Cheap way to sound good. - Page 2

Levi · 05-08-2009, 03:43 PM

The best sounding 5s I heard had a stock turbo muffler, aftermarket headers, and a stock b-pipe with the cat intact. Don't know if he had an intake or not, it didn't sound like it.

Seems like a cheap way to improve sound, turbo mufflers are pretty cheap.

shimric · 05-09-2009, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by TomsMR2

im not. im just direct and dont bs people. 9/10 people will think a 5sfe sounds absolutely terrible with an open header. its raspy, farty, and sounds poor. anything that resonates so badly that it causes hearing damage/pain/headaches on the freeway doesnt sound good. an open header on an mr2 does that.

plus, theres zero gains to be made from running like that.. actually you'll lose quite a bit of power, so why do it? .

+1.

I've done it before. It's a stupidly idiotic modification. The only reason I did it, is because I didn't have a muffler at the time, it was on order.

mr2greasemonkey · 05-09-2009, 11:02 AM

I cut the stock NA muffler open and partially gutted the insides. Left the three chambers intact but took out the cross pipes. Then I cap'ed the inlet and ran the downpipe straight into the center of the muffler. It's mellow at idle, raspy under throttle, not terribly annoying anyways. Did it for a V6 swap.

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05-08-2009, 03:43 PM	#21 (permalink)
Levi Cage Fighter Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 225 Thanks: 4 Thanked 15 Times in 9 Posts iTrader Rating: (1/100% )	The best sounding 5s I heard had a stock turbo muffler, aftermarket headers, and a stock b-pipe with the cat intact. Don't know if he had an intake or not, it didn't sound like it. Seems like a cheap way to improve sound, turbo mufflers are pretty cheap.

05-09-2009, 11:02 AM	#23 (permalink)
mr2greasemonkey Once again....yups Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 1,658 Thanks: 4 Thanked 63 Times in 42 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	I cut the stock NA muffler open and partially gutted the insides. Left the three chambers intact but took out the cross pipes. Then I cap'ed the inlet and ran the downpipe straight into the center of the muffler. It's mellow at idle, raspy under throttle, not terribly annoying anyways. Did it for a V6 swap.