Hey guys, I just installed a magnflow 14816 muffler with axle back 2 1/4" piping today. I knew it was going to be louder than stock but I thought it would be throaty. I used to have a flowmaster on my old 4 cylinder toyota and this sounds very similar. The magnaflow is nice while cruising and braking but there is alot of very loud droning while accelerating. This is just not what I was expecting. It just seems to ricey for my nice car. I kept my stock muffler so I will probably be putting it back on tomorrow or the next day and then putting my magnaflow on sale at ebay pretty soon in case anyone is interested, along with my old wheels and tires and stock springs. I guess this was an expensive lesson to learn, $35 dollars for the work today and probably another $35 or so to reverse it, plus I now have to but another chrome finisher tip for my stock muffler because when they took it off, they just threw it down and now one of the tips is dented, so there's another $40. BTW, my car is a 3.0 and I kept everything in front of the rear axle stock.

So, 3.0 with Magnaflow sounded wrong? Good to know, I was wondering... Can you upload an audio clip...?

I would like to but I don't have anything right now to record it, but I'll see what I can find. I know it would be helpful because the only 3.0/magnaflow combo that I have heard was wakeboardfusion's and I searched for awhile before purchasing mine. I guess it would sound better with intake and headers like wakeboardfusion's.

resonator FTW

i might be interested
all depends on how much

damn, i'm going to do the same thing with my 3.0 tommorow, I guess I will jsut put it on and see how it sounds. If It sucks I will try to replace the stock resonator with a magnaflow one and maybe that will fix it.

Good luck! Let me know how it turns out for you.

god, where was this thread like 2 days ago before i bought em lol yea ive listened to some muffler audio clips and they are just too loud for me, and yea i was afraid of calling it ricey but from far away it just sounds like a civic to me? but i dont know, ill see for myself here in a week

i have a magnaflow on my 3.0 w/ stock resonator and 2.25" axleback piping it sounds fine to me.. i had an old clip on my comp but lost it.. my friend might have it on his comp ill see tomorrow

also, everybody i know says i did well with the muff

get a 22' res. from magnaflow (high-flow)
it works well and sounds better!
i have the same model muffler as you and didn't like it first and got pulled over cause
cop said it was too loud!?? wtf?
after the res. iono it just sounds nice. . . doesn't sound ricey

dude c'mon.

u shoulda known what u are in for.

go 60+ on the free way and accelerate.

u'll appreciate what uve just done.

2 1/4 just might be ur problem, that 1/4 inch might make a difference.

im lovin my 3.0 right now

U need a resonator

can someone find me a good price on that resonator?

2" is stock size right?

I believe 2.25"is stock size at least for the 3.0

u put ur rims on? or p/s?

Photoshopped my rims, lips, and c/f hood. Can't really see it cuz of the avatar size, I'll upload my pic tonight. I suck at photoshop. Tint goes on saturday

in that case, that's the worst p/s ever

we'll have to wait a month or so for the real deal..

I said I suck at photoshop A month or 2 and it'll be tinted, dropped on those 18's, hood will be on and hopefuly the lips will be on

gotta love those spring time CLs

fawk this winter crap, c'mon 70 degree weekend

can't wait to see some pics.

they better be good

I can't wait to see it all on my car. I'll be postin up pics of the tint saturday or sunday. Then the next projects are new brakes/rotors and all new suspension then wheels and so on, the pics will be flowin from there

really? can anyone else confirm this?

yeah i think the 2.x and 3.0 have 2.25" piping.

3 year old thread and 97Acura3.0 hasn't been online since January. I'd try pm'ing him instead.