italiaCLs

not to long ago i posted something about taking my catylitic converter out. I talked to some exhast shops and the thing that they said would be best to do is,
replace all piping from cat all the way to the exhaust (HKS) wiht bigger diameter piping. Also to get rid of the resinater right before the Y-splitter pipe. The whole job is custom of course and will take about 3 hours beause he has to make and weld the new Y pipe. I cant wait to do it I have a 11AM appiontment tommarow. I will keep you guys posted on how it sounds and pros/cons-

bdubfosho

How much is he going to burn you for the pipe job.

italiaCLs

a lt less then i thought 300 bucks

bdubfosho

Sounds like a good plan to me and it might have saved you some money as opposed to the full system. Keep us posted. and get a sound bite or pic up hurr when you get it done.

NiteQwill

It's going to sound bad without a resonator. I would install an 22" Magnaflow resonator after the cat.

I've seen similar routes on the CL/TL and in the end, those who did a custom cat back, ended up incorporating a resonator afterwards.

Chopsie

I thought I have read that we actualy benefit from the Resonator ?

@cUr@-TL

install was around 150$ on my TL... for basically the same setup.. taking off stock exhaust, replacing with new piping, welding magnaflow res, welding y-pipe, welding mufflers, hangers, etc...


300$ sounds way too high. and 3 hours seems way too long..

italiaCLs

wow, sso should I keep the stock res. on there?????? or take it off? where do I get a magnaflow res?

italiaCLs

What do you mean when you say it wil sound bad? should I tell him to just weld the old reinator back on or something? please let me know.

nicholbr

its going to sound like the loudest fart you can possibly imagine x 324323423.3

my friend had a hatchback with LS swap and straight 2.25 piping all the way back with no resonator and the thing was loud as a mother fucker...could barely stand it on the 10 hour drive to philly

italiaCLs

So if I leave the stock resinator on there will it still be louder then what I have now? (HKS) so ill just be doing the 2 1/2" piping with the stock resinator. what do you guys think of that????

italiaCLs

I am also getting S/C so should I get a bigger pipe?

nicholbr

with forced induction larger diameter exhaust piping is a definite advantage as long as you dont go too large for the application.

Also if you aren't S/C anytime soon the larger piping coould also make you lose HP because of backpressure issues...

italiaCLs

Im installing in a week or so. Should I keep my stock resinater then??? or is that a bad thing. will the exhaust note still be loud with just the piping?

italiaCLs

please some one help. i am meeting this guy tom. and need to know what I need to get. ASAP!

Titand19

get a hi flo resonator. I got that with my piping. I wanted a straight pipe, but the shop owner suggested I get the res put in or it would sound like shit

Chopsie

you want the Res

italiaCLs

ok so i will tell him to weld the res back to the new pipes

samkws

the muffler shop suggested i should do a bigger pipe with my comptech mufflers so i can keep the stock pipe and mufflers together

or else they will cut it and weld the new ones on

i will see for more options tmr and hope to do within this or next week

Titand19

hi flo res, my exhaust is quiet, the regular res will block up the air flow, just as it does on the stock exhaust

1killercls

No resonator equals annoying exaust note in 4th and fifth gear.

italiaCLs

well i got it done with out installing a resinator. it makes the HKS sound a lot meaner. NOT RICEY OR FARTY AT ALL. just at a cold start its a little farty but it goes away in a few secs. when the engine is warm it sound absolutely great! I will probably end upi putting a high flow resinator after the cat just because the drone can get kinda annoying. by the way i put 2.5 inches in the frnt and for the y pipe I did 2 1/4. the only thing is now is where to find A high flow res?

italiaCLs

well i got it done with out installing a resinator. it makes the HKS sound a lot meaner. NOT RICEY OR FARTY AT ALL. just at a cold start its a little farty but it goes away in a few secs. when the engine is warm it sound absolutely great! I will probably end upi putting a high flow resinator after the cat just because the drone can get kinda annoying. by the way i put 2.5 inches in the frnt and for the y pipe I did 2 1/4. the only thing is now is where to find A high flow res? just let me know.thanks guys!