Mufflers for Honda's?

[M@]

Who has ran what muffler(s) on your Honda's? How did they sound? How much do they run? Etc.

Thanks.

[Kwando]

who needs mufflers?

[M@]

Touche.. but, I'm getting rather sick of smelling like exhaust everywhere I go.

[integra_drk]

got apexi N1 on mine. sounds pretty decent, not raspy cause i have a good sized resonator. I got ahold of my axelback for 150 shipped

[ryanman]

stock - sounds the best

[M@]

I'm looking for one that will sound decent on a boosted Honda, so a resonator is not an option.

[integra_drk]

thought you were selling your car?

[M@]

Didn't get any serious offers on it.

[Kwando]

it sucks trying to sell a modded car... sell the turbo kit seperate and then try to sell the car

[M@]

It's not worth the effort for me to go through all that trouble. I'll try selling it again this summer, if no bites on it, I'll probably just keep it.

Back on topic, please.

[nicklk]

I ran a 3" custom under axle exhaust on my Integra, with a 24" resonator and a 3" inlet turbo Apex'i N1 muffler.......I personally thought it was one of the nicest sounding exhausts on a Honda I have heard!

I have also ran a 3" under axle with no resonator on a Tanabe 3" turbo muffler and it was quite possibly the riciest sounding boosted Honda I have heard!!

Do you want it to be unattractive IE, not attracted to thieves?? I have heard NUMEROUS boosted cars with a Kteller 3" piping kit and a Vibrant turbo muffler (http://hondamarketplace.com/zerothread?id=1743653) and they sound really good without getting too ricey...Perlmeister has this set up on his turboed D16....at the track it sounds really good and its not overly loud in car on the highway

[M@]

Wow, good price! Thanks, Nick!

[Slow96GSR]

Flowmaster, no sound change, $75ish for the muffler, $300 total for full catback system, labor, and all new pipe.

[nicklk]

Flowmaster, no sound change, $75ish for the muffler, $300 total for full catback system, labor, and all new pipe.

Flowmasters sound ricey on a boosted car at high RPM's.....

[nicklk]

This was my underaxle design.......3" SS piping, attached directly to a flex pipe on my DP.....

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/nicklk/newexhaust2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/nicklk/newexhaust3.jpg

Muffler or resinator.....who needs it;) I definatly did, that shit was LOUD!!!!

I dont have any pics of my final product, but I have a video of it idling, lemme find it

[stu]

I'm looking for one that will sound decent on a boosted Honda, so a resonator is not an option.

How do you figure? I had a resonator on my boosted Honda. I ran an 18" straight through resonator and a 6x18" straight through muffler with 2.5 piping from the turbo back. It sounded great and didn't rasp or rattle at all.

[M@]

I don't care about loudness, I care about the performance. I want as much flow as possible.

[nicklk]

Here is a vid of me at idle:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/nicklk/th_P1070006.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v154/nicklk/?action=view&current=P1070006.flv)

404 cams dont help on the hotness tho;)

[M@]

No offense, buddy.. but that kinda sounds like poopie to me. :-\

[nicklk]

No offense, buddy.. but that kinda sounds like poopie to me. :-\

It was taken with an olympus point and shoot cam.......it was a HOT sounding car!

[Mark_H]

On my ITR I had all custom 3" turbo-back exhaust. I ran a gutted cat, 1 24" glass pack and 1 12" glass pack. Very quiet at idle, no "drone" on the Interstate and pretty deep sounding at WOT. A very cheap, yet high flow setup that I thought sounded great.
Mark

[vince]

When my teg was turbo'd my tanabe racing medalion always soaked panties. Now i just have N/A and a trunk full of soggy underware as air freshner. Its a 2.5 cat back and i think i paid 475 for it new 5 years ago.

[2genCRX]

^ tanabe exhausts are great

[B20badboy]

I have a thermal 3" catback no Cat (3" test pipe) and right now a 2-1/2" DP sounds good to me I could let you hear it if you would like The muffler is not super flashy or anything designed for a turbo car.

[nicklk]

I have a thermal 3" catback no Cat (3" test pipe) and right now a 2-1/2" DP sounds good to me I could let you hear it if you would like The muffler is not super flashy or anything designed for a turbo car.

Thermal's are a bad ass exhaust!

[FrankDMS]

who needs mufflers?

+1 hell who needs exhaust at all.....3 inch dp rocks

.....call me

[M@]

Like I said, I enjoy having my 3" open DP, but smelling like exhaust everywhere I go is just annoying now.

[FrankDMS]

Like I said, I enjoy having my 3" open DP, but smelling like exhaust everywhere I go is just annoying now.

mmmm race gas > shit pump gas
i can build you a easy 3 inch

[dsm king]

I recently got a Volt 3" inlet muffler from Tobi for $150 I think. It sounds awesome! Its deep but loud. I think you would like it Matt

[M@]

Ya I talked to Tobi about that today actually.. so we'll see what happens.

Frank - Thanks, but I already have someone lined up to do the exhaust work for me. And I don't have a spare harmonic balancer laying around, sorry yo.

