OK, this has been covered in threads before, so pls bare with me. I have a stock exhaust except for a rear muffler upgrade to the factory sports muffler / straight through fitted to the VRX models. It is very quiet. For those who have done it or heard the end result, if I were to remove the resonator/hot dog with straight piping, would it be too droney with the sports muffler? I want a little extra volume w/out having to swap the rear muffler.

Thanks in advance...

Don't do it... seriously lol

I did the same and ended up with this disgustingly tinny resonant noise up the top end. Got it put back on along with a varex the following week.

Case in point, get a louder rear muffler.

Thanks Lucifer. Still, I'd rather retain the muffler at this stage and not change over. I'm taking the car in this Thurs so maybe I'll have a chat with the guys at the workshop about my exhaust.

Thanks Lucifer. Still, I'd rather retain the muffler at this stage and not change over. I'm taking the car in this Thurs so maybe I'll have a chat with the guys at the workshop about my exhaust.

When I fitted some extractors the note loudened up a bit.

How about fitting a dif resonator altogether - something a little larger or smaller? Would this lead to greater noise w/out being annoying? I seem to recall fitment of a dif resonator to the Ralliart Magna precisely to achieve a louder note... but not sure exactly what was done.

I had my resonator taken out, not much difference
And yes I do own a VRX

How about fitting a dif resonator altogether - something a little larger or smaller? Would this lead to greater noise w/out being annoying? I seem to recall fitment of a dif resonator to the Ralliart Magna precisely to achieve a louder note... but not sure exactly what was done.

Yeah I got a hotdog fitted instead of my centre muffler after I got it taken out. Sounds a bit tinny when it's cold but I think that might be the stainless rear muffler I've got.

I got my middle muffler taken out,
Has the tinniest sound between 1500 to 3000 rpm,
Sounds soo bad.

How much power is lost through the stock resonator?...

I would have guessed SFA, as with the exception of the rear muffler, people don't seem to get performance gains by doing a cat-back system.

How much power is lost through the stock resonator?...

I would have guessed SFA, as with the exception of the rear muffler, people don't seem to get performance gains by doing a cat-back system.

This is because the pipe diameter is the right size for it's application and unless you have a bog stock V6, no gains will be made

the link is to help anyone (hopefully) understand a little more on the subject

http://www.motoiq.com/MagazineArticles/tabid/59/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/900/How-to-Make-your-Own-Effective-Exhaust-System.aspx

How much roughly to get a resonator put back in?
it was $50 to get rid of it.

i made my own cat back exhaust, excluding the center muffler, and used a very high flow rear exhaust similar to the ralliart one. i used 2.3inch (ID) GALVONISED pipe, the actual pipe is 2mm thick. i hope it wont ever break. :woot:

i have a terible rasp when the motor is cold, but it does down allot after 15 mins. i am going to get a hot dog to put instead of the middle muffler that i took out.

my exhaust made a very noticeable difference in high end torque, and an overall improvement in the feel and power of the car. (not comparable to a sc, but i noticed it, and it made a difference)

GALVONISED pipe, the actual pipe is 2mm thick.

No. The answer is no. Get it off your car now. I'm a boilermaker. Do you know what gasses come off that stuff when it gets hot? Very poisonous. Welders wears respirators when welding galv pipe, PFC, UB's etc for a reason. And a 2mm sidewall? Make a bull bar from it, not an exhaust.

What you want is aluminium coated mild steel exhaust tube (about 1mm sidewall), or stainless exhaust tube.

Cheers, Greg.

I run a TW with a lukey, had the resonator cut out, but had the sense to keep, it sounded terrible, raspy and tinny, Now its on again.
A high flow Cat made it sound Shedloads better.

How much roughly to get a resonator put back in?
it was $50 to get rid of it.

bump..
just a quick rough answer
not hijacking thread

If you still have the resonator it'll probably be like $50 again... If not you're up for cost of resonator + install. Probably about $100 tops?