I have a '97 Civic EX (pics soon, im baby new here on HT) (All stock right now, but I have big dreams)

My Muff recently rusted through at the in pipe. instead of paying 200+ for stock replacement, I figured on spending 160 for magnaflow at meineke, but they weren't stamped "MAGNAFLOW" so I asked about it on the phone, and the guy hung up on me...

Cut to the chase - I can't afford the 250 for HKS with custom fittings and weldings, so in the mean time, I intent to slap a glass pack bright red straight through on there. How bad of an idea is that? I paid like 35 for everything... Cat back to the flange is the same, just cut off the in pipe 3" past the rust, and use a 1.75 - 2" converter, no problems, right?

Has anyone used these, temp or for real?

Lemme know, I'd love some input!

Also, how loud will it really be? I still have the resonator on there...

THANKS GUYS!

 

I have a cherrybomb muffler with some truck muffler tip on it kind of sticks out..
but it sounds nice n deep no bumble bee here d=D

 

Just save up until you can get a real exhaust. eBay has Megan and such exhausts all day every day for well under $300 shipped. Buy one and use that. Glasspack/cherry bomb mufflers are loud and obnoxious.

 

IMO i would get a magnaflow canister from auto zone and have meineki weld it on there, it wouldnt be expensive, but at the same time not really cheap. Or like ^^ said just save up for a real exhaust.

 

Umm I dont think its that loud and obnoxious..
Unless its just the truck tip but i doubt that has anything to do with it
my sedan sounds nice n deep not like a pissed off weed whacker

 

i would get a custom exhuast, im getting mines this week, for only 200 bucks, complete from headers back. my freind had a cherry bomb, never thought much bout it, he painted it black with engine paint. so i never knoticed it really

 

where did you get a full system for 200? Did that include a high flow cat?

what brand is it, btw? Hope its not "Magnaflow" from Meineke...... "Fagnaflow?"..... shouldn't be.... LMAO

 

i live in haverhill, and got custom piping all the way from headers back at lous exhuast, a place where they actually know about exhuast, im getting it for 200 becuase of connections, i have a tanabe tip. WHY is it a problem?

 

the magnaflows they sell at meineke (at lest the 3 near me) are not stamped "magnaflow" and I talked to the company, and they said stay away, and they would call meineke. I think they were cherrybomb turbo IIs but for >100 bucks. but then again the cherry bomb turbos are stamped too, arent they....? so I guess its some fake no name brand. Either way, its a bad call.

 

I have a cherrybomb turbo II on my car beacuse I had the same rust problem and the muffler was given to me. Sounds gppd to me, definately not ricy, just a nice deep tone. The cherrybomb will not sound too bad either, just need to keep on the resonator, otherwise it will be obnoxious.

 

i had a glasspack on my b16 civic and mandrel bent pipes i welded up I had like a hundred dollars in the exhaust.
At a certain rpm range it sounded bad ***, but the rest of the range sounded like ****, loud raspy echoing.

 

i have 2.5" straight piping...btw this is on a h22 hatch.

goes like this: arospeed header(cheapo, removed flex pipe and replaced with 2.5") test pipe, then a cherry bomb, then 2.5" straight pipe out the side in front of my RR tire, bolonie cut. sounds great, only way i can describe it is...like the tone of a 350z oem exhaust and a rx7...like a mix..very strange but def unique.

EDIT- remember i have a h22 which do sound Alot different than BSeries/ Dseries...IMHO

And no..my exhaust pipe does not make my RR tire slippery and what not because im sure someone will say "Dont that exhaust like that make ur tire loose traction? or some dumb BS.

 

i had a cherry bomb glasspack on a stock exhaust on my old dx coupe. sounded real deep, not too loud either.

 

goto ebay i got a psudo n1 all stainless 220 for header and pipes and muffler and cat and gaskets for everything!!! dont sound too bad for the price either!

 

i used to have a cherry bomb before i did my swap.. it actually sounded really good.. i had headers intake and stock exhaust with the cherry tip and it sounded pretty good!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LemonLime &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I have a '97 Civic EX (pics soon, im baby new here on HT) (All stock right now, but I have big dreams)

My Muff recently rusted through at the in pipe. instead of paying 200+ for stock replacement, I figured on spending 160 for magnaflow at meineke, but they weren't stamped "MAGNAFLOW" so I asked about it on the phone, and the guy hung up on me...

Cut to the chase - I can't afford the 250 for HKS with custom fittings and weldings, so in the mean time, I intent to slap a glass pack bright red straight through on there. How bad of an idea is that? I paid like 35 for everything... Cat back to the flange is the same, just cut off the in pipe 3" past the rust, and use a 1.75 - 2" converter, no problems, right?

Has anyone used these, temp or for real?

Lemme know, I'd love some input!

Also, how loud will it really be? I still have the resonator on there...

THANKS GUYS!</TD></TR></TABLE>

I wish I could resist, but I can't.

<FONT SIZE="4">Are you female?</FONT>

 

i put one on my girls crx and it's not deep or ricey, it actually sounds really good, as for performance it is not the way to go.

 

imo i would try to find just a cheap stock one used at the market place and use that until you save emough to get waht you want, i've heard the big cherry bomb glass packs, imo they sound like crap, do it right the first time.

 

LOL glasspacks are alright i rember tacking one onto a freind's freind's 79 trans am

he gave me a 4 pack of monster to do it LOL

6013- + 105 ish amps...........bzzzzzzzzz bzzzzzzz done

 

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I wish I could resist, but I can't.

<FONT SIZE="4">Are you female?</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

no, I'm not, do I sound like I don't know what I'm talking about? I haven't done that much work on my car myself yet, but I know what stuff does, and generally where it is, and what it looks like

Don't worry, I'm not offended

Update, though, I got sick from being in the cold working on the thing, and couldn't finish.

I got a muff shop to cut the bolts off of the flange for me and its zip-tied to the hanger bar, and I've been driving it for a week.

BOLT KIT CAME TODAY so I will update as soon as I'm finished!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BUDtoker &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">goto ebay i got a psudo n1 all stainless 220 for header and pipes and muffler and cat and gaskets for everything!!! dont sound too bad for the price either!</TD></TR></TABLE>

how much did you pay? and what was the name of the header? Somebody said "Cheapo, Aroheader<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tatmark1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">arospeed header(cheapo, removed flex pipe and replaced with 2.5") </TD></TR></TABLE> but for me, $200+ is not so much cheapo....not right now anyway!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LemonLime &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">the magnaflows they sell at meineke (at lest the 3 near me) are not stamped "magnaflow" and I talked to the company, and they said stay away, and they would call meineke. I think they were cherrybomb turbo IIs but for &gt;100 bucks. but then again the cherry bomb turbos are stamped too, arent they....? so I guess its some fake no name brand. Either way, its a bad call.</TD></TR></TABLE>

the flowmaster super 40's i had on my monte carlo ss werent stamped. the only reason i knew what they were is they had a small number stamp and i searched the code.

 

i have a cherry bomb muffler but i just got a used big ol rice fart can n puttin it on saturday