With a resonator and muffler, shouldnt be to bad. I am picky about my exhaust though, so an off the shelf exhaust does not work for me with my current set up
I had a test pipe + muffler delete, pretty much straight pipe. yes. it was loud and raspy, sounded too rice. I disliked it, I now have a test pipe (2nd cat delete) and muffler. Love it. Perfect sound.
i still have the stock exhaust with a straight pipe and part of the stock exhaust from the muffler minus the curved down tail pipe. all i added was a cheap bolt on chrome tip for looks. sorry no CATS where harmed in the process at the time of the muffler being removed.
I know its old but don't wanna start new thread , what would be better with a turbo muffler on the 1.8, no 2nd cat n no resonator or just no resonator? I put on a 2" thrush muffler but want more sound, nothing crazy just more audible, all I got ln the car is kn filter n air box snorkel cut n the muff
I have not tried just eliminating the stock muffler on a 1.8 exhaust system yet, but with stock maniverter, high flow second cat, couple HP II mufflers inline, and a resonator before the side exit a 1.8 is fairly quiet and rasp free.
Probably sound like poo without a resonator. I hate rasp and have spent a lot of time trying to eliminate it. I like the fart and crackle, just not the rasp.
I have run chambered, perforated core, and turbo style mufflers. Without a resonator you have little chance of stopping the rasp. I cant comment on sound level though since I am running 2.5" HP II mufflers and piping.
So cut out the res today, got some beehive go ing on but not crazy, probably helps I only got 2 in turbo muffler not a big fart can. Im still up in the air if I wanna rip the cat out tho
The bee hive will likely double in raspiness if you remove the 2nd cat. Seen quite a few online like this, it's not a great sound at all. Just pull the resonator and add a magnaflow round muffler to the end (essentially a resonator anyways) and call it a day
Ya i took it on the highway n i think i found the sound I wanted, cheap 2" thrush muffler, extra 2" pipe for extension n pipe to replace resonator= ~$60 cat back, has Alil rasp but not horrible, can hear it in the car Alil but doesn't overpower the radio, n isn't obnoxious when accelerating. I think i got the happy cheap medium for now , considering I bought it to be cheap n not a sports car, otherwise I woulda just kept my 99 z28