When I had my exhast done, i just had a rear section put on.When i start getting above 5k+ rpm, my exhaust quiets down.What i am wondering is this because i have a factory resonater? If i have it replace with straight pipe will it be too loud? thanks.

if you remove teh factory resonator (and don't have any resonator in the system) there is a good chance your exhaust note will get raspy.

Yeah, I kinda figured that, but is it gonna make it unbearably loud? if so, what kind of aftermarket resonaters will sound good with a straight through OBX muffler

i would say it depends on the muffler.. i just put on an N1 with 2.4 mandrel bent straight back from the cat and its not too loud, but a tad raspy, but im going to put in a cherry bomb glass pack as my resonator and that should deepen it up and maybe even make it louder cause its almost too quiet :-)

yeah, just drop a cherry bomb on there if need be.

hah.. you guys want to make your sound louder??.. Shoot, im trying to make mine "shut-up". My exhaust starts a low rumble even at idle.. and 1000-3000 is ear popping~!! getting annoying sinc eI do a lot of highway driving and road trips where the rpm range is 2500-3500 on the highway.. its really annoying.. any ideas on how to make it "shut-up?" I already haev the factory resonator in the system.. any room for another one?? or a after-market one that works better??

A cherry bomb glass pack in place of the stock will quiet it down (and make it sound deeper) I think Vegas put like a 28" long one on his.. hehe.

I just can't figure out what to do.I don't like the way it is right now (where it fades out after 5k), but i really don't wan't it to get louder.Hmmm.Shoulda bought the EVO when i had a chance

If you want to wuiet the exhaust down, try an actual muffler not a resonator. A lot of companies make muffler that are only 3 to 4 inches around and you can weld it inline with the pipe elimintaing the stock resonator. I think this would help.

A cherryy bomb is only $15 and should be a good replacement for the stock resonator is you want a better tone. quiets down at idle but gets louder (from the exhausts I;'ve heard with one on). Or you could try a dedicated resonator, from a company like Dynomax. (probably what I'll try on my Neon, it's too loud in the highway range too)

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Thrush makes a very good glasspack for use as a resonator. I replaced my stock muffler with a tiny Edelbrock RPM muffler and it was very loud and raspy. I put a 24" 2.25" thrush glasspack up front as a resonator and it sounds %100 better - now it's just kinda loud and not raspy at all. Be sure to get one that has a perforated core and not a louvered one. Perforated core glasspacks flow a lot better due to not having any metal hanging down in the exhaust stream.