How to lose 20 lbs... video clip update.

**jma57** · 10-09-2010 01:32 PM

It takes 30 min., metal saw, pipe and mig welder: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...eat=directlink

**CystmX** · 10-09-2010 01:36 PM

So how does it sound?

**af1master692** · 10-09-2010 01:43 PM

I cant exactly tell what you did? Explain

**onceover** · 10-09-2010 01:56 PM

removed the resonators

**austinjmiller** · 10-09-2010 02:07 PM

Yea... How does that sound?

**TheFastA4** · 10-09-2010 02:25 PM

i have this on my car it sounds good imo. loud when you want it and quite when you need it

**shiro1745** · 10-09-2010 02:27 PM

show us a video... that looks like the stock exhaust, right?

**EMAXX** · 10-09-2010 03:36 PM

Not a bad way to lose 20lbs...

Post up a video clip. How much drone do you have now?

**whartung** · 10-09-2010 03:38 PM

**ElectroMike** · 10-09-2010 04:54 PM

Oh and I thought someone just took a mean shit and had to share!

**jma57** · 10-09-2010 05:06 PM

Originally Posted by austinjmiller

Yea... How does that sound?

It sounds pretty good imo. A little rumble at idle, louder under hard acceleration. With the resonator in place it was too damn quiet. Now I know there is combustion somewhere. It's never too loud or anything like that, and when I do hear it it's not raspy, rice or obnoxious.
For me this was an inexpensive way to get a bit more sound. Past experience with catback exhausts on the other cars didn't always impress me. Subjective as this is, some just didn't sound all that good to me after I had emptied my wallet, and HP claims made by some are just that: claims. With this car I'll spend the money instead on a HFC.

Originally Posted by EMAXX

Not a bad way to lose 20lbs...

Post up a video clip. How much drone do you have now?

No drone at all. inside the cabin it's nearly as quiet as before, except as I posted above. It's now a 4 cyl. with it's throat cleared up. I notice it also a little when decelerating.
Video clip? I'll try even though I have enough trouble attempting to post a pic.

Originally Posted by whartung

No treadmill for me Sir, I prefer actual running

**mr shickadance** · 10-10-2010 09:08 AM

i pulled my resonators too....the sound is great because at normal driving there isn;t much of a change but when you really hit the throttle it sounds pretty mean....

however, about 4 months down the road i also pulled my cat out and now its stupid loud and obmoxious so my advice for anyone thinking of pulling their res, dont do it if you have plans to go catless

**Q-NIC** · 10-10-2010 09:47 AM

Originally Posted by mr shickadance

i pulled my resonators too....the sound is great because at normal driving there isn;t much of a change but when you really hit the throttle it sounds pretty mean....

however, about 4 months down the road i also pulled my cat out and now its stupid loud and obmoxious so my advice for anyone thinking of pulling their res, dont do it if you have plans to go catless

Thats why i love my Milltek :)

**Leo14** · 10-10-2010 09:56 AM

Was thinking about doing this.. But I heard from somewhere that this could do more bad than good? Can anyone chime in on this for me? Post up a sound clip too! :D

**Giantsfan10** · 10-10-2010 11:36 AM

do you recall what size the tubing is?

**jma57** · 10-10-2010 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by Leo14

Was thinking about doing this.. But I heard from somewhere that this could do more bad than good? Can anyone chime in on this for me? Post up a sound clip too! :D

Unless you don't like the sound, I don't know what could be bad about it. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5cqhyuBwIY

Originally Posted by Giantsfan10

do you recall what size the tubing is?

2.25 in, but I'm not 100% sure.

**bartles** · 10-10-2010 12:51 PM

filthy

**Q-NIC** · 10-10-2010 01:32 PM

That sound does not suit the car at all,its more like an old nissan.....

**mr shickadance** · 10-10-2010 07:14 PM

it can't harm the car in any way, if anything you would be improving the flow of the exhaust.

**Leo14** · 10-10-2010 08:02 PM

Hmmm, ok. Not sure where I heard that from than. Doesn't sound half bad, any chance of a take off clip? Don't forget that videos never do justice..

**jma57** · 11-27-2010 12:39 PM

After a few weeks and a few hundred miles I replaced my non-resonated stock exhaust. Irrelevant of some of the comments made, it really wasn't that horrible, with one single exception: After a dead cold start it would sound like a fart can till the idle dropped, that I did not like one bit. I would put with it a lot longer were it not for a good deal on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrY4FWUMRi4

AWE, used but in great shape. One of the few exhausts I've ever bought, used or new, that sound just right for my taste anyway. Maybe next year I'll get an HFC and call it a day.

Sound quality from the flip cam isn't that good, but it sure picked up the idle diesel-like noise from the motor...

**mr shickadance** · 11-27-2010 01:56 PM

the non res stock exhaust with the stock cat sounds decent, it actually sounds pretty damn good at WOT but when you install a test pipe with the resonators pulled it sounds like absolute garbage