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R50/53 Help! My exhaust is too loud!

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Old 04-22-2014, 05:58 AM
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Help! My exhaust is too loud!

I decided that my last mod before the Dragon would be to replace my rusting muffler. I wanted something a little louder and deeper than stock, so I decided to go with a custom setup. Now, I have the tone and the pop and burble that I wanted, but my car is now tens of decibels too loud. What should I do to keep the tone but quiet things down a bit?
 
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Old 04-22-2014, 06:07 AM
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Did you put in a resonator after the cat and before the muffler? You could start with that.
 
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Originally Posted by Pure87
I decided that my last mod before the Dragon would be to replace my rusting muffler. I wanted something a little louder and deeper than stock, so I decided to go with a custom setup. Now, I have the tone and the pop and burble that I wanted, but my car is now tens of decibels too loud. What should I do to keep the tone but quiet things down a bit?
Can you give some more info on your "custom setup? Did you go with a larger diameter pipe? What mufflers are you using? Did you remove the resonator?
 
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:48 AM
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mufflers and piping help.... 3 in all the way back into 1 muffler will defiently be louder than a 2.25 in the resonater, Ying in 2 mufflers
 
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