RX330 gets a Magnaflow
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$65 to get installed.
I feel the car is a little snappier off the line but the sound upgrade is nominal at best.
After getting under the car (my daughter dropped it off/picked it up), I have to wonder if I shouldn't ask for less curve in the pipe. Being too picky?
Steve
I feel the car is a little snappier off the line but the sound upgrade is nominal at best.
After getting under the car (my daughter dropped it off/picked it up), I have to wonder if I shouldn't ask for less curve in the pipe. Being too picky?
Steve
#49
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Well, I really don't want anything like a ricer fartcan sound but the MF is pretty quiet. One of us should be the guinea pig for replacing the center muffler with a resonator.
If my FAS gamble pays off I will replace the huge center muff with either a flow through muff or a resonator. If it doesn't work I'll put a heavier one back on. I'll ask Lexmex's opinion before I do it.
BTW, that's actually the factory pipe behind the MF.
If my FAS gamble pays off I will replace the huge center muff with either a flow through muff or a resonator. If it doesn't work I'll put a heavier one back on. I'll ask Lexmex's opinion before I do it.
BTW, that's actually the factory pipe behind the MF.
Last edited by Carver; 06-15-11 at 08:55 PM.
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I don't want to rice out either -- but was hoping for a tad more throatiness. I was eyeballing that center muffler. I wonder what the possible negatives are for going with the resonator?
#51
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Best muffler I ever had was for my Scion xA. Srock CAT but racing header and SRI was a nice performance. However why I mention it was the xA is a 1.5ltr 105hp engine and the exhaust was a really nice deep rumble that was really only noticed when up close and driving away. Not even close to a ricer sound. I was hoping for the same with this one. But for $128 I am happy with some performance gains even if a little along with my CAI.
However at some point I will prob. spend some $$ on a real exhaust that is an exact fit like a Tome's or TRD etc. etc. See if it's more to my liking.
PS: So jealous of you guys getting them installed! I am going to hold every shop I go to on the $60-70 install price range.
The exhaust I had for this car was a tanabe.
However at some point I will prob. spend some $$ on a real exhaust that is an exact fit like a Tome's or TRD etc. etc. See if it's more to my liking.
PS: So jealous of you guys getting them installed! I am going to hold every shop I go to on the $60-70 install price range.
The exhaust I had for this car was a tanabe.
Last edited by infinirx; 06-16-11 at 06:38 PM.
#52
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So, what gains we got are from the increased flow of the 14829 but the center muff is still seriously holding things back. We are in uncharted territory as far as I know. We have to find the balance of the right amount of sound and also avoid any interior resonance.
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Bet it would have a nice sound if you replaced that bigg-*** muffler with a Turbo muffler....
#57
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I think I'm going to go with Valeno's suggestion and just cut out the center muff and try that for a while and if it's too noisy or drones I will have this this muff sectioned in. I think using this 2.5 inch MF as a resonator will probably be the ultimate solution but I just have to try it straight through!
http://www.amazon.com/Magnaflow-1041...f=pd_rhf_p_t_1
http://www.amazon.com/Magnaflow-1041...f=pd_rhf_p_t_1
#58
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I think I'm going to go with Valeno's suggestion and just cut out the center muff and try that for a while and if it's too noisy or drones I will have this this muff sectioned in. I think using this 2.5 inch MF as a resonator will probably be the ultimate solution but I just have to try it straight through!
http://www.amazon.com/Magnaflow-1041...f=pd_rhf_p_t_1
http://www.amazon.com/Magnaflow-1041...f=pd_rhf_p_t_1
Hold your ears when your accelerating Carver! It`s gonna be loud!
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I PM'd Lexmex about this and he said it would be a very loud, farty, raspy mistake. He said the 2.5 Magnaflow as a resonator would probably get me where I want to be. Thinking.