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Old Dec 22, 2008 | 04:41 PM
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well i had the scuba tank taken out and replaced with the largest resonator they had that would fit in that space. It sounds really good! Btw the scuba weighs in at around 13.5 lbs so i dropped around 10 lbs too! Very quiet at idle and at speed i have had it up to 70 and you can barely tell and at 40 its even harder to tell. Great mod and it cost 100 bucks.


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any pics or vids.
i really want to see what you did coz i'm thinking of redoing my whole exhaust but not sure what to do yet.
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 12:02 AM
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Me too!!! but I have to do it myself. Did you notice any improvment in performance?
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 03:42 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfxV-kj6ar4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bhb4jcLxeg
WITHOUT MUFFLER.

high flow cat. no muffler..well before the muffler. now its got a flowmaster. sounds the same but much much quieter
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 04:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Zsanz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfxV-kj6ar4

high flow cat. no muffler..well before the muffler. now its got a flowmaster. sounds the same but much much quieter
wow that was hella loud lol
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 04:59 AM
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and u werent even inside the car.

ddrrrroooooonnnnneeeeeee
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 07:10 AM
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I hope you sound deadened the crap out of the car lol
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 10:49 AM
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mines not that loud... i think the resonator he put on mine was atleast 18 inches and everything else is stock so all i have after header and cat is 2 resonators i will try to post a vid later... i have to figure out how to do it first.
Old Dec 24, 2008 | 02:10 PM
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Do you have a pic of it? I would like to see what you it looks like in there. Did they cut the scuba out or just make you a whole new mid section?
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they cut the scuba out it was more expensive the other way.
Old Dec 25, 2008 | 04:59 PM
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Zsans what type of cat are you using? Also anyway you could get a clip of it with the flowmaster? I think I've decided I want a magnaflow and a high flow cat, heard it on a tc and fell in love but I preffer flowmasters on domestics. I'm really curious how it sounds on the b.
Old Dec 26, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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same hear going with high flow cat and either magaflow or flowmaster. Setrup headers eliminated my stock header cat
Old Dec 27, 2008 | 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by 1vicissitude
Zsans what type of cat are you using? Also anyway you could get a clip of it with the flowmaster? I think I've decided I want a magnaflow and a high flow cat, heard it on a tc and fell in love but I preffer flowmasters on domestics. I'm really curious how it sounds on the b.
a universal high flow from summit with a flowmaster 44
i can get a clip but i got reareneded and they bent my borlas and cracked a weld on the muffler so theres been a growing leak...
ill have a clip shortley..

and i deadened the front two doors made a huge difference but now you can hear all the noise in the rear just hanging around behind your ears..gotta do the rest of the car im assuming doing the spaces around the spare tire would be very benifical
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gotcha, yeah I can see it being alot cheaper for sure. I just like to be able to keep all the factory stuff just incase of anything. I might have to see if I can find me some flanges and make my own mid section.
Old Dec 28, 2008 | 07:38 PM
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you guys want to hear loud i have no muffler just a 12 inch glass pack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5odQL...e=channel_page
Old Dec 30, 2008 | 05:51 AM
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thats how mines was before i have the tanabe




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