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Ok so I am currently running a rear muffler delete and a resonator delete. I'm think of welding a dynomax resonator. In my opinion, the exhaust setup I have sounds nice, but it's mostly just noise, no tone to it whatsoever. On WOT, it sounds pretty nice, but the rasp and drone is insane. I'm thinking the dynomax resonator will give a tone to the exhaust install, is this true?
So your car has 3 mufflers after the resonator. You're telling me you cut our the stock resonator, the last two Mufflers, and left in the mid-muffler. Now you want to fix the noise, is that correct?
okay put your stock resonator back on and get two new exhaust pipes of your choice for the tail end. That should fix your problem.
Unless you want a "new" resonator to replace the stock one. Even if you do there wont be a difference in sound compared to the stock
This is what I did to my car. Let me show you with pictures
This is a mid muffler delete
I replaced the mid muffler with a 22in MF glasspack aka resonator. You can kinda see that there are two resonators there. Having two equalizes the interior rattle/drone.
This is the two muffler delete at the tail end of the car
TL;DR: I deleted all my mufflers and have two resonators. Stock and MF.
yes i still have mid muffler. It's just the rears and resonators that have been deleted and replaced with straight pipes. I also do have custom tips. I can't take pics of my car because I my jack is broken, but that's what I have done. I still have the oem resonators and rear mufflers sitting in my garage in case if I wanted to put the back on.
i removed the mid muffler aka 3rd muffler and straight piped it, then replaced the stock resonator with a Dynomax 24215.. i also removed the air intake resonator as well
theres no rasp throughout the rpm range, just a deeper and more defined tone thats slightly more audible than stock.. with this setup 2500 rpm is the deepest and loudest it gets, it starts to level off a bit closer to stock then gets alittle louder as you reach redline. The tone is much deeper throughout the rpm band if that makes sense
, theres even other 3rd Gen TL reviews on there so you can see what they said about it... also the 24215 is a direct swap, size is 17.5" which is just around what the stock resonator is and the in and outlet are the same size as well.. again there is absolutely no rasp or droning at all with my setup so you can ignore the people telling you that there will be more, they dont know what they're talking about
Last edited by champaned_out; 03-09-2016 at 08:22 PM.
i removed the mid muffler aka 3rd muffler and straight piped it, then replaced the stock resonator with a Dynomax 24215.. i also removed the air intake resonator as well
theres no rasp throughout the rpm range, just a deeper and more defined tone thats slightly more audible than stock.. with this setup 2500 rpm is the deepest and loudest it gets, it starts to level off a bit closer to stock then gets alittle louder as you reach redline. The tone is much deeper throughout the rpm band if that makes sense
heres the amazon link to the dynomax Amazon.com: Dynomax 24215 Race Bullet Muffler: Automotive, theres even other 3rd Gen TL reviews on there so you can see what they said about it... also the 24215 is a direct swap, size is 17.5" which is just around what the stock resonator is and the in and outlet are the same size as well.. again there is absolutely no rasp or droning at all with my setup so you can ignore the people telling you that there will be more, they dont know what they're talking about
I don't know honestly. I guess I just wanted to go a different route and setup.
I replaced mine with Dynomax Resonator and sounds great no rasp.
This is on an automatic type S
I've got the XLR8 v2 J-pipe and removed the mid muffler. Removed the stock resonator and got the same result as the TS (even though I still have the OEM rear mufflers) with the rasp, especially at part throttle. Added back a Dynomax like you did and rasp was instantly gone. Very quiet at freeway speeds, nice tone at idle and WOT without being ricer loud.
Actually gave a ride to a friend of mine who has an Audi Q5 and he wanted to know what I did to my car so he could make his Q5 sound like mine.
I know they're different cars, but with your setup it seems to have kept more of the low rumble tonality, most noticeably above 3k or 4k vs my setup.
I guess it depends on what you want sound wise from your exhaust. If you want it to sound pretty much exactly like it does, but without the drone.... I'd say reinstall your OE resonator....OR get an aftermarket res.
Also, since we're on the topic of exhaust.... I started a thread yesterday in the general 3G TL forum section called "Exhaust Setups - Collection/Archive w/audio"- I'm wanting to have an area where people curious about other exhaust setups can go to listen to (ideally) any variation of exhaust setups for the 3G TL. If any of you are willing to post clips of your exhaust setups in there and describe your setup, I'd appreciate it.
hey man, i just got a base tl 07. this is actually my first post here. I was looking to make my tl sound a little...well...nicer. im interested in switching the resonator for that amazon link you provided. should i also remove the mid muffler and str8 pipe it? what are your recommendations?thanks!
hey man, i just got a base tl 07. this is actually my first post here. I was looking to make my tl sound a little...well...nicer. im interested in switching the resonator for that amazon link you provided. should i also remove the mid muffler and str8 pipe it? what are your recommendations?thanks!
Short answer, yes. You shouldn't have any rasp with that setup.
So your car has 3 mufflers after the resonator. You're telling me you cut our the stock resonator, the last two Mufflers, and left in the mid-muffler. Now you want to fix the noise, is that correct?
okay put your stock resonator back on and get two new exhaust pipes of your choice for the tail end. That should fix your problem.
Unless you want a "new" resonator to replace the stock one. Even if you do there wont be a difference in sound compared to the stock
This is what I did to my car. Let me show you with pictures
This is a mid muffler delete
I replaced the mid muffler with a 22in MF glasspack aka resonator. You can kinda see that there are two resonators there. Having two equalizes the interior rattle/drone.
This is the two muffler delete at the tail end of the car
TL;DR: I deleted all my mufflers and have two resonators. Stock and MF.
And what did this accomplish?! Did you get a good tone out of it?! Any drone?!
Im looking to go the same route but i have a CLs, mid muff deleted with straight pipe. Looking to add a long 22" resanantor in its spot, loose both oem mufflers and replace with two dynomax resanators(linked above) in esch mufflers place and sttaight pipe the last foot to tips.
It has better back pressure now that I added the second resonator to it and sounds much better with tail end straight piped. The car feels quicker and sounds better since those heavy mufflers were removed.
I seafoamed my gas tank, engine, and vacuum line and that also is helping my high mileage car breath better...
On the tires, I'm wondering about ride quality and road noise compared to the original Continentals, though perhaps those issues are not high on your list. Thanks, Wally
resonator delete (all of them) and leaving the stock mufflers
resonator delete and buy new mufflers (flow master, borla whatever)
full cat back replacement system
obviously - not trying to spend thousand of dollars but I would really love to get a deep growl out of my V6 Aspec. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I recently did everything except delete the rear mufflers, mid muffler delete with dynomax 24215, and race pipe from ATLP "heeltoe"... I ordered the j pipe v2 and race pipe but the j pipe was delayed so I went ahead and put the race pipe on... I am pleased, if youd like to hear what that setup sounds like I'll be glad to post a video, honestly I think if I removed the rear mufflers it'd be too much, too loud.. which isn't what I was going for but I like the way it sounds now the race pipe (third cat delete) changed the sound and flow ALOT
03-06-2016, 12:45 PM
