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I looked under my civic this weekend and found that there are two mufflers. Why are there two mufflers? I bought a "bomb" muffler from Arospeed and had it installed a few weeks ago. Now I know why it doesn't sound as loud as the other ricers in town.

Also, are there any issues removing the second muffler/silencer? (the one closer to the front)

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Not 2 mufflers..The small one is a resonator

 
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one is muffler one is resonator. kinda look same eh?

 
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Can I remove it and put a straight pipe in its place?

 
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if you remove it your car will get loud and ricey as he!!

 
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your car will sound hella ricey if u take it off..hehe, i would know cuz i had a straight pipe from tha car for a while..i put on an aftermarket resinator and it sounds ALOT better...no more rice sound!!![IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG]

 
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whered did you get the after market resonator? and you car doesnt sound as loud because all you did was put a muffler on it you need to maker the diameter of you piping after the cat larger too for more souond

 
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I have an N1 Turbo muffler, and removed that secondary muffler, its a lot louder now... i really recomend doing it, my muffler sounds fine.

 
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I was thinking of getting a arospeed bomb muffler too. how does it sound? is it ok?

 
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to be a ricer is something you dont want to aspire to be...EOF

edit: dont remove this resonator please!

 
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There is this 7th gen that runs around in my area, i think he took out the resonator, cuz when he lets go of the gas it sounds like sh it, i wouldnt take it out if i was u, sounds like[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG]

 
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If you add a muffler and remove the res and still have the stock piping it's not going to sound lound at all. That is what kind of set up I have. It is sound good! I have that crappy Magnaflow muffler too!

 
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the resonator causes some high frequency sound to be cancelled and mildly amplifies lower frequency sound...Most if not all aftermarket exhaust systems have a resonator..generally in the form of a bulge in the piping.

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Mohawk

 
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are you sure that isnt the catalytic converter? most cars have them, and yes, they do seem to "muffle" the sound. they also reduce the amount of smog that your car puts out.

 
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not a good idea to run without the resinator .. being that its a ULEV vechicle it will probably cause probs with sensors. just a thoght I dont have any thing to back that up but it makes sense

 
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Like Weeeeeeeeeeeeee,

Thanks for the advice about being a Ricer. I guess I'm not up on my terms as far as the definition of "RICER."

So, Ricer.....BAD!

 
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keeping the resonator is just a personal perference...if u want louder sound than take it off and if want quieter sound then keep it
as for the catalic converter...i strongly recommended not to REMOVE it cuz if remove it then the car will sound super super loud and it's no good in my opinion