Will a new Cat converter be louder ?????
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Will a new Cat converter be louder ?????
I need to change my Cat converter. The stock converter is huge, and I am wondering how much it acts like a muffler. I plan on replacing it with a very small converter from Random Technologies. Can anyone comment on how much louder my system might get with a new converter? The rest of the exhaust system is stock.
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Steve
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Steve
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It will have more of an effect on a 92 or 93, as those 2 years didn't have a factory-installed resonator. However, your muffler appears to be stock, so any cat change would be barely noticed if at all. The combination of Cat and Muffler, with the lack of a resonator, is what really affects the sound.
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Pipe diameter is the same all the way through the SSEi'*. 2.5"
A performance muffler will allow you to hear the difference in cats, but the different cats won't be as obvious through a stock muffler.
A performance muffler will allow you to hear the difference in cats, but the different cats won't be as obvious through a stock muffler.
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Re: Will a new Cat converter be louder ?????
Originally Posted by TelePlayer
I plan on replacing it with a very small converter from Random Technologies.
That'* what I meant, Will.
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Re: Will a new Cat converter be louder ?????
Originally Posted by TelePlayer
I need to change my Cat converter. The stock converter is huge, and I am wondering how much it acts like a muffler. I plan on replacing it with a very small converter from Random Technologies. Can anyone comment on how much louder my system might get with a new converter?
I can tell you from experience that if the rest of the exhaust system isn't there, the difference in noise levels between a convertor only, and nothing at all, is the difference between Loud and D*mned Loud. So there'* some noise muffling ability, but your old one is doing more of that than your new one will.
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