would a silencer decrease hp??
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ok, well i' just replaced an old exhaust of mine, i got a new one, a bomz tanabe style, i loved how it sounded, nice deep tone, i just installed a header yesterday, and now the muffler sounds high pitched ricer style, which i hate, now, if i put a silencer, would i lose hp? cuz i heard something about back pressure is good for u, or something like that?
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Rep Power: 787 usually a silencer increases backpressure, which would cause hp loss and more low end (torque). Having it open would be better for top end hp.
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Originally Posted by White0nGold
cuz i heard something about back pressure is good for u, or something like that?
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Originally Posted by White0nGold
well, actually i have NO cat, its all straight piped,i think its 1" 1/4 pipe, would it be better to put a cat, or silencer?
Try putting the silencer on and see how you like it before you go paying for any more parts.
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Originally Posted by White0nGold
and i can get a silencer like at autozone right? i just need to know the diameter or what?
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Originally Posted by White0nGold
well, i'll go ask at autozone or something
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Rep Power: 787 check ebay they have tons of sizes I bet. but yea if your car is close to stock and you just add exhaust, your low end power is gonna be worse. I have alot of mods on mine so I didn't notice and difference, just more hp up high.
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Rep Power: 0 i put my silencer on my exhaust and it just got rid of the deep tone and the ricey bumble bee sound sounded horrible. you will loose high end hp and your gas wilage will go way down. i had mine on when i went to new york and at 150 miles i was already ay half a tank, i took it off and all was good i threw the silencer in the trash when i got home.
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but yea if your car is close to stock and you just add exhaust, your low end power is gonna be worse
well this is wat i got, 01 lx AT, aem modded CAI/OBX 4-1 headers/straightpiped i think 1"1/4, BOMZ tanabe style muffler/
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Originally Posted by White0nGold
well this is wat i got, 01 lx AT, aem modded CAI/OBX 4-1 headers/straightpiped i think 1"1/4, BOMZ tanabe style muffler/
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Rep Power: 252 The D17 starts out with 100hp, any "performance mod" you add just decreases power, lol. I'm jk. Dude it's a D17. When you bought the car you lost something... speed and power. So don't stress about it... unless you have a turbo or something major.. THEN you should worry, other then that just put that silencer in so it doesn't sound like its farting. lol.
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