Had mid-muffler removed about 60 minutes ago.
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Had mid-muffler removed about 60 minutes ago.
So after asking youz guyz waaay too many questions, I went down to a small locally-owned muffler shop & had that mid-muffler brick cut out & replaced w/2.5 straight pipe.
Executive summary statement: I can't possibly imagine a better value-per-dollar spent than this simple mod. Totally a good idea. Totally worth it. Very pleased.
(I have an 07 Type-S 6 spd.)
The exhaust note is definitely improved but the car isn't now "loud." If that makes sense. The change is more of the deeper, more rumbly variety, & mostly at the bottom of the rev range. From off-idle to about 3,500rpm --right in the 'around town' sweet spot-- is where its most noticeable. Under WOT up above 4,000 you can't really tell much difference from stock; but the engine is doing most of the wailing then anyway.
Now, I notice it b/c I own & drive the car regularly. To the uninitiated I'd say the sound mostly matches the car's looks. Its not so over-powering that the moment you fire it up everyone's head w/in a 50-ft. radius is going to swivel around wondering "what the hell is THAT?!", and at idle there's really no difference from stock at all. But once rolling its just a little bit deeper, throatier, a little more aggressive under mild throttle & very noticable right at shift points under normal driving - which for me tends to be in 3 - 4,000rpm neighborhood.
Coming down my street allowing the car to coast/decelerate at about 2,500 in second gear was nice. It has just about the right amount of rumble. But keep in mind this is from a 50-y/o father of 3 who's trying to let the neighbors sleep, not a 25-y/o bachelor who's trying to wake the dead.
As for the much-dreaded 'drone' and/or 'rasp' - there is none. At constant-rolling speeds its completely stock-sounding.
The shop charged me $50 & it took them about 20 minutes. A little steep but I wasn't gonna quibble over a 10 dollar overcharge, espec. since I can use them again to do work that's ,....*ahem*,...close to some legal lines.
I'm going to rock this for a while and see if it grows on me. In another thread one of you said you additionally deleted the cat and that really brought a nice deep boom. That may be the next step. But for now I can say this; if you've thought or are thinking about doing this there is no question its the best $35-$50 bucks you can spend...unless you know some girls in Tiajuana.
Executive summary statement: I can't possibly imagine a better value-per-dollar spent than this simple mod. Totally a good idea. Totally worth it. Very pleased.
(I have an 07 Type-S 6 spd.)
The exhaust note is definitely improved but the car isn't now "loud." If that makes sense. The change is more of the deeper, more rumbly variety, & mostly at the bottom of the rev range. From off-idle to about 3,500rpm --right in the 'around town' sweet spot-- is where its most noticeable. Under WOT up above 4,000 you can't really tell much difference from stock; but the engine is doing most of the wailing then anyway.
Now, I notice it b/c I own & drive the car regularly. To the uninitiated I'd say the sound mostly matches the car's looks. Its not so over-powering that the moment you fire it up everyone's head w/in a 50-ft. radius is going to swivel around wondering "what the hell is THAT?!", and at idle there's really no difference from stock at all. But once rolling its just a little bit deeper, throatier, a little more aggressive under mild throttle & very noticable right at shift points under normal driving - which for me tends to be in 3 - 4,000rpm neighborhood.
Coming down my street allowing the car to coast/decelerate at about 2,500 in second gear was nice. It has just about the right amount of rumble. But keep in mind this is from a 50-y/o father of 3 who's trying to let the neighbors sleep, not a 25-y/o bachelor who's trying to wake the dead.
As for the much-dreaded 'drone' and/or 'rasp' - there is none. At constant-rolling speeds its completely stock-sounding.
The shop charged me $50 & it took them about 20 minutes. A little steep but I wasn't gonna quibble over a 10 dollar overcharge, espec. since I can use them again to do work that's ,....*ahem*,...close to some legal lines.
I'm going to rock this for a while and see if it grows on me. In another thread one of you said you additionally deleted the cat and that really brought a nice deep boom. That may be the next step. But for now I can say this; if you've thought or are thinking about doing this there is no question its the best $35-$50 bucks you can spend...unless you know some girls in Tiajuana.
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Keith Abner (01-12-2021)
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I look forward to each new thread keeping us up to date on the exhaust mods you undertake.
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Good point. I'm outta here for the night but maybe later when I get back or at some point over the weekend I'll re-post this into that thread & then delete this one. ...got all excited and everything
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EvilVirus (09-27-2015)
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Read from some on here that the Magnaflow res was a waste of money and, once the mid-muff was gone, they couldn't really tell much if any of a difference. I dunno. I've ripped out the intake resonator + mid-muffler. I'll go j-pipe next I think and just live with the stock exhaust resonator
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SHawdyswingmyway (05-02-2017)
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Read from some on here that the Magnaflow res was a waste of money and, once the mid-muff was gone, they couldn't really tell much if any of a difference. I dunno. I've ripped out the intake resonator + mid-muffler. I'll go j-pipe next I think and just live with the stock exhaust resonator
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