Got a 1992 LS running a T3 Air research turbo. Currently has a custom 3" exhaust with a hi flow cat and no resonator. Does the job very well but sounds like absolute ass. Any suggestions as to what I should attempt to get?
What muffler are you running?
By the way, does it sound like a pissed off bee, does it sound like a chainsaw, or does it sound like someone yelling with a sponge in their mouth? Do you have a cheap ass glass pack such as a Cherry Bomb muffler?
It’s a custom piping made by someone locally. It’s a deep sound when idling and it sounds like bubbles are coming out of it.
I think you lost me on the bubble part.
Is there a muffler? or is it a straight pipe?
I’m starting to think that you have either too large of exhaust tubing or too short of exhaust tubing.
The exhaust is a custom 3 inch pipe with a high flow cat but no resonator. It’s not a cherrybomb or some fart can this shit was made specifically for a turbo’d car but it’s too loud.
I say let it be loud. But if it’s just tooo f##king loud :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang: :bang:, then you may want to consider a more sound robbing muffler. F##k what the neighbors think. You have the right to be loud as hell. Or maybe not!
Anyone tried custom fitting a magnoflow or a pexi N1 and angling it to the side?
An N1 is a loud mf’er at high rpm levels. They are really smooth at lower and mid-range rpm levels. That’s what I want! They are fairly quiet when idling. I know this because our neighbor had one on his type r swapped civic. He ran 12.90’s in the quarter. And I thought it sounded wicked.
but you also have to remember a turbocharged car isnt as heavy an output as a N/A car.
exhausts on turbo cars USUALLY sound deeper and quieter than a na car. just get an apex’i n1 turbo muffler.
many friends of mine have it on turbo 240s,civics,integra, ect. and none sound like an NA car with the same exhaust.
if the car sounds like ass then there is something wrong. If I where you I would sell that small airesearch turbocharger and get something like a basic hybrid turbo. 3" on that airesearch turbo is overkill. Check for some exhaust leaks. turbo cars are about 50-75% more quite than any NA car out there.
LoL, if u wanna sound like a Ricer and go ahead and get an N1. With no Cat an N1 sounds raspy and like complete shit.
Canister + turbo does not equal quiet or good sounding.
There are no exhaust leaks but i’m not running a resonator. I know having one will make it quieter right but will it put any backpressure on the turbo? If not i think i might pick up a magnaflow resonator and have it put in.
yes, run a resonator. I doubt your turbo will notice. it will clean up the sound nicely.
a 2.5 hks muffler with resonator sounds good on a turbo car. My friend has that setup on his crx and its sounds really nice tone, not loud, or raspy just deep . But yea anytime you get rid of the resonator or cat your car will be loud and raspy.
And i thought that you are suppose to go 3in when your putting like over 350-400whp? From what i read in Maximum Boost by corky bell, 2.5in piping and a good 3in downpipe is what you need for a good street turbo car.
Yeah its true 2.5 would have been fine for my setup but i took what was given to me, literally. Free 3" piping for a custom exhaust because the guy doing it is was quitting worked fine. Ill just put a resonator on and see how it goes.
is it the HKS muffler or exhaust?
the cat back has 2 resonators in it which makes it sound really smooth. Also runs with a cat. W/O a cat it is very hard to make a car sound smooth.
its the hks muffler with a 13in resonator and 2.5 inc cat i think. Sounds really good and looks good angled on his crx.