driftguy2008

hey HT after i got my new to me 94 hatch to run good today i decided to drive it around after i changed the oil and my exhaust is annoying at times i love the sound but after a certain rpm i can stand it, it makes my ears ring. i dont wanna buy another exhaust it has a cat back apexi 3" exhaust which sounds awesome but too annoying after 30 mins of driving. what can i do to enjoy driving my civic instead of hating it cause it makes my ears ring.

B_Swapped93

You could put "dynamat" in the trunk hatch(don't know if i spelled that right) a lot of audio guys do it. It's basicly extra sound deadning costs/weighs a bit but how much you put is up to you. There have been posts like this before end result was some sort of dynamat installed.

EFfin Sedan 91

Change the muffler or add on some resonators. 3" exhaust is overkill if you're not turbo.

B_Swapped93

APEXI comes with a resinator. A different muffler won't change much he's running 3'' exhaust. Dynamat is the simplest solution with out messing with the exhaust which i don't think he want's to do.

jbpnoman

You could toss a turbo on it. That'll quiet it down, and give you an actual reason to have 3" piping.

94preludeguy

Dynamat won't do ****. I had a Z6 coupe that used to be boosted and had 3" exhaust. Did lots of fatmat and it was hardly any quieter.

My hatch has atleast 2.5 with a resonator and it is pretty quiet. Factory cat is still on though. Not having a converter on the car will make it much louder than any exhaust will.

dirty19

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replace the whole exhaust!

B_Swapped93

Just noticed OP's sig im assuming he's running a 3 inch on a D15 ??. What's the point of that get a 2.25 exhaust and you won't have that droning.

vitamin_c95

Post a pic. Sometimes if the muffler isn't sticking far enough past the underside, you get drone inside/under the car bouncing the sound back into passenger area. Versus it sticking out just enough to where the sound is actually going straight out the back

grumblemarc

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Maybe it's just a 3" tip. Can't see why you would need 3" piping on a stock D.

hwyix

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ding ding

Your new exhaust needs to be as thick as the OEM pipe. If go to the cheapest guy on craigslist he has to cut corners some how. If you get thinner pipe it will ring/vibrate/resonate/etc...

B_Swapped93

He says catback in his post.

driftguy2008

its 3" cat back, i have no clue what size it is header to cat.

grumblemarc

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Just looks like the tip and not the piping. Even if it is just have a muffler shop install another resonator.

driftguy2008

how much will that cost?

grumblemarc

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Parts and labor.

driftguy2008

what brand resonator should i go with? i found one for $89 3" resonator off some site all i did was google it and first site i found. and how much would you say it would cost for labor and parts?

grumblemarc

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Before you rush off and buy parts maybe you should actually get under the car and VERIFY what you actually have installed. Then call or trot over to a local muffler shop and get a quote from them, not us.

I can tell you all day long what it will cost here but pricing across the country isn't the same.

angrysmileyface

Change it out for a Cherrybomb.... Then you can annoy everyone including yourself :-D!

Yomage_EG

Fnix

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I got to use ear plugs. No Panels and no back seats = ear drum damage

94preludeguy

I will never understand why people want such loud **** on their slow N/A Honda. Every car I've purchased with loud exhaust I hated it.

hwyix

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What he said.





I am guilty of buying a free low exhaust. Enjoying the music for a few years and then want something quieter but still produce more power than OEM. I never did find the unicorn exhaust.

fasterthanueg

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That would be 2.25 pipe with a s2000 muffler

hwyix

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Was this for me?

I was mostly talking about other car 94 rx7 I had set up for the track.

Now I have 93 hatch/gsr motor that is a little on the noisy side.

Would this S2000 muffler work on my car?