Any thoughts on the ES oval universal mufflers? A local muffler shop just screwed up my OEM Si exhaust, and now there's an annoying leak. I've already spent a few hours under the car and just can't seem to find the source of the leak, but that's another story. Anyways, I need to find a replacement, and the ES seems reasonably priced. I'm planning to go with custom mandrel bent piping if I end up getting the ES oval muffler. How would you describe the sound, deep & throaty or loud & raspy? Anyone have pics of this muffler mounted on the car from the rear straight on and rear 3/4 angle?




[Modified by Draggin99Si, 9:08 PM 1/24/2003]

 

awesome muffler, love that its stock looking so no harassment, flows great, kinda growls and its quiet !! got mines on wednesday and had it put on the same day.
btw no raspiness at all. still breaking it in ..

 

btw ignore my really shitty rear.. i need new bumpers and a paint job

 

that looks nice, where did you order yours from?

did you get the 2.25" or 2.50"?


[Modified by Draggin99Si, 8:23 PM 1/24/2003]

 

where u guys orderin your ES oval from and where can i find more info? too many pple got canister mufflers, i'm lookin to go back to oval

 

ES ovals look good. I got a cheap "turbo" from Autozone.(oval muffler) on my car and it sounds good. I am guessing the ES would sound the same. I am about to upgrade to a Oriley RAPTOR muffler. (oval style too, just a lil bigger then the 'turbo')

 

http://www.inlinefour.com

last I heard they had them in stock

 

I do have to agree with Flat blk HB on this one....the dynomax muff *TURBO* one from autozone/autoparts get the job done...quiet/cheap/oval shape just like the es oval/

 

nice muffler I've been lookin into that one.

 

I only paid $13 for the turbo one and $20 for the RAPTOR.

 

my brother just got one and it's not that loud at all. I wonder what the dynomax ultraflow would sound like, because i was debating on getting this or the es oval because the ultraflo had 1000 cfm and i didn't know what the es cfm was. I want my brother to have a performance exhaust, but my friend has the es and we liked it.

My brother is happy with the es oval. he has a 2001 lx and did the 2.25 custom catbackcost $193 total with muffler( not bad considering dc sport ~$600...yea yea..mandrel bent, i did c them do the crush bend, and the pipe was pinch...now i understand why mandrel is better).

It has a deep sound tone...it doesn't get rasphy at all....in the midrange, you can feel the car vibrate from the exhaust(feels like bass). we got it from inlinefour for 113 bux shipped. a dynomax ultraflo will run about the same price, but i wish I could have listen to both mufflers before making the decision.


[Modified by gokuson, 11:06 PM 1/24/2003]

 

what this this muff sound like? ive had the following on my car, greddy sp, 5 zigen fireball and lastly the thermal r&d classic. i like my thermal sound wise but ive never liked the shape of it, doesnt look right imo.

can someoene describe the sound and possibly compare the sound to other setups (ive pretty heard 90% of mufflers out there, just not this one)

 

Magnaflow makes a muffler just like the ES. I have the ES also and I like it.

 

the reason why i'm into this muffler so much is because..... it looks stocker than stock and cleaner than stock! this thing just plain out looks clean as ****!

yeah, someone describe the sound!

 

i want an es oval exhuast . . .
looks good

 

I love mine

 

dont you guys think it sorta looks gay from the back ? it sorta to me kills the back of the car. I've heard the performance is pretty good though

 

i got an eval exhuast on a 00 si. All I have to say is once you start adding some power adder. Like cams, the es oval will be freaking loud in vtec. But normal driving its good !! well worth the 100 bux

 

anyone wanna trade and Apexi N1 for one

 

lol u gotta be joking, u def gotta see it in person, the EG is bubble like and so the es goes perfect with the body style, not sure about other cars but the clean stock look to it is just awesome.

the sound: imagine a greddy evo how its bassey, but really low key ..when you step on the gas @ idle its more of a growl rumble, but low ..when your WOT, its the same thing, and cruising its just very pleasant. u cant hear it at idle.

looks great brewer!

 

i got the 2.25, they didnt have the 2.5 im guessing its harder to come by, and i got it from inlinefour.com a friend was buying his and gave me the word they have 2 left so i told him to get another one for me, so we got ours together, i have no doubt that last one was gone in a matter of minutes..

all places i called way back were on back order for weeks. so we def got lucky.

 

I wouldn't mind having a flat-black one.

The stainless finish looks good and all, but if I was going to get a muffler for sleeper purposes I'd go all the way and flat-black that *****.

Looks stocky-stock though - I like them.

BTW:

There are a lot of threads that discuss the ES ovals, and some of them even have sound clips in them last time if I remeber correctly.

Try the search under "archived" threads and see if you find what you're looking for.

 

Yeah I spent a few hours last night going thru the entire ES Oval archive. I'm a believer now, I'm definitely getting this thing. It fits what I'm looking for.....

stock looking
quiet sounding w/ resonator
stainless steel construction
straight-thru design
cheap
approved by h-t members = BIG

 

http://www.jdmhondaparts.com has them for $100

 

i did too, but i didnt find a sound clip did you?