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Old 01-30-2007, 06:13 PM
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Ok so as you know I had my resonator taken off. So sometimes I'll drive the car and it will be SOO loud, its cool but it gives me a headache when I'm at highway speeds. Other times it will be as quiet as when I had the resonator on. So I cant decide whether or not to put the resonator back on. I love the noise so much its just too loud sometimes and I don't even know why. I also wonder if getting a 3 inch exhaust from the cat-back would make it any quieter (or do anything to the sound at all....)

So if anyone knows if this is normal, bad, whatever please fill me in. :?
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Does the sound level have anything to do with how long you've been driving? My exhaust seemed more quiet once things were heat soaked.
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I've thought of that and no, not in my case, thought the outside temp played a role but I guess not.
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u must have some sort of leak sometimes.... like the joint between the pipe u put in and the rest of the exhaust is coming undone sometimes......taking a resonator out should not make it loud sometimes and quiet at others. it should be the same volume all the time
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IDK maybe its all in my head, but I watched the exhaust guy welds the system together an I now thats secure. i hate it when I get these wierd problems that no-one has ever heard of.
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