Alright, here's my situation, I have a b18c1 w/ JDM DC 4-1, Carsound 2.5 cat, and an ITR cat-back. A friend of mine needs an axle-back for his car and offered to buy mine for a resonable price. So now I'm considering replacing it with a 2.25 ES oval muffler. How loud is this going to be with my set-up, because police are pretty strict in my area and I may have problems passing vehicle inspection if it is over a certain decible. If anyone has this set-up, your input will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

 

i have 2.25" mandel bent with 4X9X16 and it sounds ok(have got pulled over yet) when vtec hits that another story

 

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thats at 5600 rpm right?

 

That's kinda what I'm looking for. I like hearing Vtec every now and then, (I have Stock ITR airbox with ITR cat-back), but I still wanna be kinda low key while driving normal.

 

14" resonator, 2.5" mandrel all the way wih es oval. jun header, comptech combo. loud as ****.

 

What about the magnaflow? Any better/worse? (I know, topic has been covered alot).

 

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my bad, I have a magnaflow es oval style muffler. its identical to the es oval. anyways, its loud as **** and its annoying me to death.

 

Anyone else?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DC4TEG &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Alright, here's my situation, I have a b18c1 w/ JDM DC 4-1, Carsound 2.5 cat, and an ITR cat-back. A friend of mine needs an axle-back for his car and offered to buy mine for a resonable price. So now I'm considering replacing it with a 2.25 ES oval muffler. How loud is this going to be with my set-up, because police are pretty strict in my area and I may have problems passing vehicle inspection if it is over a certain decible. If anyone has this set-up, your input will be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So you're running the following:

Header(2.5") =&gt; Cat(2.5") =&gt; ITR catback(2.25").

Why are you stepping down on exhaust diameters? If you spent all this money on your exhaust system, you should keep it constant or equal in diameter. In my opinion, you should sell your complete ITR catback and buy a 2.5" catback. It's obvious that you spend money on your car because you want it to look and perform at its best. A 2.5" exhaust may be a little large for the power you're making at this point, so get it tuned.

 

Thanks for the advice.