99AcuraTL03

Has anyone ever straighpiped there exhaust? I unbolted the exhaust from the cat back to hear what it would sound like... sounded like a rice burner with a fart can! just a tip to those who want to straight pipe theres... DON"T DO IT just my

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

^ i've been posting that all the time when people wanted to take off their resonator/mid muff and replace it with a straight pipe..

if type-s, it sounds different...

99AcuraTL03

i would just go atlp all the way... too bad i don't have the money.
Looks like u got a genesis coupe jjashaa! 3.8 i'm guessing? Great choice!

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

^ or tanabe. i would have def picked up a tanabe SMH if it wasn't for myself getting ATLP to make us an exhaust. haha.

and yes i did. there's a thread on the Car Talk section. =] thanks!

99AcuraTL03

Lucky! how much did it run?

ANC297

iTrader: (2)

How different does the type s sound with a straight?

99AcuraTL03

not much different. basically don't do it!

jjashaa

iTrader: (23)

go to Car Talk and you'll see there..
people have said it did sound a bit louder but i wouldn't kno, i had a base.. haha

99AcuraTL03

my friend has a type-s and it sounded throatier but it still sounded like a fart can.

'03TL-S

iTrader: (10)

No fart can here as i'm a type s with a straight pipe installed after removing mid muffler and resonator.

c0v3rr1d3

iTrader: (4)

right but you have 2 mufflers at the rear right? I think they are talking about straight pipes from the cat all the way to the rear exit, no mufflers at all.

99AcuraTL03

mlrskn06

iTrader: (2)

oh please post a video clip i would like to hear how it sounds, it may be a nice cheap mod for me

fsttyms1

This is basically what it sounds like straight pipe (i had a cat on in this vid, yes there are mufflers but there are straight pieces of pipe blocking off the baffles inside so they are bypassed (my loud tips as i call them)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUjtASMSJ0U

mlrskn06

iTrader: (2)

^^ wow sounds nice... now is that ur stock cat? or aftermarket? and when u straight pipe did u get rid of ur thing that looks like a giant can? in front of the mid muf

fsttyms1

Stock cat and yes i removed the resonator and mid muffler between the cat and mufflers

gfrg88

iTrader: (2)

You guys also have to realise that the actual piping is bigger too...


Sounds nice though

fsttyms1

What are you taking about? That was stock pipe, stock exhaust manifold (no header).

99AcuraTL03

i think he's talking about the piping you replaced the stock resonator and mid muffler with

gfrg88

iTrader: (2)

No, I actually did think he had bigger pipes... mine doesn't sound like that, and its straight piped

DaveS221

iTrader: (1)

^probably because you have your mufflers on the end. he put a pipe through his mufflers so it bypasses the baffles (plates in the muffler that direct the air through the can to change the sound). so his mufflers are there for aesthetic purposes. but if you ditched your mufflers, then idk lol

gfrg88

iTrader: (2)

I have a test pipe, no resonator and removed the mufflers... didn't sound as good as that... But that was just like a day thing to see how it sounded.... too much time on my hands... lol

fsttyms1

With my new exhaust i have dual 2.25 piping all the way back to the mufflers. In that vid it was the stock pipe with stock dia pipe replacing the mid muffler and resonator.

fsttyms1

chaosnexstacy

Thats the only one I have heard that sounds good with the eliminations. Every other post I heard sounds like crap and I mean every single one I have heard. I want to do that to mine it sounds awesome.

Ep3moschini

did you make a new mid-pipe or did you just cut out and weld in sections?

SYLKIE

iTrader: (1)

i ditched my mid muffler and tried a straight pipe recently. absloutely hated the sound. horrible. but i think that's cuz i have XS headers which resonate somewhat at certain rpm. the next day, i cut the straight pipe back out and welded the mid muff back in and it sounded fine, just like before i messed with it. imo, don't do it, especially with aftermarket headers (other then something quality like CT's).

illmat1k

iTrader: (1)

I have my type-s straight piped. it sounds ricey at startup when cold, but when it warms up, its nice and deep.

fsttyms1

Cut the res and mid muffler out and fabed in a new piece of pipe