard of someone throwing a pacesetter catback on a 2.4?
Stay away from that catback. I'm warning you now. It might look appealing because it's cheap but it's junk.
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Originally Posted by chevygirl2006
Stay away from that catback. I'm warning you now. It might look appealing because it's cheap but it's junk.
Yeh pretty much anything pacesetter might as well be ebay junk. Either the ZZP or GMPP(if you can find one) or get a pipe kit and a quality resonator and muffler and build it yourself.
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The eBay catbacks aren't bad. They are all stainless steel. There's a lot of people running that exhaust. The pacesetter muffler isn't stainless steel and will rust through in like a year. My muffler rusted through in like 5 different spots. And it sounded like crap
eBay catback>pacesetter catback.
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did some digging around on the car, they are pace setter long tubes. so I may need to change the headers too if you guys are saying Pace setter is garbage. idk how long they have been mounted but they have help up so far we will see how this winter goes. the question still remains, what should I throw on there it sounds decent at low RPMs it just humms along but when I put my foot down its either a hole in the flex pipe(which I have put my hands around while the car was runn ing and felt nothing) or a hole somewhere else. also it might be the magnaflow muffler that's making me sound like a RICE MACHINE
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It sounds bad because of the pacesetter header lol. Get a zzp shorty or badmab. Or get the zzp long tubes.
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Am I gotta get more bass with shorty? Or long pipe
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