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Old 05-24-2008, 05:09 PM
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I have a 1995 Civic Ex and i have a short ram intake and a magnaflow muffler and i want to make my car a little bit louder but not too loud i was thinking about taking the resonator out and putting in straight pipe but i think that might be to loud would changing the resonator make it louder like putting in a high performance one? because my car isnt very loud when it first starts up and i like the sound of cars starting up so any input will help, thanks.

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Old 05-24-2008, 08:31 PM
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resonators quiet the exhaust down. Trust me that you don't want a louder exhaust; afer about a week or two you'll wish it was quieter. A resonator will almost always make your exhaust sound better, so a resonator would be a good idea no matter what. Straight pipes will be super annoying, at the very least get some sort of muffler on there, if not a Magnaflow. Magnaflow resonator's are super good btw. They can be found on eBay for cheap, just search for "Magnaflow muffler" and find one that fits the diameter of your exhaust.
 
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Old 05-25-2008, 05:39 PM
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yeah thats what i was thinking of putting a magnaflow high flow resonator on cause i dont want it to be annooyyingly loud cause itll drive me and my neighbors crazy, is it better for the resonator to be longer or shorter? or no difference
 
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Old 05-25-2008, 07:19 PM
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the longer the better. Long it is, the more it quiets it down. I fit a 22" Magnaflow res on mine easily.
 
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:04 PM
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the longer the better. Long it is, the more it quiets it down. I fit a 22" Magnaflow res on mine easily.
Flip, I have a 22" magnaflow on mine aswell. Did you get alot of cabin noise with the addition of it? I feel like I did.

Keep the resonator though, not fun without it.
 
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:42 PM
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Naw it seemed to quiet it down quite a bit IMO man.....not worse is any way at all. Now i just need to upgrade my muffler with a nice Magnaflow or twin-loop one and i'll be set, but idk man, cabin noise went down if anything.
 
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Old 05-25-2008, 08:45 PM
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i have no resontor

its loud

annoying

attracts police

and unwantedattention

custom exhaust with a decentresonator and decent muffler, will give you louder. but i nice tone.
 
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Old 05-26-2008, 10:44 AM
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yea i think im going to keep my resonator in dont want to attract police, just that i wanted my exhaust a little bit louder without doing to much
 
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