Hey i was wondering if i should remove the resonator on my gti, because i'm sick of my friend's civic si and my other friend's 240sx, being louder than my car. I was also wondering if i should just save up and buy a new muffler altogether.
resonator or no resonator...... that is the question
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leave the resonator in, it wil be super high pitch, the res is what keeps it sounding nice. why do you wanna set off car alarms, and why are you jealous of a honda.
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Haha! nice.monkey50 said:
Get a new exhaust. I think APR's "stealth" exhaust sounds really nice (not stealth at all in my opinion, but more so than the 'sport'). they have sound clips at GOAPR.com
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resonater? I just have to ask what EXACTLY that is? Is it like the fart cans on the end of the hondas? If so.........what?Why on a GTI? Stupid........
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No it's a smaller type of muffler that eliminates certain sounds right before the actual muffler. It comes stock on all GTI's and I guess a lot of people think it sounds better when you just striaght pipe right where the resonator is supposed to be. I did it on my old MKIV GTI and I wasn't that impressed. When I started it cold in the morning it just kind of sounded like my Dads Duramax Diesel in the back. I know that some of you are gonna laugh at me for saying my 1.8t sounded like a 6.0 Duramax but it really did remind me of the stock duramax exhaust. ;D
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Hmmm........i think ill take it off when i get my gti. I love the sound of a diesel. Duramaxs are pretty quiet diesels though but i like them.
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Sorry didn't mean to insult you, but ya, get a exhaust if you take off the res. it will be really really load. and my buddies rsx is my 6th fav car so i kinda like hondas. gti go DOWN PIPE CAT a few feet of piping then resonator then air. take it off. then you can pick if you like it.monkey50 said:
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No not at all! Its really just there for keeping certain sounds to a minimal. It doesn't hurt or help anything but your ears! No HP gains either. 
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well maybe, on my friends rsx. the resonator. was the same size of his stock exhaust so... maybe the res is also 2.5
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well any less resistence means more hp. How much, is hard to tell but the HP could come in sooner in the rpm band. The down side is that you could loose some torque at the low end so the trade might not be worth it, i guess.
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I havent looked at it resently but I heard the resonator on the car is HUGE, instead of deleting it, I'm thinking of replacing with a glass pack or something smaller, AKA< try to make louder, but not raspy. I can do all the work myself, but comments anyone?
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i've had it done....i freakin love it.
its not annoying at all and i drive at all speeds, dc city traffic and through virginia mountains. At all rpms its great. if u plan on gettin a complete TBE in the next few months i would wait. But for its money, it sounds good. i havent had ne problems since i deleted mine a few months ago.
two months down the road i still catch myself puttin the windows down while riding around town to hear it and its been about 30degrees here
its not annoying at all and i drive at all speeds, dc city traffic and through virginia mountains. At all rpms its great. if u plan on gettin a complete TBE in the next few months i would wait. But for its money, it sounds good. i havent had ne problems since i deleted mine a few months ago.
two months down the road i still catch myself puttin the windows down while riding around town to hear it and its been about 30degrees here
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