Hulk311

Will installing an aftermarket resonator make the stock exhaust even quieter? Long story short I had a Toyota 4Runner in which I installed Spectrum Sludge, Luxury Liner Pro and Damplifier Pro on every single piece of metal I could find and the truck had zero exhaust noise, even when flooring it.

Rather than do all of that, if I was to install just a resonator will it make the exhaust have even less noise? If so, what kind of resonator should I get and where on the exhaust system should it be mounted?

Lavrishevo

iTrader: (1)

You want to make the stock system more quiet? It's already very quiet as it is. You may have an exhaust leak or modifications done. There are 3 stock resonators. Adding additional resonators will restrict your airflow.

BradTank

I think with the LS you've pretty much hit a wall in terms of muffling exhaust noise.

If you have an exhaust that maybe someone put in aftermarket and is droning, it would probably be a good place to start. Otherwise I think you're spinning your wheels to chase being 1% quieter.

I did have a truck that I bought and it just had catalytic converters from the previous owner, straight pipes after the cats. It sounded beautiful, but it just droned and was too much. I had an inexpensive resonator welded in that was like $25 and it made a huge difference. Still sounded great also.

But if you're talking a stock exhaust, I think it would be a mistake to mess with it if your priority is "quiet". It could even make it worse as you can have some strange droning noises when you add new restrictions.