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Old May 3, 2011 | 06:25 PM
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any disadvantages of removing the exhaust resonator? Id like the exhaust to be a touch louder, but dont have the money for a catback at the moment. Thanks!
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Old May 3, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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Nope, just louder.
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Old May 3, 2011 | 10:13 PM
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and very raspy.. personally i wouldnt do it unless u got rid of the cat to...
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Best mod I have ever done. IMO
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so what do i do? just go to an exhaust shop and say i want to the resonator removed ... do i have to replace it with something?... im running stock exhaust
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Old May 4, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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It's definitely an improvement.

They'll replace it with a straight section of pipe.

It cost me ~$40 ~3 years ago.
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Old May 7, 2011 | 09:38 AM
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do it yourself and it only costs $10 loll
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i cant find stainless steel pipe by me :/ lol
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was gonna have this done to my monte ss, and i was told that it may **** up your exhaust back pressure and you might actually LOSE power. very raspy sound, untill the car warms up and it kindaa goes away. just throw on 2 flowmaster mufflers in my opinion if your just looking for the sound. i wonder how it would sound with no res, and after market mufflers? hmmm
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Old Jun 1, 2011 | 06:09 AM
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was gonna have this done to my monte ss, and i was told that it may **** up your exhaust back pressure and you might actually LOSE power. very raspy sound, untill the car warms up and it kindaa goes away. just throw on 2 flowmaster mufflers in my opinion if your just looking for the sound. i wonder how it would sound with no res, and after market mufflers? hmmm
It won't effect back pressure. You would be fine.
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Sounds bad *** when you let out of first at 6500 don't waste ir money on a cat back from magma flow a shop will do it for less than half IMO
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I run open exhaust, with no 'back pressure,' and my car's faster with the cutout open.
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the whole point of a resonator is just to muffle sound, i have my removed with the stock mufflers and its sounds perfect, throaty but not too loud
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Cool thats what I plan to do is leave the stock mufflers on but remove the resonator. That is with DT headers and an Hi flow cat.
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Old Jun 6, 2011 | 11:00 PM
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That'd be sick, that's what I want to do. I just can't afford it at the momment :/
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But don't forget the DMH Cutout!!! woot woot
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