I usually buy locally... I really didn't have that oprion when I was stationed in WA though, so I ordered from a muffler shop in my home town in FL

 

I just had my mechanic put the DC headers on then took it too a muffler shop and had 2.25 in pipe put in with a high flow bombz muffler...it sounds great and looks nice....no one sees the bottom of the damn car so paying 700.00 for a stainless stell seems a bit much to me. The new pipe installed cost me 60 bucks...and the muffler was like 20.

 

well i will prolly drive around this weekend...and look for a shop or sumtin...but thanks for the input...ill prolly jes change the piping and leave the resinator on....and maybe take it out later on or sumtin...when i change my mind

 

Does the getting rid of the resonator make that much of a difference. I've got a blitz axel which if very quiet...quieter than expetected and I was thinking about taking it to muffler shop and doing away it to get more sound from my axel back.

 

go for it...and let me know the results....

 

My guess is that you'll get a lot of in-cabin resonation and perhaps some buzzing outside. It'll definately increase the volume, that's a 100% bet.

 

aite...well i took out the resinator just today...and its ALOT louder...hehehe i like it...but if you are lookin for a good quiet sound...DON NOT do down this path...hehehe...but to some people...you mite like it...so its really up to you...

 

any pros and /or cons performance wise..?

 

u can feel more high end...on higher rpms i guess you can kinda feel sumtin...i like the sound it makes...the only cons is i think...u mite get tired of it beeing too loud...but its controllable...like when u see a cop...just put it into high gear...

 

 

Keep in mind if you go too large in diameter you'll lose low end torque, but you'll gain some high end. For a 1.5 liter engine I wouldn't go larger than 2.25. If you're getting a cat back system or a custom system, you'd be better off getting a header too.

That might be good for 6 to 10 hp. Not bad for such a small engine.

 

I'm running the AEM CAI to the DC headers to a custom crush bent manifold back system (2.25") High flow cat, shortened resonator and out of a Apex'i N1 Round Canister off of a Turbo WRX. (4" exit)

The F*ing thing is LOUD without the silencer. I tried going uphill and the entire cabin resonated so badly that I couldn't hear my wife next to me in the passenger seat. However, I was able to leave the four boxes behind me as I pulled uphill in fourth. They couldn't keep up.

I'd say it was great for top end (which we run out of very quickly) and bad for low end (which we need).

If I could do it all over again, I'd probably leave the stock cat and resonator alone, and go with a simple 2" crush/mandrel bent Cat-Back system. For my new found taste in quietness, I'd probably go with a nice and quiet three chamber magnaflow too.

Just my two cents.



Oh, and for what I did, the box pulls better between 4.5K-6Krpm's.