Hello all.....Frequent visitor, first time poster.

Does anyone have any experience/advice with eliminating the small muffler that is ahead of the exhaust split? Any benefits in sound or HP?

 

hi Sho, I had that resonator removed in my Accord and it was much noisier without it. I dont think there was any real noticable increase in power either. I ended up putting in a borla exhaust and then adding a 21" resopnator to bring the sound back down (Borla's are really loud) I'd recomend that you look into a complete exhaust system so as not to run across those issues. Good luck!



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1999 Satin Silver TL
Dunlop SP9000 215-45/17 mounted on CL-S 17" Rims
H&R Springs
Inspire Tailights
20/30/40 tint

Y2k Honda S2k Roadster
- no mods ...yet!

 

sho-ex.... did you drive Ford Tauras SHO before or something??

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Y2K silver TL, non-navi
Factory style full body kit + spoiler
38% window tint
Valentine 1

 

Before the 3.2 TL I drove a 1993 Taurus SHO (5sp, Eibach, Dynomax cat-back)., which I really liked, but it had about 150K miles on it. Looking for a replacement, I found that the Acura was best sedan on the market with similar performance that was not real expensive.
The Dynomax for the SHO was just a straight pipe from cat to "Y", which eliminated the middle resonator. It was not much louder than stock.

 

I wouldn't recomend getting rid of the resonator...Without it the car is very loud and the increase is very minimal...

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1996 2.5 TL Dark Green
HKS Powerflow, HKS Fuel Pressure Regulator, Sebring Exhaust, Jacobs Pro Street, Apex-i AFC, Jet ECU, Powerslot Rotors, Axxis Metal Master Pads, PIAA 1100x, Clarion 9255, Tube Driver Amps, Boston Pro 10's (2) , CD Technologies 6-4-2, Clarion MVA6491 (3), Valentine 1, Cliford Avant Guard 4, Monster Capacitors (2), Jacobs Accuvolt, Trunk, Underdash and Underbody Neons
No nav yet but soon!!!

 

Well, I don't know how it is in TX. But here in CA, straight pipe is very illegal. It's too friggin loud. Regardless of the law, I'd say, keep the cat... or it's your ears you're talking about.

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Y2K silver TL, non-navi
Factory style full body kit + spoiler
38% window tint
Valentine 1

 

Oh...I was always keepin the cat- just thought about getting rid of what's in between the cat and the mufflers...