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Old Sep 28, 2006 | 02:43 AM
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I just installed my Megan Racing Exhaust from the headers back, it looks awesome and sounds HORRIBLE. I was wondering if anyone on here has any clue as of to why there would be a "zinging" type of sound to it, (loud annoying vibrations)
.... I checked everysingle bolt, I made sure there was no exhaust leak, and there is no hole in any of the pipes. Any Ideas?

oh, the noise is coming from either the mid-pipe or the muffler, definitely not the downpipe or headers.

now, i'm not sure what i didn't cover in that besides defected exhaust pipes.
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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lol its the header.... you need to add resonators at a local muffler shop keep adding till the rasp is gone good luck !
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 02:53 AM
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Originally Posted by miamibusta69
lol its the header.... you need to add resonators at a local muffler shop keep adding till the rasp is gone good luck !
he is righttt
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 03:33 AM
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A Magnaflow High Flow Cat will help reduce the rasp as well.
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how could i fit a resonator anywhere, and how could i hook up a high flow cat-converter to the megan headers?
(this is my first time installing an exhaust haha)
sorry for all the questions, but yeah could i also get a link to which one i would need, im clueless at this point.
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 03:54 AM
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everything will go on the mid pipe the one from the spipe tot he axleback..... they will cut and weld it in .... id geta high flow cat and a 20-30 inch resonator... srry but its your only option if you wana drive the he street with out people laughing at you...
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im pretty sure that there is already two resonators on the exhaust pipe
Old Sep 28, 2006 | 04:44 AM
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well add a high flow cat and go from there
ive heard it personally with out a header or s-pipe and if it has a resonator its very small or it doesnt do very much. that exhaust is loud from the beggining
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today i got the high flow cat and there was no difference. yeah i feel like i wasted my money, but I called Megan and im going to get store credit for 200 dollars from the axle-back and i'm going down to my scion parts dealer and picking up the trd axle-back and hopefully the rasp will be gone.
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you should still have rasp with that header even with a different axleback, but you may be lucky
Old Sep 29, 2006 | 03:27 AM
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i think you just amde it worse. have you haerd the trd axle back with stock mid and headers..


keep adding resonators im telling you ur gunna be sorry
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get the tanabe axle back if anything.....
Old Sep 30, 2006 | 04:10 AM
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my exhaust all together costed $2,000.00. Today i took it to Scion and i got the axle-back from them and now my car is super loud with no bad sounding rasp.
Old Sep 30, 2006 | 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Skatewerks6
my exhaust all together costed $2,000.00. Today i took it to Scion and i got the axle-back from them and now my car is super loud with no bad sounding rasp.
if u did pay 2k

then u got ripped off bad from megan
Old Sep 30, 2006 | 06:15 AM
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nah megan charged me decently, i payed 900 all together for the headers, downpipe, and catback. But then i had to buy a high flow catalytic converter 295. And today scion charged me 700 for the trd axleback. so it was a little under 2k. But yeah, im over it.... next mod..... lowering.
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why didn't you just buy the TRD axleback online for $365? that's the price at both TRDsparks and Mcgeorge...and $900 for headerse spipe and catback? total should be more like $600. did you buy straight from the megan site? it's actually cheaper to buy from sponsors on this site and other websites, just a FYI.
Old Sep 30, 2006 | 06:39 AM
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yeah i was getting so frustrated with everything because i had all megan orginally for 900 but then the sound that the stupid megan muffler made was horrible, so i just wanted it off asap. thanks though. Oh and yeah i got it through megan directly .... Where do you order for parts? I'm planning on getting a crank pulley and lowering springs soon.
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wtf...
2,000

should of got a draxxas!

and you are getting riped on every price.

all the megan should be 700
trd 245
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i know, i know, trust me i feel like ____ about it all
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it's alright though because im getting the s/c for 1,000 =)



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