ultimatetl

I have noticed 2 exhaust resonator. I am wondering anyone has one or both resonator removed. If so how does it sound? too loud?

giovanni

i removed the mid muffler and it sounds much better.....gives it a nice suttle growl

ultimatetl

So I assume you used a strait pipe. did you remove the one closer to muffler or close to cat?
Thanks.

giovanni

I removed the one closer to the muffler.
I love the added rumble..No complaints from me.

fsttyms1

i have both removed. if you are running a stock exhaust id say pull them both. if you are running the comptech id say remove only the small one, unless you have teh quiet tip inserts, then pull them both

ultimatetl

is it loud? or how is it? hummmm......compared to G35 or 350Z. if it is just about the same then I will remove both. What do you think?

ndawood

your mufflers may not last as long when you remove any of the exhaust resonators...

fsttyms1

what do you mean? with the comptech or teh factory? with the factory is just a deaper tone nicer when your behind the car. with the comptechs its a really awsome sound, cross between a supra and a modded g35, actually better.CLICK HERE FOR SOUND

Got_3.2?

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fsttyms ur car sounds real good without both resonators. dosent sound ricey at all. when ur gunning it do u hear ne backfire liek sum of those ricey civics? how much was it to remove the resonators?

if i pull just the small one how much louder would it be? i got comptechs.

thanks
mike

El Creepo

How loud is it inside the car? Is the resonance too bad?

fsttyms1

not ricy at all. real deap sound. as for what did it cost. the first time i did it it cost me like 25 bucks at a exhaust shop to cut out and weld in a piece where the 2 resonators went. as for sound you do get the low resonance in the car, if you were on a long trip it would get anoying but for normal here to there driving it isnt to bad. thats why i recomended getting a set of quiet tip inserts. put them in when you dont want the hear it as loud (takes about 1 min to install)
oh and also with the comptechs you can make (as i call them ) Loud tip inserts which make it louder and even better sounding!

El Creepo

How about with stock exhaust do you think the resonance would be bad?

ultimatetl

Yeah, that is my only concern because I just want to use my stock mufflers and add 3A exhaust tips. fsttyms1, what do you think?
LIke 'giovanni' said, I wonder what it will sound like w/ just one removed.

I could just do it one at a time to see the difference but I would also like to save time and money. so i rather do it all at once after my decision is made.

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when u go to da muffler place tell them u want to remove them both. when they pull one resonator ask them to lower the lift and start up the car n see if u like it. if u want it louder tell them to continue with the 2nd resonator if its good tell them its fine.


*would i pass inspection for teh exhaust it i pull out a resonator?

ultimatetl

[QUOTE=Got_3.2?]when u go to da muffler place tell them u want to remove them both. when they pull one resonator ask them to lower the lift and start up the car n see if u like it. if u want it louder tell them to continue with the 2nd resonator if its good tell them its fine.


well, then the sound is coming strait from the cat not from the muffler. they have to weld it to get the true one resonator sound.

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[QUOTE=ultimatetl]yea thats wut i meant when they are done fully taking 1 out n welding it abck together. then ask him to lower n listen.

ultimatetl

oh...i got it.

Thanks for suggestion.

bigman

I had the car from 99 til 2003 with the resonators removed and never had a muffler problem. Removing the cat can destroy a muffler due to the extra ammount of heat buildup.

El Creepo

Hey big was the resonation bad inside the car?

fsttyms1

with the factory exhaust you will barley notic a difference in sound inside the car. you will pass inspections and the muflers will last as long as they would with them in

z3Ro

so i have a question about the video...is that a stock exhaust with both resonator out?

Dem1K

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man I've been DYING to know about this...I've got an '01 CLS with CT Headers & Icebox and I LOVE the sound it gives to the engine...but I want that exhaust note to be there, you know? However I don't want to get exhaust cause the loud sound just aint' my thing anymore. Just an exhaust note like the g35/350z. I've been thinking about taking out the resonators on the stock exhaust to see if it compliments the I/H at all, but I don't know if that would be a bad idea or not? Perhaps I'll go do that tmrw

ou sig

Do it and tell us all about it...take off the big one only first. I also want to do this so depending on what you say I may!

fsttyms1

that is the comptech exhaust in the video.

the stock sounds better with out the resonators too

Dem1K

iTrader: (1)

sure thing man i'll try to get a video camera as well for the sound

z3Ro

hey fsttyms1...im planning on buying a comptech exhaust around xmas time...so do u think its a good idea to take out the resonators? or will the comptech come with it...kuz to my knowledge i know theres 1 in the muffler...theres a mentioning of a 2nd...wheres that at?

Dem1K

iTrader: (1)

Ok guys...I went and got the resonator removed today (by the way, on my car, a CL-S, there's only 1 resonator). Anyhow, it sounds pretty good...UNTIL I hit 2500-3000rpms! It sounds like a god damn fart can. I'm actually emabarrassed to drive it if it gets to that part of the rpms. So I have been driving extremely slow all day today. I don't know, it's fucking weird. When I put it in Park and revved it to 3k, it doesn't make the sound. Only when I'm driving it does. And it sounds AWFUL! I think I'm gonna go back tomorrow and put them back on.

El Creepo

Thanks for the info. I was getting ready to take them off I have a TL-S

fsttyms1

i wonder why the cl sounds so much different? the tl you can barely hear the difference in side. it becomes a deaper tone out (but not much) are you sure it sounds like that out side???

Dem1K

iTrader: (1)

^----I had the windows up and down....The exhaust note got deeper before 2500rpms then it turned into a loud fart can.

fsttyms1

thats strange because once moving in the tl you cant even hear it after 2500 rpm (unless driving down the hwy where you can here just a slightly deaper tone)

z3Ro

yea...i went to a shop 2day n told them what i wanted...i dont want it sounding like a fart can...so does any1 have a sound clip or something with the stock exhaust w/o the resonators?

fsttyms1

nope. i dont know y the cl sounded like that but the tl doesnt

ou sig

damn bro that does suck...I cant stand damn fart cans on 4 bangers.

I wonder if Im going to try or not????

At least it wasnt expensive and you can easily change it back.

Dem1K

iTrader: (1)

^---werd my man

Maybe I'll get exhaust down the line...I don't know...It's just after having it 1.5 years on my last car it starts to get old and annoying, you know? We'll see.

initialD

I think,it is because Type S has higher flow muffler.

fsttyms1

no i doubt it because i can pull mine off with out the resonators on and it still doesnt sound like a fart can

ultimatetl

Well, then my question is....CL-S and TL-S engine is the same. the only difference I see is that CL-S has (1) resonator and TL-S has (2). Theoratically if TL-S loses (1) resonator it shoud sound the same but it doesn't. So there is something different about these 2 brothers. What would it be?

fsttyms1

nothing. the engines are teh exact same

slikz

hmm, this sounds interesting and is pretty cheap.. and i would like for my exhaust to sound louder =) my exhaust is stock, so how many resonators are there? 2 or 4? and what do i tell the muffler shop when i go to them? do i just ask them to take my exhaust resonators off?