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I just installed my HKS Draggers today. i like the deep sound in the beggining rpms but after that its gone. no more sound?? i thought they would be sounding better than that?? please some comments will help.

 

That's actually normal. The Comptechs do the same thing too. At first I was wondering how come the sound's only at the low rpm...but later I found out that's pretty normal. I think it has to do with the fact that the Dragers are only axle-back (forgive if I get the terms switched, I always forget which term is what) and to have sound throughout the band, you would need to switch out the piping...that's just my theory.

 

they are just mufflers..what do you except..

if you want more sound..get a custom pipe

 

get an intake. It'll pick up the noise where the exhaust drops off.

 

i do have a aem cai...i noticed an extra piece of like a muffler under the car..right in the middle..what is that for?? can it be removed and a pipe added there?

 

That is either your cat or silence resonator...if you remove it...you will make your exhaust sound annoying loud and risk not passing smog...unless you stick it back in for smog and take it out again.

 

get headers

 

Simple solution - cut-out activated by remote switch on dash.

 

Hey, you stole my line

 

Get a CAI! It will give you that upper rpm growl you are missing.

 

i got a cai...if i remove the resonator will i loose hp anywhere?

 

If you have a CAI then you should have removed the Resonator during the installation of the CAI....

 

why should it have been removed with the installation of the CAI . isnt the resonator like a muffler lookin thing on the piping of the exhause in the middle of the car?

 

he's talking about the intake resonator, you're talking about the exhaust resonator/silencer.

 

maevonee...here's the solution to making ur exhaust sound louder...if you look at where the muffler bolts into the main pipe that runs to the down pipe...you will notice the dragers are like half an inch...maybe less than that bigger than the stock pipes...go get custom pipes made and there you go...louder sound. Either that or just remove the silence resonator.

 

why would u want it louder? it's jus a bunch of unwanted noise pollution. The key is to make power, not noise.

 

Ahh, yes... good call... I just saw CAI and resonator in the same sentence (literally) and replied.

I'm with TKO here... why would you want that much noise??

 

To each his own...

 

Want noise? get mustang

 

put a hole in your pipes

 

install coffee cans instead of mufflers and can make that fart sound all the way down the street with those flower pots. LOL j/k.. I think if your looking for a deep growl, look into Borla, they make some nice stuff, no application SPECIFICALLY made for our cars, but if you just want the mufflers they got them.

 

why does everyone care that i want my car louder..its just a personal prefrence..the exhaust seem real deep now. but low. if i remove the silence resonator. then the deep growl will be louder. which is what i want.

 

Do it and tell us how it goes...I was curious in doing it myself.

 

someone told me about it supporting the wheel guard???

 

The exhausts are nothing more that translation of engine sounds... after you get higher up in the gears, the engine itself makes less noise... that means the exhausts will make less noise. This is NOT a problem of the HKS dragers or any other exhaust system.

 

Drive on the highway for a couple of hours, and you will be glad that your exhausts are quiet at higher RPM. Damn Comptechs with resonating tips...

 

Phock the resonator...Just get a welder to cut a "small" hole in the muffler and you'll get that "deep exhaust note" you've been searching for!

 

cut a small hole in the exhaust?? in my new shiny hks draggers?? no way ima get the resonator out tommorow. lets see how that goes.

 

do it on the piping under the car...trust me it will sound hot

 

Do it and let us know..i m thinking about doing that too... btw; i have greddy evo =)
i want my car to sound like my friend's 98m3 with AC exhausts.. that shit sounds FUCKINg sweet.... Deep and loud hahaha

 

Forget the hole. i removed the silence resonator..my car sounds SWEET!!! deep growl. go get it removed trust me you wont be dissapointed! 40 bux is what it cost me...

 

So is the sound throughout the entire rpm band now? Does it get louder as you get higher in the rpms?

 

no its real deep up to 2 1/2 3 rpms. then the intake sound kicks in. but the deep growl u hear now is amazing!!! i love it.

 

So how much louder is the Dragers now than compared to the Dragers with the silencer on?

 

u can feel them now. u can actually rev ur engine and intimidate someone