Ok heres some info through my experiences...
If I understand you right hellspawn, you are looking for that boom...a bassy, hollow, clean sound right? Well, heres the fact behind getting that sound...
1)You need to have your catcon and OEM muffler, resonator etc removed.
2) Assuming you have a 4x2x1 header, which doesnot need a end cone , you need a big/hollow resonating expansion chamber and equally dimensioned muffler.
3) Fact: thinner the muffler/centre pipe, louder and sharper the noise.
3) Bigger the muffler and centre pipe, bassier/cleaner the tone.
4) Bigger expansion chamber/ centre pipe and a small muffler will give you a mixed tone.
After having said that, it isnt advisable to use any pipe size desired as the pipe diameter is selectively chosen for desired performance output.
One trick: Easiest way to get a bassy note is to have a half exhaust, by which I mean an exhaust system that ends half way under the car and having a big resonator/muffler combo. What happens here is due to the muffler being half way under the car, the whole car underbody helps the note resonate. This would be good fune initially but pretty annoying subsequently due to the numbing effect created coz of the whole cars body resonance. This can also get too loud and can attract unwanted attention.
P.s: When I say big, its the diameter that Im talking about and not length.
Last edited by The Wolf : 2nd August 2006 at 04:40.
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