ballajack11

Do anyone know what the resonator is for? will it give better flow without it? Will the sound be different too? Just curious thanx.

CivicRookie

It quiets your exhaust down. If it's too loud and annoying, put one on. I don't think it reduces air flow.

CapYoda

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intake or exhaust?

in either case. if u check the dictionary.. you'll see that resonators are: "A hollow chamber or cavity with dimensions chosen to permit internal resonant oscillation of electromagnetic or acoustical waves of specific frequencies. "

so it messes with sound, basically.

and in our case.. it reduce the intake and exhaust volume and tone.

ballajack11

thanx guys, one last question. so our 7th gen civics comes with a resonator right? just double checking, cause i only have a universal so i just welded it on my old pipe...and notice further down not far...a small kinda canister....guess thats the resonator yeah...since the cat is way up there...

R3DL1N3

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how do you take a resonator off a CAI? wtf?

civicvtec1ps

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huh? what are you talking about lol
yes civic come with resonator.
you just have muffler welded on your stock piping.

R3DL1N3

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whats an intake resonator?

prawdigy

there is a resonator with the intake and exhaust.. the resonator in the engine bay is that middle box thing between the filter box and that tube, the exhaust resonator u cannot miss.. its very loud wen u take it off .. wouldnt recommend

R3DL1N3

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out i thought he was talking about a cold air intake. and im gonna take my resonator off my exhaust yes.

pheaton

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Yee. . just makes her quiet. Dunno what it does for air flow though. . I don't think it helps much. . When I first saw the stock intake system, I was like WTF? . . Goes in through the side, back into the resignator, up through the filter and back down into the engine. . Seems like a lotta work .

FattyMcJ

Ok so if he were to remove the resonator from the stock exhaust system, it would be a lot louder right. So... for poor college kids like me, romoving the res would give me some sound until I can afford a GReddy... right or ghetto and ricey?

pheaton

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No. . hehe. . That's the short answer. Anyways. . Ya know when you are at a red light with the windows down and a new Cavalier, or Neon, or Focus pulls up and how you can hear their car over yours and you think to yourself, hehe their car is louder. . Yeah . . your car would sound like that. . Probably the only difference. Just a bit louder.

FattyMcJ

I see, well I don't want to sound or be like a domestic, so I'll wait and be happy being stealth....until...GReddy!

R3DL1N3

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if youre poor just get an axel back

ak

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Please do us all a favor and keep your exhaust resonator.

It may sound "ok loud" from the inside of the car, but from the outside i bet it sounds AWFUL.

And the intake resonator....that's not too bad. Makes a really really nice DEEP sound but kills mpg.

civic-king

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resonator=good air flow, also quiets exhaust and adds backpressure. no resonator=poor airflow, louder but gets that "watery" sound, almost like your engine is drowning, back-firing, and you get tickets for noise-orderance (93 dcml.)

Tony4380

its not that loud guys....i put on a CAI...and ive got a catback with no resonator.....its not loud at all....just deep low tone

Tony4380

....backpressure is a bad thing....and how does a resonator make for good airflow???

player

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the airbox resunator is another story, i took it off a couple of weeks ago, so much more room in the engine bay, sounds soo loud, justlike an aftermarket muffler, and u feel a tiny bit of extra power at high rpm's