muffler or no muffler - Page 2

**SixSick6** · 6-22-07, 20:50

I agree with gavin as I have heard his car. It's no louder than anything else on the road. I also used 2.5 catback for a while but switched to 3" with resonator, cat and muffler. It's a much more refined sound.

Mazda_MX6_Turbo (Rami) used to or still has an open downpipe from pretty much the cat back. It sounds loud but hardly obnoxious.

Wanna know what it sounds like with no exhaust at all? Watch the ProtegeFest video from 2004. SD6 detached his exhaust from the elbow back.

**SD6** · 6-23-07, 2:54

Borderline obnoxious, but who gives a damn when everyone's looking at tail lights

**GotF2TinGD** · 6-23-07, 9:07

i had stock front pipe to cat, no cat replaced for resonator, 2.5inch to a cannon which had no baffeling in it

i got it tested at 119.2db peak noise level tester like 5m back at a 45 degree angel
that was just from free revving the engine stationary

obnoxious is only just the start of it, set of many car alarms

sazdasl · 6-23-07, 10:14

Well the cat back I pulled from the junk yard had a 2.5in muffler on it so its over at the shop right now getting put on....hopefully it doesnt sound too bad

sazdasl · 6-23-07, 19:23

woot i have been out all day with it. It sounds so good! nice and deep, you can really hear the turbo and bpv. I am stoked the $20 junk yard muffler FTW!

**Mazda_MX6_Turbo** · 6-29-07, 20:06

Yes i run my car with open exhaust sometimes were the cat is at, but its not crazy loud, it gets loud when i go WOT and under full boost, the car seems louder than it actually is when you are in the car, but i've had Kingmarty drive my car once to see how loud it actually is if im a pedestrian walking on the side of the road, and it actually wasnt all that loud, i've head hondays with rice can mufflers sound louder than that.

but lets not forget that im running the stock downpipe, which is 1.75", running a 3" pip will be louder.

**professorblaze** · 7-2-07, 20:32

any suggestions on the ebay specials? i cant find an actual cat back

**defiler** · 7-2-07, 20:41

The Ebay special mufflers arent that bad. I had the one on my car for 5 months or so and it sounded pretty good.

But then again, I was on stock piping other than the muffler...

**SixSick6** · 7-2-07, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by professorblaze

any suggestions on the ebay specials? i cant find an actual cat back

Pacesetter has sold one for years.

**professorblaze** · 7-3-07, 0:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by SixSick6

Pacesetter has sold one for years.

ill look into that thanks

**professorblaze** · 7-3-07, 0:51

360 bucks!! wow. with no power gains printed or any info other than specs on the build of the exhaust

**SixSick6** · 7-3-07, 1:16

What did you expect? It's for a naturally aspirated sohc 12v 2.2 stump puller. Summitracing probably has it cheaper.

**professorblaze** · 7-3-07, 15:26

a stump puller... haha... 230 through summit but still only 2.25 piping.

**SixSick6** · 7-3-07, 21:05

Which is more than enough for a naturally aspirated 2.2 regardless of what you've been told.

**boostaddict** · 7-3-07, 21:14

I have a 3" side exit exhaust on my car with an 18" Magnaflow resonator and it isn't THAT loud...

6-23-07, 2:54	#17 (permalink)
SD6 Custom User Title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Age: 25 iTrader: (1)	Borderline obnoxious, but who gives a damn when everyone's looking at tail lights
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6-23-07, 10:14	#19 (permalink)
sazdasl Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: iTrader: (0)	Well the cat back I pulled from the junk yard had a 2.5in muffler on it so its over at the shop right now getting put on....hopefully it doesnt sound too bad
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6-23-07, 19:23	#20 (permalink)
sazdasl Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: iTrader: (0)	woot i have been out all day with it. It sounds so good! nice and deep, you can really hear the turbo and bpv. I am stoked the $20 junk yard muffler FTW!
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6-29-07, 20:06	#21 (permalink)
Mazda_MX6_Turbo Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: LA, california, CA, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (7)	Yes i run my car with open exhaust sometimes were the cat is at, but its not crazy loud, it gets loud when i go WOT and under full boost, the car seems louder than it actually is when you are in the car, but i've had Kingmarty drive my car once to see how loud it actually is if im a pedestrian walking on the side of the road, and it actually wasnt all that loud, i've head hondays with rice can mufflers sound louder than that. but lets not forget that im running the stock downpipe, which is 1.75", running a 3" pip will be louder.
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7-3-07, 15:26	#28 (permalink)
professorblaze That soldier boy Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lakewood, WA, USA Age: 26 iTrader: (10)	a stump puller... haha... 230 through summit but still only 2.25 piping. Last edited by professorblaze : 7-3-07 at 15:39.

7-2-07, 20:32	#22 (permalink)
professorblaze That soldier boy Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lakewood, WA, USA Age: 26 iTrader: (10)	any suggestions on the ebay specials? i cant find an actual cat back

7-3-07, 0:51	#26 (permalink)
professorblaze That soldier boy Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Lakewood, WA, USA Age: 26 iTrader: (10)	360 bucks!! wow. with no power gains printed or any info other than specs on the build of the exhaust

7-3-07, 21:14	#30 (permalink)
boostaddict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: London, Canada Age: 22 iTrader: (0)	I have a 3" side exit exhaust on my car with an 18" Magnaflow resonator and it isn't THAT loud...