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Old 12-08-2010, 04:38 PM
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I recently put on one of those universal ebay now what I realize is a POS muffler and is not loud at all. I am looking at swapping it out and putting on a cherry bomb extreme muffler and switching the resonator out for straight pipe. Does this sound like a good idea, or do yall know of something better....FEEDBACK MUCH APPRECIATED!
 
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Old 12-08-2010, 06:32 PM
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loud doesn't necessarily equate to aurally pleasing. get on youtube and search for ur car with various mufflers, i.e. ractive, mugen, flowmaster, etcetera etcetera
 
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Old 12-08-2010, 07:55 PM
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I actually found one on youtube on a 02 civic and it had a good tone and sound, not super loud....Also does anyone know the inlet and outlet pipe size of a 00 EX Civic??

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-oCyZUsaRc
 
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Old 12-08-2010, 08:21 PM
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ex/lx/dx/cx/hx stock exhaust pipe sizing is 1.75"
 
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Old 12-09-2010, 06:15 AM
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That exhaust sounds like crap IMO. Raspy, noisy, and extremely unnecessary. If you like it, go for it I guess.

My suggestion would be for something a little quieter, like an Apexi WS2.
 
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Old 12-09-2010, 05:23 PM
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Yeah i talked to the guy he said it isnt as raspy it was windy that day... What about just a full catback instead? I want performance but also economical...if that makes sense..
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 08:33 AM
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well i own a ractive muffler and it sounds good but i also have DC headers and no cat and its a full 2inch exhaust but its fairly loud
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 09:46 AM
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wtf is ractive? stock civic piping is 1 7/8". Bumping to a 2" is almost worthless IMO.

BTW, Grants.. you have one header, not headers (unless you have another header sitting in your garage for some reason ), and I wouldn't go around toting that you have removed the cat. Not too many members here would promote you doing this.
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by cvcrcr99
wtf is ractive? stock civic piping is 1 7/8". Bumping to a 2" is almost worthless IMO.

BTW, Grants.. you have one header, not headers (unless you have another header sitting in your garage for some reason ), and I wouldn't go around toting that you have removed the cat. Not too many members here would promote you doing this.

well my bad on the header thing sorry i am use to v8 forums and 2 its a fake cat it passes air care and i could careless about them. and hoesntly they are useless if you have good edmissions
 
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Old 12-14-2010, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by cvcrcr99
wtf is ractive? stock civic piping is 1 7/8". Bumping to a 2" is almost worthless IMO.

BTW, Grants.. you have one header, not headers (unless you have another header sitting in your garage for some reason ), and I wouldn't go around toting that you have removed the cat. Not too many members here would promote you doing this.
and to add i bought the car with the exhaust that way it wasnt my choice
 
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