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I am new to the whole performance muffler part of cars and i have no idea
what to buy! :( can anyone help me out?? I want one that has nice
performance but is not ridiculously loud that i will get headaches, just
something that has a nice little rumble but just a bit more than stock, not
those big ass sausage cans LOL
h3llfir3
Flowmaster 40, you'll love it.
99integra
Try a borla exhaust, or try looking on this site. www.andysauto.com he has
alot of stuff on their that i get from and there not over priced or
anything.
TheChris
Weld on mufflers are a NO-NO! Don't be a ricer.almost impossible to make
one sound good.I will start by saying I hope you know exhaust on a 03 civic
gets you no power what so ever, just sound. Sport Compact or something did
a test, and with a $1100 exhaust and a $200 intake they got 2hp at the
wheels.You need a good cat-back system, as the resonator and muffler are
tuned for each other to prevent the weed-whacker sound.I would recommend
GReddy and Thermal Technologies. GReddy is subtle and respectable, Thermal
is loud but actually sounds pretty good. A first in the honda scene
=)!!!Let me squash a few things real quick.DO NOT get bigger piping than
you have to.With a turbo, it is true, but for a N/A motor, esp one with few
other mods, bigger will hurt you.In regards to sound, the bigger pip will
make it "deeper" but in return for not nearly filling up the new volume of
air in the pipes you will get the brap noise... a bad move. Listen to a
stock civic with 2.5in exhaust and a weld in.... really bad.I would say go
with a 2.25 at most. Heat and velocity help your exhaust flow faster, big
pipe slows your exhaust as i cools off and creates turbulence before the
tip.!!!Number two, the flowmaster! Great for your 5.0, a nightmare for your
1.7! All though I will admit they sound allright for the first few days, as
soon as its broken in you will get a SUPREME rice noise very metallic as
the flows have no sound deadening material, only their delta-flow
design-a-ma-bob. If you don't have a resonator you might as well slap on a
Briggs & Stratton sticker.
davies
