Grafton
01-25-2012, 12:39 AM
As my car sits now, rusting in the early afternoon sun, I am perplexed my the course I should take in regards to it's exhaust.
Right now my exhaust is as follows: OBX EL header > Busted High flow cat* > 2.25" stainless midpipe with OBX resonator & 18" Vibrant resonator > Vibrant Universal Turbo muffler
The issues I have are:
1. Too Damn Loud: When I made the engine swap I never expected the necessary exhaust changes to be as loud as they are. Before I added the CAT and resonator driving with the windows down would make my ears ring. According to my highly scientific and accurate Db meter on my phone 80Db is the peak and 75Db is the average, which is too loud imho to haul my brat around in.
2. It sounds like crap: EL Headers are no longer worth the reported hp bump over UEL's in terms f step on the gas sound
*accidentally shattered the ceramic via vibration issues
I'm not sure what I should do to get this all worked out SPT muffler, whole new system from moore preformance, etc...
Right now my exhaust is as follows: OBX EL header > Busted High flow cat* > 2.25" stainless midpipe with OBX resonator & 18" Vibrant resonator > Vibrant Universal Turbo muffler
The issues I have are:
1. Too Damn Loud: When I made the engine swap I never expected the necessary exhaust changes to be as loud as they are. Before I added the CAT and resonator driving with the windows down would make my ears ring. According to my highly scientific and accurate Db meter on my phone 80Db is the peak and 75Db is the average, which is too loud imho to haul my brat around in.
2. It sounds like crap: EL Headers are no longer worth the reported hp bump over UEL's in terms f step on the gas sound
*accidentally shattered the ceramic via vibration issues
I'm not sure what I should do to get this all worked out SPT muffler, whole new system from moore preformance, etc...