I have an 03 civic with the 1.7 soon to be a V-Tec. I am looking for a good fart can. The thing is, I want one thats not whiney, I would like one with a CLEAN, SMOOTH, DEEP, Somewhat loud tone. Money is not a factor. If you have a pipe size to reccomend to go with the muffler that would be good to!
2006-09-13 19:21:41 · 9 answers · asked by NightWish5084 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Honda
Weld on mufflers are a NO-NO! Don't be a ricer.
almost impossible to make one sound good.
I will start by saying I hope you know exhaust on a 03 civic gets you no power what so ever, just sound. Sport Compact or something did a test, and with a $1100 exhaust and a $200 intake they got 2hp at the wheels.
You need a good cat-back system, as the resonator and muffler are tuned for each other to prevent the weed-whacker sound.
I would recommend GReddy and Thermal Technologies. GReddy is subtle and respectable, Thermal is loud but actually sounds pretty good. A first in the honda scene =)
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Let me squash a few things real quick.
DO NOT get bigger piping than you have to.
With a turbo, it is true, but for a N/A motor, esp one with few other mods, bigger will hurt you.
In regards to sound, the bigger pip will make it "deeper" but in return for not nearly filling up the new volume of air in the pipes you will get the brap noise... a bad move. Listen to a stock civic with 2.5in exhaust and a weld in.... really bad.
I would say go with a 2.25 at most. Heat and velocity help your exhaust flow faster, big pipe slows your exhaust as i cools off and creates turbulence before the tip.
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Number two, the flowmaster! Great for your 5.0, a nightmare for your 1.7! All though I will admit they sound allright for the first few days, as soon as its broken in you will get a SUPREME rice noise very metallic as the flows have no sound deadening material, only their delta-flow design-a-ma-bob. If you don't have a resonator you might as well slap on a Briggs & Stratton sticker.
2006-09-13 19:49:54 · answer #1 · answered by xturboexpress 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take it from my experience, remove the stock muffler, replace it with a Thrush Glass Pack. I know it sounds crazy, but trust me it sounds 50X better than magna flow, and it only cost like 40 bucks at orielys auto parts. I had one on my mitsubishi mirage and I just got one for my new civic. I am going to put a chrome tip at the end, and later going to get racing headers and high flow cat. I am sure after I put on those other two parts it will really sound better.
2006-09-14 14:31:56 · answer #2 · answered by Nic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If money is not a factor than why are you driving a civic. any muffler you put on that thing is going to sound the same.
2006-09-15 21:02:59 · answer #3 · answered by Rob D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply switching to larger pipe will give your exhaust a deeper tone. Barring that, check for a decent cat-back exhaust. Check with online Civic owner's forums, they can give you a lot of info about the quality of sound that various aftermarket exhaust setups will provide for your car.
2006-09-14 03:23:27 · answer #4 · answered by Harry 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Go for The Flowmaster Brand name. it Sounds like a Mustang Engine with the flowmaster mufller on the car.
2006-09-14 14:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by nes2neo 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
get a greddy or a hks muffler the are really good i have a greddy evo catback exhuast sounds SIK!!! trust me
2006-09-14 15:45:19 · answer #6 · answered by YAY AREA_408 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good Cause I dont like the ones that sound alike crap-. Well good luck to make that thing sound good. Yea right
2006-09-14 02:52:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
skunk 2 or apxi is the way to go
2006-09-17 02:19:44 · answer #8 · answered by ctr18c5turbo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
first you gotta get a good sounding motor.
2006-09-15 17:30:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