Mid-pipe muffler?

[Tricked]

Does anyone know what the cross-section of the stock resonator looks like? After installing my SSAutochrome header, KORE midpipe and free flow muffler, it sounds like a swarm of angry bees chasing me. I put the stock muffler on to avoid another noise pollution ticket and the sound is worse, but more quiet. :( Now it sounds like a f#@king pepsi can for a muffler! I'm looking at adding a round 6" diameter muffler in the midpipe (same location of the stock resonator). I just wonder if doing this will help with the nasty sound. Maybe this:
http://www.dynomax.com/images/UltraFloWeld_cutaway.gif
Or this:
http://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/00/b9/74/1a_1.JPG
I need professional opinions. Still.....any opinions are welcome.

[labmixz]

turbo resonator would help...

[Elantra2.001]

Get a resonator put into the midpipe. The combination of a mid resonator and a muffler in the rear should help to reduce the angry bee effect. Also do you still have a cat? If not, consider a high flow cat also to help with sound.

[Tricked]

Where can I find a 2.5" resonator? I have no cat and don't really want to buy a high flow one since I'm low on funds. Keep the suggestions rolling in. :)

[Phiber]

I have a magnaflow mufflr and a high flow cat. Before I got my muffler welded on it was a huge swarm of bees. But after the muffler it's barely noticabnle at cold start and then non existant after the car warms up for a couple minutes. :)

[Tricked]

So maybe I'll go with this:
http://www.fle-online.com/images/Pictures/cutmuffler.jpg
It will be SS, 2.5" in and out (so it will slip over the mid-pip), 6" x 14" body, and 20" overall. I've read how some G20 owner used the 4" round one and it helped quite a bit. The cheapest I found it was for $69.53 shipped.

You guys think it will help? :confused: ......again: SSAutochrom header (no cat), KORE 2.5" mid-pipe with Magnaflow 6" resonator, and dual 3" dtm style free-flow muffler.

[Phiber]

Looks nice. I think it should help and add the needed backpressure. ;)

[elantragt4dr]

Would this help??

http://images.channeladvisor.com/Sell/SSProfiles/10056063/Images/94%20accord%20cat%20copy.jpg

[Elantra2.001]

With the resonator and the muffler you should be OK. High flow cats only run about the price of a decent muffler on ebay also.

[labmixz]

hey mike,
there are a few shops over here in tampa that sell decent resonators, if you wanna check em out I can find the phone numbers for ya, call me sometime...

Also most auto shops can order the resonators if anything, but I noticed they weren't that cheap looking on advanced and pep boys, for a turbo style resonator, the normal resonators weren't too badly priced...

[slvrsleeper]

I put a Magnaflow 6inch diameter center inlet-outlet straight thru muffler on mine because trying to find a resonator in Nova turned out to be harder than curing cancer. Of course I already had a hi-flo cat on my system but the second muffler totally killed the bee buzz. Not sure but I think a resonator would do the same thing. My problem was noise not resonance.

[Tricked]

So I guess I'll be going with a magnaflow. Anyone know the diameter of the stock resonator. I'm hoping the 6" will fit, if not I'll use the 4". Maybe the larger diameter will help cancel out the sound better?

[slvrsleeper]

The 6 inch will fit in the tunnel it hangs down about 3.5 or 3.75 inches under the car. Not enough to drag or catch on stuff like speedbumps (unless your car is lowered) And in my case it helped a whole lot with the noise.

[Tricked]

Well, my car is lowered. I have the quest coilovers and from the edge of the wheel to the fender is about 2 7/8" on all four corners. I can't have anything hanging any lower than stock. That's why I need to know the diameter of the stock resonator.

[slvrsleeper]

Six inch defineately will NOT work for you. Four inch should be fine though.

[Tricked]

Well, the 4" should be here Wednesday and if I work things out with this guy at work he's gonna install it. He's been welding for like 35 years. He said he'd purge the pipe with Argon in order for the welds to penetrate to the interior, giving a stronger weld. All this done with SS rod, too.

I got the 4" magnaflow installed and the buzz is no longer. :D Now I can put my aftermarket muffler back on.

[labmixz]

Nice man, can't wait to hear it...

[evil247]

Mike, you know that I have a magnoflow resonator and no bee sound right? I thought I had told you that before. It's still loud and I put the silencer back in the muffler to keep the noise down but it was definately not ricey sounding at all. I got it from Mad Hatter mufflers on Waters

[Tricked]

I thought you had a stock resonator this whole time. I never knew. :redface:

[slvrsleeper]

So how does it sound? You have already read my posts on this same topic and I was just wondering how you like it.

[Tricked]

It sounds great! I just don't know how it sounds with the aftermarket muffler, yet. Within due time.

[jelantra2k2]

this sounds white trash ...but ivebeen working on a lot of different cars and this seems to have work to best. use a cherrybomb AKA glasspack lol weld that in there and itll tone it really well and still keep a lot of the volume but no more raspy sound

[ilanpro]

Whats you final thoughs on this tricked.
When I installed the Evo fusion header the supertrapp was so loud that I had to take it off and it was very farty :mad: How can I overcome that?? I have 0
Cats Just the stock resonator.

[slvrsleeper]

You will probably want to add one catalytic converter to your system Ilan. Never mind the legal issues, you may remember my posts on the subject of the Evofusion header from the old site. When I added the ct to my system it damped the noise down quite a bit except at highway speeds. Eventually I added a six inch diameter Magnaflow glasspack behind the cat and that finally got the exhaust note and volume where I wanted it. If you are coming to the B-more meet we can get together there. I'll take you for a spin in mine and you'll see what I'm talking about

[Tricked]

I can't decide yet. I still have the stock muffler. Once I get the dtm muffler back on I'll have a better idea. I just have to fit the R34 rear first in order to place the muffler.

[ilanpro]

The supertrapp is too big for my drop so Im thinking this
http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/01/ae/bf/ca_1_b.JPG

magnaflow (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&tc=photo&item=2481640128&category=33636#ebayphotohosting)

[slvrsleeper]

I think you will probably be happiest with the sound of the Magnaflo Ilan, its smooth and mellow, not real raspy or farty. Also their polished stainless is very nice looking.