About a year ago, I bought a Tsudo N1 Extreme catback from ebay. It has been disappointing for me how incredibly quiet it is. I feel I'm still riding around in my stock exhaust. I read a post on some site a while back that this guy who had my same exhaust had the muffler cut out and welded a straight pipe in. I'm not sure if he commented on how loud it sounded afterwards but does anyone know if it would just be the same, raspy and loud like muscle car, or actually loud/throaty? And roughly the cost of the welding job. Thanks.

 

If you take out resonators and/or your catalytic converter, your exhaust will be:

1.) Loud
2.) Smelly
3.) Farty sounding.


That is what I have found to be true on any Honda I've seen and heard without the aforementioned parts.

 

why do you want a loud exhaust ? just curious for me i wanted good flow and quiet so i get performance and the cops dont bother!

 

well its just personal preference... i like to have an exhaust where i can hear that loud throaty rumble .. of course without having to pay for the cost of a Greddy

 

no offense but maybe you shouldnt buy from egay... I find the quality of parts from there is

 

go to a muffler shop and have them cut that muffler off and weld on any exhaust muffler of your choice.it'll be louder. something like an N1 muffler of that type.

 

Your problem is you want the 16oz tenderloin but you only want to pay for the McDonalds double cheeseburger. No matter how hard you try, cutting and changing wont turn that cheeseburger into a steak.

Without mentioning actual engine modifications (ie: Cams, displacement...etc), there are only two ways you can change the tone of an exhaust system;

1) Mufflers, this includes your primary chambered muffler, and any resonator(s) you have. You catalyst can be considered a muffler as well.
2) Piping diameter

If you want a throaty and deep sound, you wont get it with that muffler design. It wasn't designed to be a loud muffler, therefore it wont ever be.

You can remove your catalyst and resonator, this will increase your dB's but you'll also gain a nice raspy tone, especially with the smaller diameter piping that system is made with. Ever heard of the term "fart can"?

I couldn't help but laugh when you talked about Greddy like it was some sort of premium product But hey, we all start somewhere right?

Start saving for a good system, unfortunately your vehicle doesn't have the aftermarket support of the higher end manufacturers, so you're stuck with mediocre items. IMHO the HKS HiPower is the best off-the-shelf exhaust you can purchase for a 2nd gen. Smooth and deep.

 

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do it the ghetto cheap way, run headers only

 

yea. or maybe try a test pipe at least. or just get stupid and go 3" straight pipe!
jk. dont do that. that would be the riciest thing ever

 

^^^lolol

 

how about being an idiot and run open header.

loud exhaust is ******* cool.

 

just keep it, you'll get tired of the loud exhaust

 

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x2. I ran open header for 4-5 months because my exhaust was fucked to death(2 1/2"drop + low hanging exhaust) and it was horrible. I'm glad my car is alot quieter now. Much better!

 

dont know why you'd want your car to be loud, but a test pipe will definately help you accomplish that.

 

hey if you want a loud exhaust go to ebay and get a exhaust cut out. it should look like this

its switches to open or to your exhaust id get it

 

I have, JDM B16A
4-2-1 header
Gutted cat
No resonators
With a Magna Flow performance muffler,

its loud, but not godly loud. IMO i like it.

I have had people tell me I smell like my exhaust tho.

Want videos?? here ya go

http://vids.myspace.com/index....37295


Modified by Jose-aka-Pedro at 12:44 AM 1/24/2007

 

imo quiet = good. i have a pretty deep sounding exhaust. at first it sounds cool and everything. but after driving for a bit youll get really annoyed.

 

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its switches to open or to your exhaust id get it </TD></TR></TABLE>

what i had planned is already made i will defenetley get this !!!!

 

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not true. ebay has good parts but you just shouldnt expect much for something that is ridiculously cheap. you get what you pay for.

 

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what i had planned is already made i will defenetley get this !!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>

careful, those thing leaks like ****......

 

The problem is, People dont under stand,

There are parts on ebay.

And Ebay parts,

Huge difference. Just know.

 

if theres leaks i will defenetley not get it lol, 2months fixing leaks on exhaust, CRAPPY WELDINGS !!! defenetley wont get another thing that'll leak lol

 

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1.) Loud
2.) Smelly
3.) Farty sounding.


That is what I have found to be true on any Honda I've seen and heard without the aforementioned parts.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Very true

I had a N1 exhaust but i switched to a type R. I dont like loud exhausts, but the N1 was the loudest ive heard so far.

 

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There are parts on ebay.

And Ebay parts,

Huge difference. Just know.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yep this is the point i was trying to get at. ebay has never done me wrong.

 

run a tsudo exhaust tip, they are loud and imo not that bad sounding when compared to other just tips