phee

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I have been searching the forum on a way to make my car's exhaust a bit deeper sounding and i have been tinkering with the idea of removing my exhaust resonator. I know fsstyms has done it and he said the tone got Deeper... but will it be droning? and will it get too loud? i just want a nice low hum like the 07. i know i may not get exactly that, but something along the lines would work.
so what should i do EXCEPT get an AM exhaust.
thanks

Never Summer

Just pull your headers out. That'll give it a nice deep growl.

phee

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LOL. but seriously

Hockeyman

if you want to keep your stock mufflers, take out the mid mufflers and replace them with an aftermarket dynomax bullet resonator and some piping.

phee

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and how will the tone be on that? is it deep or will it sound raspy? i dont want people to hear me coming down the street

aznboi2424

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headers are good. they sound great when you step on it, good hp improvement and inexpensive too (XS headers).

searching the forums, i have heard mixed reactions about removing the resonator. some said it sounds closer to the G35 sound. others said that it drones, is buzzy or simply sounds like crap and regrets the mod.

but i think an AM exhaust is the direct way. and ill give you a few extra hp.

i have also heard high flow cat is also another option. hope this helps

phee

iTrader: (5)

Thanks man that does help. i will be gettin headers after tax time. does anyone have first hand experience?

fsttyms1

Seriously, you need to search more. There have been alot of people who have done this, not just me. With the stock mufflers it wont drone. If you do it and then add aftermarket mufflers it will.

phee

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i couldnt find a post stating whether or not it would drone. i got both of them removed today.

SRAcuraTL

And howd it turn out?

phee

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GREAT, it sounds so sexy im like drooling

philly fresh

mount a 50cal up top. thatll make it hella loud

aznboi2424

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care to post a video?

phee

iTrader: (5)

yea, ill record one today and post it up.

oh, and i love the sound, the whole point was so my car would NOT be loud, but have a low tone growl

phee

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well here you go guys, unfortunately my mic is messed up on my cam and i couldnt find the other, but you get the point! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r--kxRQV39o

phee

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oh yea, and it produces the EXACT sound i had in mind, i hope you guys have a sub, or good computer speakers, because it is hard to hear with regular speakers

aznboi2424

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any drone?

you removed the mid-mufflers right?

TOTAL~LUSH

anyone have an idea of what a type S would sound like with them removed?

Razzi

sounds great phee, nice job

phee

iTrader: (5)

Thanks razz
aznboi: there is NO drone, it sound real nice, real suttle but people notice and the car sounds mean, feel a bit more peppy. i removed the 2 MId mufflers, the big one and the little one and replaced with test pipe
Lush:I would assume a type S would be a bit louder but probably the same note

Razzi

i've been looking to do this myself and been reading some threads. it's suggested that you do both the mid muffler and the resonator. and it's also said that the bigger one will yield a more noticeable difference. that's what i plan to do, the bigger one. problem is, no one said what the bigger one is. i dont wanna walk into a muffler shop and go "i wanna remove the bigger of the resonator and the mid muffler" cause i dunno what to expect. maybe it varies from car to car or something

SLAKERZ

Do a search. There's tons of good threads with pictures/info. Make sure you know what you're removing before you take it to a shop to remove it. The place I took it to asked me to show them what exactly I wanted to take out. I only ended up taking out the big one. The Type-S has a nice growl to it. It's loud enough that I hear it in parking structures, but it doesn't set off alarms. The drone is really minimal at only certain RPMs. Turn up the system and you can hardly notice. After a while, you get use to it anyways.

BENDER08

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...d+small+sounds

Razzi

ty 'preciate it

phee

iTrader: (5)

Yea man, i would seriously take out both of them, i let my dad drive around th eblock and it sounds real sexy when you are passing by, it is the perfect mix of exhaust and when vtec kicks in it sound POWERFUL. and i have a TL-p

TOTAL~LUSH

around how much did it cost you and how much time did they charge for labour??

BENDER08

Mine was under 40 bucks cant remember the total

phee

iTrader: (5)

well everyone around town was saying 75-80 dollars. so i went to menieke and they charged me 45 but they took 40. So it reallys houldnt be more than 45 bucks, ive seen people who got it done for 20, but you want to make sure that the pipe is supported correctly because the resonators have a thin piece of metal holding them to the underbody.

Unkn0VV17

Midas was trying to rip me off....charging me 100 dollars for the piping. Thats not included labor either. The owner was an ass cause he was treating me like a dumbass that knows nothing. So, said screw you and left...lol

timberland73

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You car sounds great Phee!

phee

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Thanks man, it actually got a little deeper after i reset my ecu. i love the tone.

TOTAL~LUSH

how was it that you reset your ecu?
just unpluged the battery for a while?

phee

iTrader: (5)

yea, unplug the battery for like 10 minutes
and then start your car and dont touch the gas pedal. let it sit until the fan comes on and then turn it off
next time you star it should be good. DO IT AFTER EVERY MOD

03aspec

why?

`ill*tl

No offense but it sounds like total crap.. if you even bothered to search, you would've found out that ppl suggested *ONLY REMOVING* the mid-muffler resonator and not the 1st/front resonator.. as removing both of them will give you a ricey sound.. and the sound will only get worse when and if you decide to add an aftermarket exhaust.

If you want a deep, nice, exhaust tone.. dun be a cheapass and spend the $$ to do it right the first time.

phee

iTrader: (5)

i posted a video, you can hear that it doesnt sound ricey at all. AND I REMOVED BOTH. let the video be proof. And i dont appreciate you calling me a "cheap ass" i definitely got the EXACT sound that i wanted and didnt feel like adding a big ass muffler set up. theres a difference between being cheap and being smart about your money. I feel sorry for those who spend upwards of 200 dollars to gain 3 hp. Thanks for the 2 cents

03aspec: i read that it helps your car recalibrate the A/f mixture due to the new conditions. Some people do it every season to get their cars ready for the different blends of gas.

Never Summer

Doesn't sound too bad! I was thinking about doing this but figure I better save the money so I can buy the Tanabe SHM cat-back. It may seem like a waste of money, but it sounds so nice.

phee

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hey man, if its the sound you want then thats what you should get. This mod isnt for everyone. But i am really happy with the tone.

SLAKERZ

Actually, from what I've read through search, the small resonator being removed doesn't hardly do anything, so it doesn't really make too much of a difference if you remove both. Just as long as you remove the bigger one. It's a simple cheap mod and I'm glad you're happy with it. It really is a nice tone and as long as it doesn't set off alarms, I can't complain. As long as you keep the muffler stock, just think of it as giving voice to the true beast within >) All natural baby hahaha.

phee

iTrader: (5)

Thanks, it does sound better all natural. its so much better having people think the car sounds like that from the factory