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questions about exhaust stuff
I have been looking around here about exhaust stuff, because awhile ago I got a dual exhaust from the cat back from Pat and have gotten the tips chromed so that has been my delay and now with the winter I am waiting until spring to put it on
here are my plan so far:
-downpipe and cat from ZZP, I planned on getting the 2.5"
-what I am confused about is I see people talking about resonators but there isn't one on the intermediate pipe I have, just straight through from the cat to the Y, I even talked to someone at Morad when I was picking some things up
-since i'm getting a new cat and DP I figured just change out the intermediate pipe with a new 2.5" one, I don't have the exhaust around now to measure the pipe
-I wanna keep stock mufflers to keep the noise down and not spend a whole lot on everything
-I saw some numbers Pat put up on exhaust size and its 1.75" from the Y to the mufflers? something a little bigger seems in order, but I wanna still keep the tips I have
so basically what i'm looking for is nice sound, but nothing too loud or raspy and some performance without killing the low end
if i have to i will consider replacing everything from after the headers to before the tips as long as i don't spend a fortune on parts and labor, if only i could weld
here are my plan so far:
-downpipe and cat from ZZP, I planned on getting the 2.5"
-what I am confused about is I see people talking about resonators but there isn't one on the intermediate pipe I have, just straight through from the cat to the Y, I even talked to someone at Morad when I was picking some things up
-since i'm getting a new cat and DP I figured just change out the intermediate pipe with a new 2.5" one, I don't have the exhaust around now to measure the pipe
-I wanna keep stock mufflers to keep the noise down and not spend a whole lot on everything
-I saw some numbers Pat put up on exhaust size and its 1.75" from the Y to the mufflers? something a little bigger seems in order, but I wanna still keep the tips I have
so basically what i'm looking for is nice sound, but nothing too loud or raspy and some performance without killing the low end
if i have to i will consider replacing everything from after the headers to before the tips as long as i don't spend a fortune on parts and labor, if only i could weld
Last edited by crunkfrunk; 12-30-2008 at 12:23 PM. Reason: added info
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The exhaust tends to be a bit more raspy without a resonator. So adding one will cut back that raspyness. With duel mufflers a series 40 will give a deep tone. Your exhaust should be 2.5" to the y-pipe.
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ok I won't worry about the intermediate then, am I right in saying that there is no resonator now?
can I throw my tips that i have into the new magnaflow 40 series? and where can i find a good price on the mufflers and resonator?
can I throw my tips that i have into the new magnaflow 40 series? and where can i find a good price on the mufflers and resonator?
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ok i'll take a look when i get back home and see the car, whats a good price to have it installed? I plan on getting all the parts and talking to an exhaust place to get something planned and a deal worked out for the spring
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That will depend on where you go and many other factors. I got mine all done for $200 and I provided all my stuff other then the muffler. But I know many of the guys at that shop so I got a lot of extras for free.
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I found these mufflers, there not too expensive and look about the same size
MagnaFlow Performance Exhaust
the only thing i'm still worried about is the sound because i don't want to throw a resonator in there
now i think it will be like this:
-new ZZP 2.5" DP w/ Magnaflow cat
-stock 2.5" intermediate
-custom Y split to custom bent to those mufflers above
-stock tips welded to the mufflers
does that seem like it will work, sound good and not be too loud?
MagnaFlow Performance Exhaust
the only thing i'm still worried about is the sound because i don't want to throw a resonator in there
now i think it will be like this:
-new ZZP 2.5" DP w/ Magnaflow cat
-stock 2.5" intermediate
-custom Y split to custom bent to those mufflers above
-stock tips welded to the mufflers
does that seem like it will work, sound good and not be too loud?