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Muffler modifications.....

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bradycatsmokey

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Repairing my muffler on a 2002 Gt. I will never re sell my car and I was told I can remove the resonator. The issue I am facing is that I have a hole in a section of pipe behind it which bolted to the rest of the remaining pipe. 6 inch attached pipe behind it. I was thinking of cutting it after the cat n put a straight pipe n new pipe to the end mufflers.
So with removing the resonator will it still pass emissions testing and will it be louder???

I live in Ontario Canada...as we have emissions testing every 2 yrs.

Any help would be great. Tks.
 


you will pass, it has nothing to do with emissions and it wont be louder, anyone who says so is a retard.
 
some may argue that

I was header'd, catless no reso with stock mufflers at one point and it was silent
 
so it's superfluous. I'm gonna borrow a MIG from one of my coworkers and weld my own when the time comes... that's two whole welds I don't need anymore. lol
 
thank you. Will this affect the fuel economy? at all.

Also, are you sure regarding the loudness? I have talked to a few people and they are saying the same thing, that it will be louder??? like it has a hole in it.
I just don't want to do this and find out, it is louder, and I have to start over.
 


its a reso not a muffler, its 100% straight through.

If you can hear a pin drop from the otherside of the room maybe you will hear the difference.

mpg will never be affected.
 
ItHurtz said:
you will pass, it has nothing to do with emissions and it wont be louder, anyone who says so is a retard.
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It is louder, in the cabin specially, and at higher rpms it rasps and pops like a ricer, I have videos of my car, 1st video is with headers,cat delete and resonator delete. The other video same setup with a glass pack for a resonator. I'll post it on the morning.
 


Without resonator


With glass pack for resonator.


Tell me if links don't work, cellphones being wonky lol
 
ItHurtz said:
some may argue that

I was header'd, catless no reso with stock mufflers at one point and it was silent
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my setup is exactly that. as you can see in the vids its much louder.

first thing i did to my exhaust when it was 100% stock is remove the resonator(it was rotten), it was horrible(loud in cabin, rasp/poppin like a ricer) but I was to cheap to replace it
 
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