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looking to change exhaust sound a bit

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Old 05-08-2013, 08:46 PM
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looking to change exhaust sound a bit

My current setup is ZZP catted midlength to a 2.5" ZZP resonator (smaller one) downsizing to a 2.25" Tsudo axle back.

Exhaust sounds great under load, just a little pinch of rasp when revving and cold (not at the same time, seems to have a little rasp when not under load). I kind of want to change up the sound a little bit to get a different style, and hopefully have a bit more poppy mufflerless sound on decel.


does anyone have a video of a 2.2 with a similar setup, maybe having no muffler and larger resonator?

heres what my car sounds like now


I want to get rid of that "air" noise you can hear when I rev, sounds sort of rough, its hard to tell from the video but it is actually pretty deep, just bad camera. anyways im open to thoughts, looking to swap maybe the muffler, not the whole catback so don't come in here and say GMPP all the way or something like that.

I think maybe just getting the ZZP chamber muffler might be the way to go but I want to hear some opinions.
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Next time I get a day off I'll swap my 2.2 TB back on. I don't remember if the sound went away because I put the 2.4 on, but I don't get the sucking air noise when I mash it anymore. I'll also get an exhaust vid too. My only exhaust vid was the day I got it so I'm sure it's changed.
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Zzp 3 chamber resonator turned my hollowed out Hahn 3" with no cat into a stock exhaust tone with a bit of growl
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Oh and if you want popping on decel just drill some holes in the exhaust somewhere under the driver seat
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Originally Posted by JapEatr
Zzp 3 chamber resonator turned my hollowed out Hahn 3" with no cat into a stock exhaust tone with a bit of growl
I'm confused. Do you mean you got the 3 chamber muffler or their whisper resonator?
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^ I thought the same because my understand is the resonator is just straight through like any other but longer/wider with heavier packing.
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I would say a larger resonator or even add a glass pack to tone the rasp down a bit. Deleting the muffler wont help at all.
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Trade it in for a V8....... problem solved! ol
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Hate V8's! and Canadians! (only if your a Toronto fan I should say)
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lol get a V6?

Change exhausts. The Tsudo muffler is what is making the higher tone. I have a magnaflow resonator with a Borla XR1 muffler. sounds raspy when it's cold but once it warms up it goes away
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