Opinions please, adding a resonator to a cat-back exhaust, will it work?
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Opinions please, adding a resonator to a cat-back exhaust, will it work?
I have the B&B exhaust on my G35 coupe and it is too loud and raspy for me. The stock exhaust sounds nice but it is too quiet. I am looking for a happy medium. Is it possible to add a straight through resonator where the stock pre-muffler was? I am considering adding a Magnaflow #10416 or something similar. It seems like kind of defeating the purpose of a free-flow exhaust, but I am willing to sacrifice a few HP for a quieter and more mellow sound. I would like some opinions before I start hacking up my B&B.
I guess the second option I have is too remove the B&B completely and sell it. With the stock exhaust back on I could then remove the pre-muffler and replace it with a less restrictive resonator. It seems that without a pre-muffler/resonator, the exhaust on the G35 coupe does not sound good at all. It takes all the smoothness out and makes it harsh and raspy. Please let me know your thoughts.
I guess the second option I have is too remove the B&B completely and sell it. With the stock exhaust back on I could then remove the pre-muffler and replace it with a less restrictive resonator. It seems that without a pre-muffler/resonator, the exhaust on the G35 coupe does not sound good at all. It takes all the smoothness out and makes it harsh and raspy. Please let me know your thoughts.
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Well, I heard CaribeCoupes (from Freshalloy) Stillen exhaust and it sounded AWESOME!!! IT was pretty quiet (It seemed so since we were on the side of the highway). I didn't think to rev up my car next to it to notice the difference. The one thing is it sounded more "airy" if that is even a way to describe it. More of a whooshing sound like a turbo makes when it spools up without the whistle. It had a slight popping on deceleration, but so does the stock exhaust. This is my choice of exhausts unless the Borla sounds as good (quiet and civil).
Since the Borla is A LOT cheaper than the Stillen, it should get a lot of sales if they end up making it for the coupe. It is also probably easily retrofitted to the coupe just by lengthening two pipes a few inches. BY the time that is done though, it will cost almost as much as the Stillen.....what to do, what to do!!??
Since the Borla is A LOT cheaper than the Stillen, it should get a lot of sales if they end up making it for the coupe. It is also probably easily retrofitted to the coupe just by lengthening two pipes a few inches. BY the time that is done though, it will cost almost as much as the Stillen.....what to do, what to do!!??
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Put your resonator on and you will be happy. I had a new muffler put on and the resonator removed, and it sounded like **** with the resonator off. I had the muffler place put it back on and it now sounds great. I was imbaressed to drive my car for a while cause in sounded like some riced out Civic.
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I had an Integra GS=R a few years back and had a cat back made with 2.5" pipe and a turbo muffler. Had the same problem as you, so I had them add a glasspack muffler in line, and it sounded really good after. As long as its a straight through, I'm sure you will be happy. You could even put the stock one on it if you still have it. It too is a straight=thru design.
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