[MadMonkey]

Okay, I have a 92 1.6.

I got tired of the stock exhaust long ago, and had a muffler shop custom build me a new system. It consisted of chopping the old muffler off, making a Y, and adding 2 big "fart cans" from Summit.

It was fun for a while. The exhaust sounded great at low rpms, then really screamed at speed. After a while though (like 6 months) the droning REALLY got to me.

Now, I was told by a friend who has NB FM duals on his NA that they would have been just as loud as mine except he had a resonator, making them sound very nice.

I was wondering if the same could be done for my setup. I don't really want to drop $400 on a new system when I could quiet this one for maybe $75 (cheap muffler shop I go to).

I mainly want to get rid of the horrible drone that gives me a headache while at highway speeds.

Would an 18" glasspack suffice?

Thanks!

 

[gwilo]

You can order a mid pipe from Goodwin Racing

http://www.good-win-racing.com/Mazda-Performance-Part/11-1008.html

For about $ 140.00

Depending on how your set up is it could just bolt up

 

[Braineack]

any straight through round muffler will work.

look at the 4" magnaflow stuff.

glasspacks really wont help the drone.

 

[CrimsonMX5]

I would get the racing beat mid pipe with resinator for 150-

then buy the canister muffler of your liking maybe 100-

and take it to an exhaust shop and have them make a flange for it 80-?

plus you can always change the can if you're tired of it without hacking up the piping

 

[coupeloop]

resonator always works, welded in for like 30 bucks(i think) at a local shop, since its already a custom system, not some named brand so chopping it up dont really matter(well to me at least)

 

[MadMonkey]

resonator always works, welded in for like 30 bucks(i think) at a local shop, since its already a custom system, not some named brand so chopping it up dont really matter(well to me at least)

I agree. This will be the 4th or 5th time I've modified the exhaust on this car :shock:

Okay then One of my buddies has an 18" glasspack that he says quiets it down a LOT. What's the diff between a glasspack and a resonator? The local expert said that the glasspack would quiet it down quite a bit... I just want it quieter without buying an entire system

 

[Braineack]

Glasspack:

Typical Resonator:

I'd go with the real resonator, no baffles....I can hook you up with one from my site magnaflowonline.com

 

[Miatamoto]

Glasspack works. I added one to my old system and it really quieted it down. I'm only running a single glasspack right now and it's really loud (not daily driven).

I prefer the sound of magnaflow mufflers but haven't gotten around to making a new system yet. You can get the 4" round mufflers cheap off ebay (@$50-$60 shipped).

IMO, the magnaflow sound is higher pitched but more controlled. The glasspack sound is much deeper but less controlled. I'm sure it's hard to understand what I mean by "controlled" but I can't think of another way to describe it. The Magnaflow will flow and sound better.

 

[JamesCameron1]

do glasspacks get rid of buzzing? My HKS Hi-Power muffler makes an annoying buzz/slapping noise... with the glasspack rid me of this problem?