Has anyone on here removed their resonator?? Does it harm anything to do that, and if not, does it make it any louder at all??

I had thought about taking mine off, but I didn't know if the car needed it for any reason.

Thanks for any help on the matter.

'95 Eclipse RS (sold)
'99 Eclipse GS OZ (sold)
'90 Eclipse GST (sold)
'90 Talon TSI AWD (sold)
'94 Plymouth Laser RS (sold)
'04 Audi A4 Quattro 1.8t (sold)
'08 Silverado LTZ (daily)

i believe we have more than 1 resonator, 2 possibly. i took the resonators off my car and it made a world of difference. the resonators are basically just mufflers. i dont think it affected the performance for good or bad, it made my car twice as loud.

I took both my resonators off when I had my old exhaust. It made my car so loud that I hated it. It had some nasty highway drone too.

Jason
'11 Ford Mustang GT/CS
'11 Ford Mustang V6 6-Speed (SOLD)
'04 Nissan 350z Touring (SOLD)
'95 Turbo Eclipse GS (SOLD and will be missed)
'90 Talon TSi AWD (SOLD)

Really, where are they and how do you take them off? I'm not sure how resonators work, can you just take them off and then bada-boom, your car is louder? I like a little "loudness" sometimes, you probably have to weld straight pipe where the resonators were huh... its probably not free and I have no money so I better not get my hopes up. but if you could tell me whats involved I'll give positive feedback.

-Chip

1998 Eclipse RS... Rest in Pieces. I'll never forget you.
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anyone???

1998 Eclipse RS... Rest in Pieces. I'll never forget you.
www.EyesOfTheBetrayer.com

you have to cut them off and have a new pipe welded on

1998 dodge avenger 4 cyl AT
Mods are:
Not enough

Yeah, you have to cut them off and get new pipe welded. And with my experience, it wasn't just a little louder, it was A LOT louder. I guess it didn't help that I had a Hayame muffler on there.

Jason
'11 Ford Mustang GT/CS
'11 Ford Mustang V6 6-Speed (SOLD)
'04 Nissan 350z Touring (SOLD)
'95 Turbo Eclipse GS (SOLD and will be missed)
'90 Talon TSi AWD (SOLD)

Two of them???

When mine was on the lift having the perf. muffler put on I only seen one right after the converter.

Where is the other one at???

BTW, mine is a '95!!!

'95 Eclipse RS (sold)
'99 Eclipse GS OZ (sold)
'90 Eclipse GST (sold)
'90 Talon TSI AWD (sold)
'94 Plymouth Laser RS (sold)
'04 Audi A4 Quattro 1.8t (sold)
'08 Silverado LTZ (daily)

everyone that iv seen, including my friends 98 only has 1 right after the cat. i had often thought about doing this, but if it makes it 2x louder, i dunno if i want to do that....i already have trouble passing inspection as it is for exhaust noise!!

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2011 Nissan Xterra Pro-4x

2007 Kawasaki Ninja 650R

1996 Mitsubishi Eclipse RS-NX 75 shot, AEM CAI, P&P t/b and intake mani-SOLD

1964 Buick Electra 225-all original, all power options, 325hp, 445ft/lbs tq

I would suggest removing the cat instead of the resonator. The type of resonator we have on our cars isn't really one that restricts airflow. It actually is designed to bounce the sound waves into each other for a canceling effect. Basically removing it will make your car alot louder and thats it. Removing the cat, or gutting it will also make your car louder but you will see noticeable performance gains from about the middle of 3rd all the way up.

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it also makes a nice rattle with the stock muffler. eish, nasty sound.

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97 GS "Northstar White" - Custom (read: PVC) CAI, GS-T exhaust no cat, 8.5mm Magnecor