centre resi removal

[castek]

G'day

so the bug has bitten and the mods are starting. But i dont want to go too far to start with, just small cheap things

I'm thinking of getting the centre muffler/resinator taken out on the weekend and replaced by a straight piece of pipe.

Does anyone know if this would make any difference at all? I dont want it to be real loud, just sick of the car sounding like air going past.


I've seen a vid on youtube but im not sure what else the guy had done to his exhaust.

cheers

[swingn]

I'm thinking it will make it resonate more in the cabin, but not 100% sure.

If you wanting to get a nice note etc, I think your money would be better spent on a set of replacement rear mufflers

[castek]

currently working on a set of rears, this is just for the interim.
when i get a nice set of rear mufflers i'd look at a magnaflow hotdigitydog

[teK--]

Does it make any diff for noise? Yes. Does it make any diff for performance? No. I think Craig cut open a center res and found it to be straight through design already but with a dense glass fibre packing.

[castek]

I'm not really chasing power at the moment.

although when i put down a deposit on a house, i may be keen on looking into a supercharger kit, would be nice and different

[drndrn]

Does it make any diff for noise? Yes. Does it make any diff for performance? No. I think Craig cut open a center res and found it to be straight through design already but with a dense glass fibre packing.

Was that a GT one or NA? Would they be the same? Are the GT and NA centrepipes different? I was thinking of getting a new centrepipe made up but wasn't sure of the performance benefits.

[teK--]

GT. Same centre pipe and Y pipe as far as I remember.

[drndrn]

Jim you reckon there are any performance gains to get out of centre and y-pipe?

[teK--]

Daz think back to when you had the Phat quads and you felt there was a performance drop. That was only from upsizing the last half meter or so of the exhaust

[castek]

so i got the muffler exchanged for a hotdog instead, very happy that i did this.

not noisy in the car and a nice tone outside. just what i wanted