ImPo Skyline

Here is the stock clip, It has some ambient feedback but its a good clip.

Click here to watch Stock-TL

It takes about 1 minute to connect and buffer. Putfile is kind of slow but it's reliable.

NFLblitze1

if u take out the resonator...you'll get more a raspy tone.......as subinf said....the best route to go would be to take out just the midmuffler...

Ken1997TL

Sounds good!

ImPo Skyline

After re-reading this thread, I'm going to go with the mid-muffler.

aznbo187

iTrader: (1)

You want to go with the Mid-Muffler, I've had mine off for a couple of days and the sound is getting a bit more noticeable. I like it!

NFLblitze1

any word yet?

ImPo Skyline

Alright, I've done it. Here is the sound clip of the exhaust after the mid-muffler was removed. After reviewing the clips, it sounds alot more drastic than it really is.
Keep that in mind.

Mid-Muffler Removed - TL <click

NFLblitze1

Impo,
how do you like it? im not sure if its just bad video taping....but it sounds a little raspy? im on the fence with this one.....it definatly sounds more aggresvie.....thanks again for posting the clips man! ur awesome! but post up ur opinion....do u regret it?

VelfarreClubber

Shit its does have a good sound difference. thanks for posting up vids quickly Impo!

Now can you get some vids of the car under load.. such as inside the car while driving. then leave the cam behind (recording) and drive off.

aznbo187

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It's not that loud, or loud at all. I think he filmed it inside a garage (amplified sound). But the tone is about right, jsut not the volume. Very quiet, no rasp. I even wish it were a bit louder.

ImPo Skyline

I like it, But like I said, It's not as loud as it sounds. I was thinking of bringing it back to the muffler shop and having 2" pipe from the resonator back. It's about 2" up to the mid muffler, then decreases to about 1.75" after the mid muffler up to the split. Maybe 2" all the way to the rear canisters will give it a little deeper sound. All in all, I'm enjoying it. Like Aznbo187 said, It's only noticeable for those who listen for it. It has about the same sound from 4000 and up under load.
From idle to about 3500/4000 under load you get a noticeably deeper tone, like the G35. I give this for one of the cheapest modifications.

ImPo Skyline

Yea, I was thinking of using a mic and my laptop to get a better quality recording. I have been using a digital camera with voice recording to make these clips.

I'll see if it will work tomorrow after work. I'll most likely have a few more clips by this time tomorrow, such as under load inside car, under load drive-by, under load drive-off, and another no-load rev clip.

ImPo Skyline

You're absolutely right, My digital camera recorder couldn't get a good recording outside, and if I was too close I got a lot of feedback from exhaust blowing at the mic. Stock it sounded great inside the garage, maybe a little loud, but decent. Once I filmed the 2nd clip I noticed the garage makes it sound 10x louder than it really is.

I'm sure my laptop will get a more quality recording from outside tomorrow.

aznbo187

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I do love the sound though. Sounds like a g35 but a lot smoother !
I just wish it was a tad bit more noticeable. I know that gale-speed had his resonator removed along with the mid-muffler, and had bad rasp. So I was thinking about the option of removing the stock resonator, BUT replacing it with a smaller resonator, that would eliminate the rasp, but hopefully bring up the sound a notch.

Now my question to those exhaust savvy, does anyone know if the resonator has to be tuned, or a specific size,length so that it will not produce a rasp? I guess we can only experiment with different resonators and hope one will be the right one.
Since we got this far, does anyone know which aftermarket resonator to start with? ??

encrypted03

Doesn't seem to load for me? The link seems dead.

encrypted03

Nevermind, works fine now. Sounds good man

VelfarreClubber

Hey Impo i just noticed your in the OC, are you gonna go to the meet at the block next month?

ImPo Skyline

I'm down to show, Is there a link to a meet thread that I've missed?

On another note, I'm going to make those clips right now. I'll have them up shortly.

aznbo187

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Has your tone gotten and louder? Mine got a tiny bit louder. Just a little bit more and I'll be really happy. =)

dman918

Hmmm... video clip doesn't load for me.

dman918

NM, it works. Yeah, it takes a while to load. I think it sounds great! I have to find a place to do it for the $30ish...
Is the stock exhaust stainless? If so, are you guys getting the straight pipe in stainless as well?

subinf

unless the shop uses a tig welder its not going to make a difference.

ACER

I to have this Mod, extremely satisfy with it, all my friends give me props on it, doesnt sound rice out, highly recommended, goes great with my weapon R short ram.

subinf

if you are worried about rust, that is

dman918

I live in WI, so that is why I was prefering stainless.

bluenoise

Does removing the center muffler have any effect on the warranty? I'm thinking about doing this, but I don't want to jeopardize my coverage.

subinf

depends. if your catalytic converter fails the dealer cant (sucessfully) pin that on the removal of the muffler...but if your system develops rust holes then maybe. ive seen, mainly on east coast cars, mufflers rotted out because the inside of the exhaust pipe began to blister and sent all those little bits into the muffler....aside from that i dont think there is much that will go wrong

aznkikaz

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OK i just got it done today... 35 bucks at a shop in Rowland Heights called Speedway Muffler.. took about 20 minutes.

At first I didn't notice anything major because my intake kinda overpowers the sound... but a little after I began to notice the "g35" exhaust noise.. just a little..
I guess it's a pretty nice mod for 35 bucks and people are saying it gets louder with time?

Overall = but would like it to be more noticeable!

sand spaz

I also did this. I was wondering if anybody has the same very minor issue.
It seems that when its cold I get this high pitch whistle at about 2500 rpm and fades above that.
It sound like a shrill type whistle. But it did seem to disapate after the car warmed up. Still I don't know if its due to a small pin hole that was missed in welding the tube in or if its just the way it is.

Let me know
Thanks
Jeff

ImPo Skyline

No whistle here, I'm willing to bet its a hole in a weld.

subinf

you could order a short dynomax 'silver bullet' and replace the oem resonator with it and see how you like the tone. if you dont want to go with a shorter magnaflow resonator i would rec. them...they are inexpensive and well made.

aznbo187

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I was really looking into replacing the stock resonator with an aftermarket one to accompany my straight pipped mid muffler. Out of those two, which one would you recommend? I want it to be a bit louder but I still want the resonator to cancel out the raspy sounds. I'm sure you won't know for certain, but which one would you assume would get the closest job done?

subinf

either a 14" or 18" magnaflow will do that for you

aznbo187

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Dynomax, or magnaflow? And which model is it exactly? Do you have a link?

NFLblitze1

also along with AZNBO's question id also like to know....the resonator....how does the size affect the noise? is it the bigger the louder? (18" = louder) and the smaller the less noise...(14" least loud) or is it the other way around

tallfuq

i guess no new sound clip?i went to couple of muff shops they said they dont know how to do it so i didnt even say bye and i left haha and the next wants 80 gotta look around alil more

aznkikaz

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update:

its DEFINITELY gotten louder.. or is it a psychological thingie... but now its STRAIGHT UP SEX . my friend said to leave it like this and forget the mufflers I was thinking of putting on... it's got that hint of ANGRY RAWRness without being overpowering.

HEK

can't get the sound clip to play...maybe too late??..

aznbo187

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I think the greater it is, the less noise you get. Bigger = more silencing. Correct me if im wrong. Does anyone know the approximate lenght of the stock resonator?

aznbo187

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Yea its sex! lol, but I wish it was a BIT more present liek it is on the g35's. Btw, do you have any other mods, or an intake? I was thinking about the intake, but I dont want it to drown out the exhaust since its so quiet.