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Resonator delete?

Curt7

Curt7

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Okay, so im not some ricer looking to have my car sound loud. But as my grand prix has been sitting for 2 months due to me going on long drives (got my jetta fer that) i now have an exhaust leak from the stoopid resonator :th_nervous: Car is coming back on the road within the next two weeks and i wanna fix er up. If i take the cheap route and weld a pipe in place of the resonator does this sound like crap? Need advice.
 


buy a glass pack and put that in there in place of the res, its the same thing, i used a 32 inch thrush, and the cars nice and quiet. all stock as well, but i wanted quiet.

theres pics somewhere in my sig , i cut the tube off and had a flange welded on the end to fit to the cat piping.
 
I had the same problem when I bought my car, hole in resonator. I took it the muffler shop and they cut it out and welded in a straight pipe. I also don't like the ricer sound so that was a concern of mine . It's been two yrs since I've had it done and no problems and most important it's not loud at all.

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stealthee said:
You want some sort of resonator or it will sound worse than it already does.
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I can barely tell the difference in mine, every thing is stock on my car except a cone air filter, stock manifold, stock muffler. And my car is far from sounding bad. I equate bad with sounding like a ricer. Does it growl like an 8, hecks no it's a 3800, they have a signature sound. To some that sounds "bad"... Hey to each his own.

If u want to cut the resonator out, I say go for it, its not that big of a diff.

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On a bone stock car, no...removing the resonator doesn't make hardly any difference.

But LOL @ when you add headers or different mufflers and you get rasp city.

I deleted mine and put one back in.

It's a worthless removal...do it right and delete the u-bend and then have a glasspack installed at the same time. You'll gain, MPG's/Performance/Sound.

There, I win.
 


blueguy91 said:
But LOL @ when you add headers or different mufflers and you get rasp city.

I deleted mine and put one back in.

It's a worthless removal...do it right and delete the u-bend and then have a glasspack installed at the same time. You'll gain, MPG's/Performance/Sound.
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I specifically said im doing this to save money. I have no interest in gaining, MPG's/Performance/Sound. Thank you though :th_jester:
 
glass pack cost 25 bucks, new res 100, you do the math, even after buying a flange and having it welded on and the new gasket and a clamp, i was at 50, vs the walker replacement at 120 or so.

without a res of some sort chances are your car will be louder, and drone.

mine....

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the walker..

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I took my res off when I first got my car cause it was rotted out. It sounded ok until I hit the higher RPM's, then it was RASP city. Now I have new pipe, ubend delete, res and 2 turbo mufflers with NOOOO RASP. Take these guys advice bro, they have been there done that and so have I. I regretted getting rid of the res about a day after having straight pipe welded in which cost me $68. My new exhaust was $300 and totally worth putting the res back on.
 
My dad had the same problem with his 06 and he replaced it with just a straight pipe. It honestly sounds no different. Everything else is stock.

I say do it and forget about it, cause you certainly won't be reminded of it every time you drive the car.
 


Awesome guys. Thanks! I think i will look into getting the glasspack so i dont have to take the chance over the classy ricer sound aha.
 
gunsn88 said:
has anyone used 2 glass packs inplace of there mufflers?
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Its LOUD, really loud. I ran two 12" glasspacks on my Bronco II that I used to have back in the day. You could hear coming from a mile away. You could see my from a mile away too. LOL It was Viper yellow with a 3" lift, 31" tires, push bar, etc. My friends called it the magic schoolbus LOL
 


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