any advantage of having a muffler??
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any advantage of having a muffler??
i was just thinking...is there any reason too put a muffler on my turbo install????i willbe running 3 inch from the turbo and figure why not just run 3 inchall the way back????muffler would just cost me an extra 75 bucks...would it do anythingt at all??besides maybe adjust the sound a little?
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (CzanSOHC)
thats prolly what i'll end up doing..is there any disadvatage of running an open downpipe??or negative effect?
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (GOLDBERG)
thats prolly what i'll end up doing..is there any disadvatage of running an open downpipe??or negative effect?
I think having your car impounded counts as a negative effect Righ?
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (T-sohctec)
here is an evil trick.
do open downpipe.... but leave the stock MUFFLER and exhaust tip on. dont connect any piping to it, just leave the stock muffler hanging there.... it might require a little shtuff to make sure it doesnt rattle around and stuff, but its a great way to make cops leave you alone if the entire exterior is stock, if you get pulled over, say that the car has just been getting louder over the last couple months, and you dont know why. sometimes, around here atleast, cops will leave you alone. a friend of mine did that with his S13 240sx coupe, and he hasnt got a single ticket
do open downpipe.... but leave the stock MUFFLER and exhaust tip on. dont connect any piping to it, just leave the stock muffler hanging there.... it might require a little shtuff to make sure it doesnt rattle around and stuff, but its a great way to make cops leave you alone if the entire exterior is stock, if you get pulled over, say that the car has just been getting louder over the last couple months, and you dont know why. sometimes, around here atleast, cops will leave you alone. a friend of mine did that with his S13 240sx coupe, and he hasnt got a single ticket
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (GOLDBERG)
I've been running open downpipe for about a month and a half now. I've got a turndown on mine so it's not TOO loud. The only thing I don't like is not being able to really hear the motor and smelling like exhaust everywhere I go.
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (sinfestboy)
here is an evil trick.
do open downpipe.... but leave the stock MUFFLER and exhaust tip on. dont connect any piping to it, just leave the stock muffler hanging there.... it might require a little shtuff to make sure it doesnt rattle around and stuff, but its a great way to make cops leave you alone if the entire exterior is stock, if you get pulled over, say that the car has just been getting louder over the last couple months, and you dont know why. sometimes, around here atleast, cops will leave you alone. a friend of mine did that with his S13 240sx coupe, and he hasnt got a single ticket
do open downpipe.... but leave the stock MUFFLER and exhaust tip on. dont connect any piping to it, just leave the stock muffler hanging there.... it might require a little shtuff to make sure it doesnt rattle around and stuff, but its a great way to make cops leave you alone if the entire exterior is stock, if you get pulled over, say that the car has just been getting louder over the last couple months, and you dont know why. sometimes, around here atleast, cops will leave you alone. a friend of mine did that with his S13 240sx coupe, and he hasnt got a single ticket
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (sinfestboy)
Sound pollution laws are based on dB put out by your car, not if it looks like it has a muffler on it.
I guess the cops in your area are lazy or something.
I guess the cops in your area are lazy or something.
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (sinfestboy)
cops will leave you alone. a friend of mine did that with his S13 240sx coupe, and he hasnt got a single ticket
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i was just thinking...is there any reason too put a muffler on my turbo install????i willbe running 3 inch from the turbo and figure why not just run 3 inchall the way back????muffler would just cost me an extra 75 bucks...would it do anythingt at all??besides maybe adjust the sound a little?
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (Hatchblack)
yeah man, california is seriously really **** about "imports" with exhaust...
you could have your LS1 louder than a freight train, setting off alarms as you drive by cars... the cops rarely give you anything other than a glance...
and then you have a turbo integra, being pulled over for completely stock exhaust/cat... and have the CHP officer step out of his car with a mirror on a stick, and accuse you of gutting your cat.(surprisingly he never asked to pop the hood, or else i would've gotten the ever popular "modified intake") then when he finds, nothing, he fines you for 72 in a 65.........
and i don't understand how my girlfriend gets away with running straight 3" on her 98 tahoe, but i have friends that have been cited for their apex n1...
you could have your LS1 louder than a freight train, setting off alarms as you drive by cars... the cops rarely give you anything other than a glance...
and then you have a turbo integra, being pulled over for completely stock exhaust/cat... and have the CHP officer step out of his car with a mirror on a stick, and accuse you of gutting your cat.(surprisingly he never asked to pop the hood, or else i would've gotten the ever popular "modified intake") then when he finds, nothing, he fines you for 72 in a 65.........
and i don't understand how my girlfriend gets away with running straight 3" on her 98 tahoe, but i have friends that have been cited for their apex n1...
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (bonesix)
its gonna stink like ish without a cat but other then that, i dont really think you have anything to worry about with the po-po's on the big island.
edit: to answer your question, a muffler just creates more restriction.
[Modified by sleepinEF2, 2:07 AM 12/16/2002]
edit: to answer your question, a muffler just creates more restriction.
[Modified by sleepinEF2, 2:07 AM 12/16/2002]
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Re: any advantage of having a muffler?? (Ruckus138)
yeah man, california is seriously really **** about "imports" with exhaust...
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