What do you think. Is a resinator good for complete exhaust set-ups. i.e header, racing converter, and cat back? or how is your car set-up?

 

Resonators deepen the tone of the exhaust and get rid of that irritating high pictch weedwhacker sound.

Just make sure it is a straight through without louvers and ****.

 

I don't have one but I am thinking of getting one in the near future.

 

I have two resonators and a muffler and it's still to loud!!

I would never run without at least one, way too loud for me...

 

i have never heard of a resonator i dont got one and i dont got a cat. i love the loud exhaust it soothes me

 

just recently put a resonator on my exhaust before i had header, punched out cat, straight pipe to a thermal muffler and it was so annoying now with a 21 inch resonator the car has the best sound of an import I've ever heard i love it and i noticed little to nothing on the performance end i'm absolutely happy with it and i paid 45 bucs installed for it so you can't beat that...

 

Depends what the car is being used for. Streetgoing, you definitely should have a long one and a good muffler.

 

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Exactly. I have a huge resonator with louvers that I had put on when I was daily driving my car, and wanted the exhaust super quiet. They work very well, but you lose some performance. Some people say it's not noticeable, but it definately is.

 

i have dc sports 4-1's and then a 14" 2.5" inside dia resonator pipe then a 2.5" cat back HKS Hi-Per and it couldn't sound any better

no rasp at all and its moderatley quiet at low rpms, then at high rpms its really loud but still maintains the deep *** growl, no raspiness

 

my exhaust was to loud for me so i got the biggest resonator the muffler shop had 22"! it made a big difference and i cant notice a performance loss.

 

Im concidering 2 on my next custom setup

 

i have a resonator... and i just finished my turbo yesterday, i think it needs to go. in first gear i can feel it gettin choked.

 

Without a resonator your exhaust will be very loud and raspy. Simple as that.

 

mine was low with the turbo d series and it was a 3 inch straight pipe

 

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You're 80% right. They don't deepen anything, they just "eat up" the higher pitched noises, allowing only the deeper/nicer ones to be heard.

 

I have straight through right now with a bullet(ractive) muffler and it is waaaayyy to loud, I hate it. Now I am gettiing a complete exhaust WITH a resonator. Go with the resonator, you wont notice any performance loss and it will sound better

 

get a resonator

 

I have a magnaflow catback... HOWEVER.... I cut off the can and put on the largest oval magnaflow muffler I could get...

It sounds SOOOO much better with the bigger muffler on there...

The resonator is a must IMO... especially if you have a gutted cat or straight pipe...

Even with a cat no resonator just leaves you with a retarded raspy sounding exhaust... IMO.

 

i had a 2.5" custom exhaust w/N1 muffler on my first civic, no resinator, and stock cat. it wasn't raspy, but it was loud as hell. it gave off more of a farting sound than a raspy sound. it was really deep at lower RPMs and would get really high pitched above 5,000. i like the deep, smooth tones a resinator and good muffler give you.

 

i got a resinator on my custom 2 1/4 piping back to my Rs-R ex mag and mines sounds stock quiet. No sound at all. Is that good guys? cause i thought it was suppost to make a tad buit of noise but damn my resinator is huge. I like it stock quiet anyways.

 

anyone run one of those cheap resonators off ebay?? Just wondering if they are worth the $30.....

 

I am running a Thrush Glasspack as my resonator and its great.
Its a straight through perforated core.

Available at your local auto parts place for like $23 Just ask for the cheap red cherry bomb mufflers and they will know what you need. lol

 

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just buy a cherry bomb at autozone, or go to a muffler shop, they're cheaper and probably work a lot better than something off ebay. i wont trust anything on ebay if it has to do with engine or exhaust parts.

http://www.kteller.com also has kickass resinators, but theyre about $65 for a 14".

 

my exhaust is loud as **** with one. i couldnt imagine it without one

 

I have no resonator. I opted to go without one at the time, because I was more interested in weight savings.

I ordered one recently, but its the wrong size. I don't mind the volume of my exhaust, but the annoying high rpm buzzing is obnoxious.

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