How does it sound? I got this rattlesnake type sound when I gun it.

http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y20...t=HPIM1436.flv

 

I dont hear anything bad there...

 

I'll try it again tomorrow..I can hear it because I know what the sound is..

 

good to see that you finally installed the headers and pulley.....

 

is it between 2-3k rpm ? sound like a bee.. ?

 

Yeah something like that, to me its a rattlesnake

 

check the cat cover.

 

maybe that.. i removed the covers on my cat.. but i had the same problem with my megan headers.. i think it have something to do with the 2nd flex pipe because when i soldered a strait pipe here the sound was gone.. but now the welds on my headers (top) are cracked and they are leaking maybe its because my motor mount where busted anyway...

 

Didn't the dude with the blue CLS from jersey have the 2nd flex pipe removed and a straight pipe added to remove the resonance?

 

Ah found it. It was KahRupt-CL-S03

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=178943

 

I removed my cat cover , I'm gonna upload it later when I get home I got a better clip. I just wanna identify the sound, and make sure its nothing else. What kind of sound does your pullies make when the belts arent tight enough, because I had my headers and pulley installed at the same time.

 

A loose belt will make a squealing noise. Does your noise sound like marbles in a can?

 

Please tell me you didnt Solder on a straight pipe, tell me you welded it on

 

These megans sound fine to me...i don't know why everybody says bad things about them. I need to hear more!

 

yea i was gonna say, soldering? i thought you could only solder copper pipes?

 

Sorry my english is bad something.. dont blame me im french
If you do this, your headers (top part) will have more stress and maybe your welds wouldnt last as long as they are suposed to... (like mine..) but again my motor mounts where busted..
Check post #7 this is my car with the Welded pipe ...
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...ighlight=megan

 

I was thinking about doing that when I got my flex pipe replaced but I didnt wanna put added stress on my mounts which are expensive.

 

ill not be a problem for the motor mounts .. stock one, comptech dcsport etc.. just have 1 flexpipe.. the problem is that the welds on the megan headers are not really solid..

 

I don't hear anything in the clip.........but if its a chirpping as you gun it,then that is the same thing I had when I was messing with megan.
Please tell me someone gave you these free

 

oh yeah sound may come back it did for me also...........read this thread throughly and read the last page of the link NSX posted.https://acurazine.com/forums/showthread.php?t=143981

Good Luck

 

I got em for $100, which is no biggie. Still waiting for someone to get rid of their Comptechs and jump on those. I guess it does sound like bees when you gun it. It doesnt bother me too much , I just wanted to identify it as the resonance.

 

from my experience, i concluded that the gasket type on those megans are real cheap.
if you look at the comptech and the xs headers...they use the metal ring type gasket and they are seated in a channel on the header pipes.
i had taken mine apart and gobbed in muffler weld and that helped for awhile.
but then the crappy sounds returned.

i had gotten the front flex pipe replaced and it didn't seem help.
if you ask me the buzzing sound you hear is exhaust leaking from the connections.

 

Can you just buy the metal ring gaskets, or better yet will XS gaskets fit my Megans.

 

no...they're different construction.

 

see what i'm talking about..
the ring seat around the flange?.
see the difference?.
do you?...do you?..huh huh huh?.

 

Damn..I just thought we could just fit that ring in between the flange on the megans but the XS has a bigger outlet too.

 

yea...u can see there's quite a big difference in construction.
the flex pipes are different also.

damn, i'm helpful.
i should be a moderator.

 

Love that avatar joseph_99tl!

 

I was just thinkin the same thing.

 

some have said this along with the extra flex pipe are reasons why the megans resonate so badly.

 

Well thats not too bad...........If you ever get a high flow cat it will help reduce resonace,I found this after my RT cat was installed with the megans.

 

Its weird why would they put an extra flex pipe.

 

maybe to put less stress on flange, maybe to be easier to fit

 

i think the second flex is for fitment....for clearance.

me thinks these are accord 3.0 v6 headers made to fit the 3.2.

 

i had my second flex welded out. no issues here now. personally i think the megans were the best investment i've put into my car yet....aside from my radio.

SSTS

 

^^got any pictures?

 

Actually they are when I ordered new gaskets and bolts he said they are the accord headers.

 

hey, sorry for the delay man. for some reason i never got back to this thread. all the pictures of my headers and other people who got the pipe welded in can be seen here:

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...6&page=1&pp=25

still no problems here. there is some slight noise from the headers hitting the subframe at certain RPMs, but the header wrap i put on deadened it nicely.

SSTS