Performance Muffler?

[96SedanEX]

Hey...I was just wondering...I live in Canada so at Canadian Tire they got a few Universal Performance mufflers...Magnaflow, Ractive ect...would these be ok???...i want something that will give me a decent sound and that will give me a small performance boost..nothing much performance wise...i also dont want anything too loud or "ricey"...lol...thx

[Smooth_Imports]

Just adding a muffler isn't going to give you any perfonmance at all if you don't change the stock piping.

[simplegreen]

they're both ricey

[96SedanEX]

ok...well no performance i can live with...but im guessin that ricey means that so many people have them???...lol...i dunno...thx

[AkinaDrifter03]

A simple muffler welded on is rice, period! I'm sure you can afford an Apexi N1 catback exhaust, they got for about $165 on Ebay. Or better yet, my personal choice would be an Apexi WS Series catback exhaust, they go for about $340 on Ebay.

Make a smart decision, you're talking about your Civic here.

[96SedanEX]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(AkinaDrifter03 @ Jan 12 2006, 06:56 PM) [snapback]98568[/snapback]</div>

A simple muffler welded on is rice, period! I'm sure you can afford an Apexi N1 catback exhaust, they got for about $165 on Ebay. Or better yet, my personal choice would be an Apexi WS Series catback exhaust, they go for about $340 on Ebay.

Make a smart decision, you're talking about your Civic here.
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this is true...i do love my Civic...but I am a grade 11 high school student...lol...with no job...makin $30 a week!!...thats sad...lol...but ive heard that the N1 by Apexi is wayyyyy to loud and will give you headaches...and I looked on the Apexi website and I couldnt find a WS that would fit my car exactally...but il keep lookin...thx

[96SedanEX]

would one of thoes Cherry Bomb mufflers at Canadian Tire be any good????...one of thoes "red streight pipes" some people call them???...LMFAO!!!!

[AkinaDrifter03]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(96SedanEX @ Jan 15 2006, 06:09 PM) [snapback]98669[/snapback]</div>

would one of thoes Cherry Bomb mufflers at Canadian Tire be any good????...one of thoes "red streight pipes" some people call them???...LMFAO!!!!
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[Calesta]

Here's the problem... the stock exhaust systems rely a LOT on the muffler to keep things quiet. If you just weld on a straight muffler like most performance aftermarket catbacks have, you'll get a really buzzy bumblebee sounding exhaust. You know what I'm talking about, right?

If you want the deep sound of the expensive (relatively, to you) catbacks, you're going to want to run larger pipes, or at the very least a very long resonator section (Magnaflow works well here) right after your catalytic converter, then weld in a a straight muffler in place of your stock muffler. That gets expensive though, especially on your budget.

The cheapest way to get a good sound and just a tad of extra performance by only swapping the muffler would be to get something that's not a straight through can. I would recommend buying a Dynomax Super Turbo muffler and having that put in place of your stock muffler. It's only a 3 chamber S curve, so it still flows very well, but it will block out most of the high pitched bumblebee noise that you don't want. You can usually score them for about $30-40 each- slightly more if you want stainless steel.

Dynomax makes good quality stuff, so you know you'll be getting a good muffler. I've heard Civic exhausts set up with all stock hardware except for the Dynomax Super Turbo, and they actually sound very good.

[96SedanEX]

Ok...I'm on the Dynomax website now and looking at the Super Turbo Universal Mufflers...what size do I get??? The 4 1/2" X 7 3/4"???? and do I get the one with both the inlets on the side???...lol...I'm sry but I really don't know much about it...a product number would be great...thx