question about resonators now with video!!!

[mikeinaus]

i had a custom cat-back installed about a month ago and my car is still annoyingly loud. im running a normal k8 so its not even a cool loud. i also set off car alarms all the time (fun). i have a high-flow magnaflow cat and a twin tip high-flow magnaflow muffler.

the resonator i currently installed is a straight pipe maybe 18" or 20" and is smooth on the inside. i was at canadian tire and i took a quick look at a cherry bomb glass pack and its pretty-much the same but the inside walls were meshed rather then smooth.

like this


if i swapped my resonator with the cherrybomb would it make my exhaust quieter?

on a side note. if i plug one of the tips on my muffler with my hand the car sounds perfect

[wytbishop]

I would not necessarily use a Cherry Bomb, but a good resonator that you bought at a reputable muffler shop would make a difference yes. Probably not enough to quiet your car though. The high flow muffler is the problem. In my experience High flow = loud and there's no way around it.

You can block one of the tips and it will not hurt the car but it will affect performance.

[fowljesse]

I had a long (32 inch, I think) MagnaFlow resonator, and it worked pretty well. With the MagnaFlow muffler, and High flow cat, it sounded great. Louder than a stock 2.5, but not annoying.

[Daninski]

I just measured my exhaust as I have the same issue your talking about, so you can install a resonator up to 25" total length. I have MagnaFlow high flow cat and the twin tipped mobbler on a 2 1/2" system. MagnaFlow Support told me a longer resonator would help so I'm going to order the longest one to fit this space. Right now I think mines the 17" and I get drown on the hwy between 80-90kls.

[davmac]

All resonators look like the picture. A resonator is nothing more than a straight through muffler usually with less sound deadening insulation compared to a muffler. The glass pack might be an improvement if it provides more sound insulation. I recently added a Magnaflow straight through muffler as a resonator (5” round, 14” long body about 20” overall – 2 ¼” pipe on center). This provided enough sound reduction to make my car more enjoyable to drive. Previously without a resonator it was just too loud. FYI I have a aftermarket OEM type muffler at the end of the exhaust. Magnaflow advertises their straight through design as providing high performance based mainly on the air flow it provides. A baffled muffler (sometimes called chamber design) may not flow as well on a bench test but is definitely quieter. I’m tempted to try a Flowmaster 60 series muffler or the new Dynomax VT to further reduce the noise / drone at highway speeds.

[ninjajim4]

definitely makes a difference. i put on a thrush 28" glasspack res, quieted things down a LOT. sounded like a lawnmower without it

[Daninski]

Lawnboy or Briggs and Stratton?

[mikeinaus]

its not even highway speeds that are bad for me. 2000-3000rpm sounds horrible. 4000+ start to sound nice but thats not really cruiseing speeds in the city.

[_-Night-Shade-_]

There's nothing you can do about setting off car alarms, I do that too and my car isn't even crazy loud, it's just ppl have cheap alarms lol.

[mikeinaus]

yeah or set to be way too sensitive... undergrounds are fun. i went to the movies last week and revved before i parked. i set off like 4 or 5 alarms at the same time lol

ill try throwing the biggest resonator i cant find but i dont want to spend much more on this exhaust... cherrybomb has a 26"x 2"1/4id glasspack for like $35.

would a "muffler" like this 18" long


be better then a glasspack 26" long like this?


would putting a flowmaster super 44 series muffler instead of the resonator be a good idea?

http://www.flowmastermufflers.com/shop/ ... rig=942445" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tollis]

if you really wanted to quiet it down put the OEM cat back on. mine was to quiet all OEM exhaust and all i did was clear out my cat now it sounds good and still very liveable not to much noise. Will hurt performance a bit but if you want to quiet it down you almost have to hurt performance.

[mikeinaus]

my cat was dead and its long gone... its only a k8 so performance isnt the biggest thing on my mind. would throwing a second muffler underneath quiet it down? im not expecting silent but atleast make it tolerable. i wouldnt even mind it as loud as it is if it didnt sound like a lawnmover...

it actually sounds alot better in this video then it does it real life...
http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab34 ... V01234.flv

is this smoke normal if the cars been sitting a day or 2 and is cold?

[wytbishop]

Pre muffler would definitely be the best solution for noise reduction...but probably most restrictive as well.

[_-Night-Shade-_]

yeah or set to be way too sensitive... undergrounds are fun. i went to the movies last week and revved before i parked. i set off like 4 or 5 alarms at the same time lol

Broooo movie theatres are the best! I did that too, you get like half a dozen cars all at the same time!

[ninjajim4]

that red glasspack you linked to looks identical to what i have. something like 25-30 bucks on summit racing, pretty good if you're on a budget. it lets through a lot of deeper tones, but overall brings the decibels down, like i said. i have a magnaflow high flo cat, and giant ebay cans on the back, so the res is doing most of the work. no one would mistake it for stock, but the neighbors dont complain about it either