[Slava]

vibrant sounds good. So does ES Oval.

[doogie06]

Magnaflow sounds good, but don't know how long they hold up, we'll see.

[eg_project]

I have a Magnaflow, I love the sound of it, not too ricey N/A, but great turbo'd. It's a 24" long straight through 3" I.D. and 6" O.D. It cost me like $100ish. I paid $250 for my full cat-back cutsom 3" exhaust and it was like $90ish for the piping so I think the muffler was actually less.

...excuse gibberish, been studying and fingers aren't happy typing.

[boostedEG]

Flowmasters sound ricey on a boosted car at high RPM's.....

thats a very vague statement considering the make like 15+ different styles which all sound very different.

the catback kit that i think slow96gsr was talking about includes a 60 series muffler (quiet) and the kit is only 2" piping... JUNK

60-1teg had a flowmaster 40 seies on a turbo teg once and sounded almost as loud as no muffler when standing directly behind the car. pretty ricey IMO but any loud 4 or 6 cylinder sounds like shit IMO...

there is:
40 series (the ORIGINAL flowmaster)
40 series delta flow (slightly quieter and less interior resonance)
super 40 series. (i think its louder than the regualar 40 series, dont remember though)

50 series (mild tone would be ok on a honda)
50 series SUV (this is whats in most truck SUV cat/back kits)
50 series RV (fairly quiet and high flowing, made in up to 4" in/out) this is what i plan to run on my car

60 series - made just for imports, and is pretty quiet - small diameters

70 series - ???
80 series - very loud, only come in crossflow design (for 82+ camaros and such)
30 series - ???

then they have a whole series of delta force mufflers... or race mufflers. i have never heard any of these but they come in 30, 40, and 50 series, as well as 1 chamber mufflers.


i used to have a 3" exhaust with only a dynomax ultra flow round muffler. sounded pretty good outside the car, not too loud, seemed to flow great, but inside the car was a decent amount of resonance. not unbearable, but more than i like. i would recomend this muffler to you. and they are only $70 from sumittracing.com

dynomax also makes a bullet style muffler which is only like $40 or something, its pretty damn loud (not much quieter than open DP), but is one of the best flowing mufflers you will find.

then there are always resonators and glass packs. both will flow a shit load, but are loud.

if you dont care about loudness at all then just straight pipe it all teh way back. if you care a little bit run a dynomax ultra flow you will be happy

[M@]

BAH! Cliffnotes? :D j/k.

Good info, thanks.

[guessinthe2000]

I ran a 3" custom under axle exhaust on my Integra, with a 24" resonator and a 3" inlet turbo Apex'i N1 muffler.......I personally thought it was one of the nicest sounding exhausts on a Honda I have heard!

I have also ran a 3" under axle with no resonator on a Tanabe 3" turbo muffler and it was quite possibly the riciest sounding boosted Honda I have heard!!

Do you want it to be unattractive IE, not attracted to thieves?? I have heard NUMEROUS boosted cars with a Kteller 3" piping kit and a Vibrant turbo muffler (http://hondamarketplace.com/zerothread?id=1743653) and they sound really good without getting too ricey...Perlmeister has this set up on his turboed D16....at the track it sounds really good and its not overly loud in car on the highway

Who did the work for your piping and how much?

[nicklk]

Who did the work for your piping and how much?

I did it all.....the piping I was able to get a hook up on it, got a 10' stick of 3" SS piping for $90 if I remember....then I welded it up!

I also did my own downpipe which I am really proud of!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/nicklk/downpipe.jpg

[AP1Sean]

still got my Tanabe SMR.. its off the car if you want to pick it up ?

[M@]

3" inlet and straight through?

[servion]

Here's what I use: http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/600/642/642-14152.jpg

Magnaflow 4" muffler, 6" long, straight through (I can stick my arm through it). With a 4" exhaust from the turbo back and this muffler, it sounds very nice, and the 4" muffler is $115. They make smaller versions of this one as well: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10002_20919_-1_10265

[HondaPower]

Here's what I use: http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/600/642/642-14152.jpg

Magnaflow 4" muffler, 6" long, straight through (I can stick my arm through it). With a 4" exhaust from the turbo back and this muffler, it sounds very nice, and the 4" muffler is $115. They make smaller versions of this one as well: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10002_20919_-1_10265


That sounds good.

[allmotormike]

Matt if you still have your car and are running a turbo I've got the Apexi GT. 3inches from you doen pipe to your bumper. I will by pass your cat with a strait through. loud as crap. a little too loud when running short gears.

[Special Ed GT]

Here's what I use: http://www.jegs.com/images/photos/600/642/642-14152.jpg

Magnaflow 4" muffler, 6" long, straight through (I can stick my arm through it). With a 4" exhaust from the turbo back and this muffler, it sounds very nice, and the 4" muffler is $115. They make smaller versions of this one as well: http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/category_10001_10002_20919_-1_10265

Those Magnaflow mufflers are nice, they sound good, no restriction and they'll fit anywhere.

nicklk - nice work on the down pipe - looks like alot of work but it turned out nice.