the P-Tuning exhaust comes with a big muffler as they say or whatever it is in the middle, im wondering if i cut it out and just put a straight 3" pipe to replace it what the effects would be? how much louder would my exhaust be? would it sound like a straight pipe kinda.. im catless aswell

 

Why would you spend that much money on an exhaust to hack it up??? You realize they hand build those mufflers to optimize the exhaust, they aren't just an off the shelf deal.

 

since the ptuning exhaust only has that one muffler.. i would imagine it being very loud..

 

i know its a nice piece id be replacing it with a stainless steel 3 " pipe so it would go along with the exhaust.. all u would see is the welding marks.. my friends 1.8T with full bolt ons has basically straight exhaust with no restrictions and it sounds so sexy.... i feel to quiet lol

 

what i think you're taking about is the resonator (afaik mufflers dont go in the middle they go on the end, wouldnt be the 1st time im wrong though)

if it IS a resonator then you would get louder and you would get rasp (generally considered bad / ricey)

 

x2 on the hacking up a nice exhaust.

just sell it to me and go make your own custom 3" all the way back. lol

 

The PTuning one has it further back than typical, and that's what he is referring too.

 

id get rasp with a turbo setup? never heard that before.

 

bump

 

it would probably sound like crap and really wouldn't increase performance that much, resonators aren't very restrictive. if you just want straight 3 in exhaust, get it, would be alot cheaper.

and not all engines sound alike, 2.4 turbo compared to a 1.8t, different animals, different sounds. you might end up up spending alot of money for a really sh!tty sounding exhaust.

 

Save some money and get a muffler shop to build ya one if the ptuning aint wat u want.

 

i have the ptuning on my car already... thats what im saying.. im not gonna take it off and then build an exhaust.. how would i spend alot of money for a bad exhaust it will cost me 50 bucks to cut it off and then put a little straight pipe...

 

sell ptunin to me and take my straight pipe =X

 

.. i wish ppl could give good answers on this site.. i dont care about ur comments about how nice ptunings exhaust is or how u want it. im sorry but jeez im just looking for a simple answer. IF I CUT THE RESONATOR OFF and replace it with a 3" piping would it sound bad or what.

 

You don't deserve that PTuning exhaust if you want to cut it up. It's a resonator, it's just going to change the sound of the car. No one knows what it would sound like, because no one is stupid enough to cut a section out of a $900 exhaust.

 

why is that stupid. big deal lol.. i saved up my money to buy it and i want to modify it? whats the big deal.. just like u mod ur car? duh. why is that stupid..

 

Do you ever read what you write? I answered your question, but apparently you were too moronic to realize it. There is no point to doing this. Odds are, it will make the exhaust have a much higher tone, which means rice.

 

wait i misunderstood

don't do it, it will sound a little more ricey i have straight wit no resonators and it sounds rice.

 

so why is it every other turbo car can have a 3" straight back exhaust and not sound rice.. srt-4, 1.8t, gti 2.0t, sti...
all my friends have it and it doesnt sound rice.. sounds nice as hell

 

Not every engine in the world is a 2.4L I4 with the same bore, stroke and compression as the tC. They're different and the result is a different sound. Also, STi's don't even have I-4 motors .