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So tonight I let my girl drive my car down the road so I could see what my exhaust sounded like and it sounded, well.... not real good.

So I have a couple of options...

1) Keep it and have the resonator welded back on so I can still have a free flowing muffler.

2) Have my stock welded back on and sell the biatch.

3) Keep it and deal with it.

Would it still be free'er flowing even if I had the resonator welded back on?

Help me out.

 
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I did up my exhust, and my wife didnt like the sound, so i went to midas and got a resonator put on its from a bronco II. Helped a little on sound, but still free flowing.

 
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what exactly did it sound like?

 
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like the bumble bee. nothing like it sounds like in the car, in there it is deep and nice, but not when you here it go down the road.

 
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lol....you just got the muffler right?

 
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yea, i know, should have saved and got the cat-back.

 
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we learn from our mistakes....

 
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lol! i was down untill that, you are right,

i wanna sell it and my system and get 17s cause my system is starting to make my car rattle everywhere

 
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Well yeah thats what usually happens....

 
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well thats Magnaflow

 
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i love my magnaflow doesn't have the buzz sound or anything it's a nice deep tone i get a lot of comments on it. but i had to get the whole cat-back instead of just the muffler. i say sell the muffler for the whole cat-back a paid 275 on ebay for mine shipped but the price has gone up closer to retail now

 
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I have had a mg cat back for 3 years and it still sounds great and looks good. everyone tells me how much they like the sound.

 
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u can just put the resonator back on if u dun mind having a quiet ride than the bumblebee ride

 
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resonator makes the sound quieter and deeper ..

my friend has the greddy evo w/o a resonator on his 99 ex and it sounds really gay ... super bumblebee sound inside AND outsidet the car. I have the greddy evo2 full catback and it sounds really deep inside and out, sounds very nice

 
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Someone gave me a muffler for free.. I made my own axle-back by using the flange piece and the part that goes over the axle, then I added pieces and threw the muffler on.. If I paid money, I would've got a cat-back. I really like the sound of my exhaust.. It's not loud at alllll and it's soooo nice and low.... bbrrrrrrmmmmmmmmm

 
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did u change the stock piping or just installed the muffler? you might wanna try and get larger piping, maybe it'll help.

 
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Too bad son.

 
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yea i had 2 1/4 inch pipe ran from the cat.

 
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when i had my magnaflow muffler put on w/ stock exhaust i loved the sound it made, it was deep and quiet, but then I decided to get a full catback to get more sound :P

 
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I think if you stick with it and add a straight through 2 1/4"- 2 1/2" (that way you maintain FREE FLOW) resonator it should sound good.

 
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i dont understatd what you mean by a straight through 2 1/4 or 2 1/2"

 
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I mean either a 2 1/4" to match your pipe diamater OR a 2 1/2" & have the shop flange the pipe. I think that the 2 1/2 would work well, that way the resonator does not slow exhaust gas flow at all BUT the 2 1/4 would be less work.

 
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so you think i should have 2 1/2 inch pipe resonator put back on?

 
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Yes. I think that would help you get the sound that you are looking for without creating a bottle neck in your exhaust. Also $50-60 for resonator and install is much cheaper than pop'ing for a new exhaust.

 
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yea and i kept my old resonator yes yes yes yes!

i called magna flow to see if i could just buy the piping and the resonator off a catback and they said no

 
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exactly my point, go skunk2!