Ticket today

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

Well, if you've already got a center resonator then adding the cat
should quiet it down some.
OTOH, with the center resonator and muffler your car can't be that loud.
Sounds like the cop was PMSing.

Kervin Ridgley wrote:
> 
> Bingo!  My old exhaust was a 4-1 manifold, single down pipe, original
> cat, no center resonator and mystery muffler w/ about 1 1/2" tubing.  It
> was fine for me sound wise, but my thinking was the system was more
> restrictive than I wanted.  I now have a 4-2 manifold, tt downpipe, test
> pipe, center resonator, dynomax muffler w/ 2" tubing.  We do have yearly
> safety inspection here in Virginia, so I put my stuff on the week after
> I had the inspection.  My area has no emissions testing.  My car should
> have a cat on to pass, but most places will let it pass the way it is.
> My thinking is that a high flow cat will work as another resonator,
> quiet things down a little more, and make it so that I could always pass
> inspection no matter where I go
> 
> >
> > Well, it seems everyone has an opinion on how you should handle the
> > ticket with no input on what to do with your exhaust.
> > I have a 2.0 8V, TT high flow cat, 2.25 cat back with Dynomax muffler
> > but WITHOUT the center resonator. Frankly, it's too loud. If you also do
> > not have the center resonator I don't think the cat will do much to
> > quiet things down.
> > A buddy has the same setup as me, but he has a test pipe instead of the
> > cat and he DOES have the center resonator. his system is about right
> > both noise and power wise.
> 
> --
> Kervin
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