Muffler tip recommended size question
#1
02-06-2007, 03:28 PM
Muffler tip recommended size question
Hey all, I need to get a new exhaust system and I have been reading many many, did I say many posts... My question is, what is the recommended nice looking size for a muffler tip??? I have noticed that a lot of sites I have looked at have the 4" tip, and I dont think that would look too nice. My goal is to make my car look nice and classy, in a dont fu*k with me kind of way lol 
. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I am still trying to figure out what to get for the catback system, etc. I would like to get a custom job, but how do you go about doing that?? I have to buy all the parts first, right??
. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I am still trying to figure out what to get for the catback system, etc. I would like to get a custom job, but how do you go about doing that?? I have to buy all the parts first, right??
#2
02-06-2007, 03:37 PM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
Muffler: For a long, rumbly, not so high-pitched sound, get a Twin Loop Muffler. They dont have big ol exhaust tips, but there still alot better than stock. Search YouTube for video/audio clips
Custom Catback: Yeah, get a muffler, catalytic converter (preferably high flow), and a resonator and then tell them you want 2.25" of 2.5" piping from the cat all the way bcak to the muffler. While your down there might as well throw a header on too.
The more you spend the better it will sound, and the more you cut corners, the higher/ricier it will sound
Custom Catback: Yeah, get a muffler, catalytic converter (preferably high flow), and a resonator and then tell them you want 2.25" of 2.5" piping from the cat all the way bcak to the muffler. While your down there might as well throw a header on too.
The more you spend the better it will sound, and the more you cut corners, the higher/ricier it will sound
#3
02-06-2007, 05:58 PM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
#4
02-06-2007, 06:40 PM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
ORIGINAL: LimeGreenCivicDX
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
also, for tubing size, DON'T GET 2.5"; 2.5" would probably be something you'd get if you had a k20a2.
2.25" is the max you want on a NA civic. with 2.5" tubing, you REALLY lose a noticeable amount of low end torque.
here's a good guideline: if you have a d17a1, get a 2" | if you have a d17a2, you might be able to get by with a 2.25"
#5
02-06-2007, 07:10 PM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
a muffler from autozone? was it a brand named "thrush" and did it look factory?
#6
02-07-2007, 07:57 AM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
ORIGINAL: LimeGreenCivicDX
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
#8
02-07-2007, 08:45 AM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
ORIGINAL: FlipHKD720
yeah i have no idea how that could sound remotely good....maybe your confusing terms. By tip, do you maybe mean muffler? Theres no way it could sound good without a muffler, unless you have a VERY different definition of the word good....
ORIGINAL: LimeGreenCivicDX
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
On my last Civic I had a no muffler, I cut that off to make it just a straight pipe back from the cat, and I took out the resonator as well. I had a 3A racing tip on the end of that, 3.75 inches in diameter. I bought it at Auto Zone for like $20 and it sounded real nice. It had that real deep tone, especially when you really get on it. You might want to check it out if you are trying to keep this a low cost project. Just buy the tip and take it to a place that can weld it on for you, and ask them to take the resonator off too, but leave the cat on there.
#9
02-07-2007, 11:13 AM
RE: Muffler tip recommended size question
what size piping would you guys (and gals) recommend for a stock d15z? my stock muffler is a buzzing rattletrap that sounds like itsabout tofall off any second and i'd like to put a nice sounding system on it thats not over the top.