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10-01-2004, 04:27 PM
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Someone here did just that. They just removed te muffler entirely and installed a tip that dumped out under the car. This would be very loud and only good for about 4 hp. By using even a hollowed out stock muffler, he probably picked up a horsepower or 2 but it probably isn't unbearably loud. Then again, maybe it is.
10-02-2004, 08:47 PM
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sound is coming? and i used the stock muf so i could use the hagers that it already has. and it looks stock from the back.........wtf was that a 20b?!?!?!:D
10-05-2004, 09:27 PM
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MSPEED11, do you live in canyon creek off 620? I think I have seen your car, if that is yours in the picture. A lowered silver 8? Only one like it I have seen in Austin.
10-05-2004, 10:52 PM
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yes thats me:D ill have a good vid of my car before and after blk wheels on here in a few days. well it will be next week before they get pwder cted so im guessing the end of next week or the begining of the folowing week. do you drift or anything like that? if so im gathering a few people to go cut it up......let me know.
10-26-2004, 04:09 PM
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Not exactly home made, but not exactly brand name either, anyone seen this before
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7929885074
seller says "we have it custom made for us in the us. sound is very quiet bacause of the dual muffler."
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=7929885074
seller says "we have it custom made for us in the us. sound is very quiet bacause of the dual muffler."
02-26-2005, 06:29 PM
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MSpeed11--have you been able to get a sound clip? Some friends offered to install my greddy exhaust when it came in, but it didn't make it in time so we took off the stock for fun and to see the sound. THE SOUND IS AWESOME! Now I'm considering returning the greddy and doing something similar to you, a straight pipe into a Y with tips for good looks. The sound is extremely loud in the car though, that's the only problem. Does having the Y make it less loud inside?
02-26-2005, 08:49 PM
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He's as bad as Can
The photo is dark but you can tell there is no Y pipe. That is just a cheap tip connected to the pipe from the cat. That is about as straight of an exhaust you can get.
02-26-2005, 09:00 PM
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He threw the bent tip on there to direct the exhaust downward. He just hacksawed it off and put the tip on it. Kind of dumb because now he doesn't even have the stock exhaust...I guess he could weld it back on.
Not the route to go. The only thing he has to muffle the sound is the stock cat and resonator.
Not the route to go. The only thing he has to muffle the sound is the stock cat and resonator.
02-26-2005, 09:18 PM
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Well we took off the stock exhaust and set it aside. It was suggested to have a tip welded on to point it downward, but I know that won't help any. I'm wondering if having a custom y pipe out the back end will muffle the sound any, or simply displace it.
02-11-2006, 02:51 PM
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My car kinda has the same setup as mspeed11. Its a straight pipe back from the cat, it goes into a Y into the dual exhaust, without the muffler cans. I don't know if I explained that correctly, but it sounds awesome everybody I know says it sounds awesome.
02-13-2006, 01:59 AM
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too loud for me and I pr0obably more tolerant of this than most people, I have done it on reciprocating engines many times, but tried it on the RX-8 and ordered a small muffler shortly thereafter
used to have some pics on here of my original straightpipe, can't seem to find them now
used to have some pics on here of my original straightpipe, can't seem to find them now
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my plans are to remove the stock muffler, cut the flange off of the exhaust and the muffler, and have an adapter made for the outside diameter of the stock piping, that way you could reinstall the stock muffler by loosening some bolts and popping some hangers off. the reasioning for this was to have an exhaust shop fab up either a brand name muffler, or a glasspack/cherry bomb of sorts or possibly a straight pipe if you felt in necessary (which I do) and if your state requires a yearly inspection (West Virgina) then you could switch the 2 out before heading to the inspection station and have your possible extra power, and your good sound, along with being legal 
02-10-2011, 08:07 PM
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my plans are to remove the stock muffler, cut the flange off of the exhaust and the muffler, and have an adapter made for the outside diameter of the stock piping, that way you could reinstall the stock muffler by loosening some bolts and popping some hangers off. the reasioning for this was to have an exhaust shop fab up either a brand name muffler, or a glasspack/cherry bomb of sorts or possibly a straight pipe if you felt in necessary (which I do) and if your state requires a yearly inspection (West Virgina) then you could switch the 2 out before heading to the inspection station and have your possible extra power, and your good sound, along with being legal
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