Anyone w/ exhaust resonator removed?
10-15-2004, 01:33 PM
#41
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Originally Posted by 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?
10-15-2004, 06:24 PM
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i was just thinking about something...when the vtec kicks in...the intake is louder...is it the same with the xhaust w/o resonator?...kuz i know that when its idle w/o the resonators its a deeper note...
10-15-2004, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by z3Ro
i was just thinking about something...when the vtec kicks in...the intake is louder...is it the same with the xhaust w/o resonator?...kuz i know that when its idle w/o the resonators its a deeper note...
10-15-2004, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by 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?
we did this to my friend's eclipse and holy crap...it was loud alright.
Hey FTTYMS...i loved that fuel cut off sound on the vid
you car man, sound sweet!!
10-15-2004, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by etxxz
If you want an even cheaper way to accomplish this, take the stuff inside your mufflers out and it will sound loud
we did this to my friend's eclipse and holy crap...it was loud alright.
Hey FTTYMS...i loved that fuel cut off sound on the vid
you car man, sound sweet!!
we did this to my friend's eclipse and holy crap...it was loud alright.
Hey FTTYMS...i loved that fuel cut off sound on the vid
you car man, sound sweet!!
10-16-2004, 01:19 AM
#46
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Originally Posted by etxxz
If you want an even cheaper way to accomplish this, take the stuff inside your mufflers out and it will sound loud
we did this to my friend's eclipse and holy crap...it was loud alright.
Hey FTTYMS...i loved that fuel cut off sound on the vid
you car man, sound sweet!!
we did this to my friend's eclipse and holy crap...it was loud alright.
Hey FTTYMS...i loved that fuel cut off sound on the vid
you car man, sound sweet!!
but what stuff in the muffler are you talking about etxxz? i would like to know..
10-16-2004, 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by z3Ro
hey fsttyms1...so what have u done to ur exhuast...anything like bigmans?
10-16-2004, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
nothing other than removing the 2 resonators and comptech mufflers. i may run all new and custom pipe this winter and relocate a in 1 out 2 muffler somewhere where the resonators are and run 2 nice pipes (no more shitty y pipe) out the back
that would be sweet! I think the Y Pipe is ghetto looking from behind.
10-16-2004, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by ou sig
that would be sweet! I think the Y Pipe is ghetto looking from behind.
10-16-2004, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Dem1K
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.
I think I'm gonna go back tomorrow and put them back on.I am glad this question was asked too...Now that allows me to do it without having to worry about what it will sound like.
10-16-2004, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by z3Ro
fsttyms1 so what ur saying is that u have the comptech xhaust but its not doing anything kuz u have ur resonators removed?...
10-16-2004, 05:21 PM
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sorry i think u misunderstood my question...what i meant was...do u have a pipe or something connecting the 2?...or is there a gap?...hopefully thats a better question...i agree a deep throaty sound is waaay better than a raspy burner sound...
10-16-2004, 05:22 PM
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i welded in a pipe where the resonators were
10-16-2004, 07:40 PM
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oooicic...kool...do u know what the difference is between a pipe n a resonator by magnaflow?...will that resonator still muffle the sound or not as much as stock...
10-16-2004, 07:46 PM
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????? a resonator is a small muffler, its designed to muffle sounds, so im sure it will muffle some
10-18-2004, 02:11 PM
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OK, I went to the local mienicke and they wanted $75!!!! They took me out there when I asked why, and on my car, there is only one resonator, and it is right in the middle of a slight "S" shaped bend, so it was $35 for labor, and then material, and bending.......
This is very depressing. Are the older 2G TL's different?
This is very depressing. Are the older 2G TL's different?
10-18-2004, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by johnny--2k
OK, I went to the local mienicke and they wanted $75!!!! They took me out there when I asked why, and on my car, there is only one resonator, and it is right in the middle of a slight "S" shaped bend, so it was $35 for labor, and then material, and bending.......
This is very depressing. Are the older 2G TL's different?
This is very depressing. Are the older 2G TL's different?
10-18-2004, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by johnny--2k
I have a 2003...the resonator is right before the Y in the exhaust, placement wise, its right where the back seat meets the trunk...roughly.
10-18-2004, 04:27 PM
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here is a link to the exhaust for a 2003 accord v6, mine looks very similar to it, and you can see how the resonator sits at a bend...
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...+PIPE+%28V6%29
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...+PIPE+%28V6%29
10-18-2004, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by johnny--2k
here is a link to the exhaust for a 2003 accord v6, mine looks very similar to it, and you can see how the resonator sits at a bend...
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...+PIPE+%28V6%29
http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/...+PIPE+%28V6%29
10-18-2004, 07:57 PM
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Johnny--2K go to www.acuraautomotiveparts.org and look at their diagram for the 03 TLS it does show two resonators.
If you decide to do it, definitely let me know, this is something I have contemplated doing. I would love to meet up and see what it sounds like
If you decide to do it, definitely let me know, this is something I have contemplated doing. I would love to meet up and see what it sounds like
10-18-2004, 11:14 PM
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thats exactly what it looks like Dem......only the one resonator, right in the bend.
2003 TL-S, where in WI are you located? I did remove the resonator from the intake, and that definitely helped with sound, and top end.....I noticed it used to die out around 90 or so, now it seems to pull a lot harder to about 110 which is the fastest I have gotten up to.
2003 TL-S, where in WI are you located? I did remove the resonator from the intake, and that definitely helped with sound, and top end.....I noticed it used to die out around 90 or so, now it seems to pull a lot harder to about 110 which is the fastest I have gotten up to.
10-19-2004, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by streetracing901
would this happen to be it? (I have a 2001 tl-p)
(I have a 2001 tl-p)
10-19-2004, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by z3Ro
can anyone post pics of the big resonator?
10-19-2004, 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by z3Ro
ah ha...there it is...y dont they just put them together or something...or make a long 1 instead of splitting it like that...but thx fsttyms1
10-19-2004, 06:58 PM
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10-19-2004, 07:39 PM
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Originally Posted by 1st timer
Can You Remove Both Resonators Without Loosing Power? Or Put A Free Flow For The Big One And Keep The Small One On?