 my nissan is louder, why?? |
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 Aug 16, 2007 - 10:34 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jul 18, '06 From plymouth, MA USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
my g/f has a 1994 nissan sentra 1.6 with a 2" cat-back exhaust with a can on the back, my celica gt has a 2 3/4 " catback with a can as well and her sentra is by far louder. how come? thanks , kevin
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Aug 16, 2007 - 11:33 PM
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can I say nissan's are like tin boxes
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Aug 17, 2007 - 7:04 AM
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same reason most 1.6 civics are louder than celicas. it's just the way the company designed it. not saying the intentionally made one car louder than the next, but just a result. one thing i can't figure out though, is why my car is louder than my wifes car. both 6gc's, both have 5sfe, factory exhaust with canister muffler and mine is outlandishly louder than hers....
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Aug 17, 2007 - 9:54 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 5, '05 From pineapple under the sea Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
It has a lot to do with what muffler you put on it. You can have a ricy raspy celica if you put the right muffler on it (or wrong in this case). If you swapped the "can" on the car out for an oval shapped magnaflow it will sound a lot better.
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Aug 17, 2007 - 5:16 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 18, '06 From Calgary, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 37 (100%) |
Yea for the most part is not really the car, but rather how the car "breathes"...
A lot of things could be the reason; size of piping, type of filter, how dirty the filter is, age of exhaust pipe, old Cat, etc... You want to change the noise? Either gut the cat, or swap out a test pipe... oh man. :no: -------------------- |
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Aug 17, 2007 - 7:16 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 12, '06 From Wilmington, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 45 (100%) |
QUOTE(KaJuN @ Aug 17, 2007 - 5:04 AM) [snapback]588646[/snapback] same reason most 1.6 civics are louder than celicas. it's just the way the company designed it. not saying the intentionally made one car louder than the next, but just a result. one thing i can't figure out though, is why my car is louder than my wifes car. both 6gc's, both have 5sfe, factory exhaust with canister muffler and mine is outlandishly louder than hers.... yours could a have a hole in the exhaust before the muffler. my friend has a 91 240sx with just an injen intake on it and it's louder than my turbo celica w/ 3" turbo-back exhaust and a magnaflow race series muffler. --------------------  94 GT - Sold -------- 69 Pontiac Lemans - Sold 88 Alltrac - Sold ---- 04 WRX - Sold 00 GT-S - Sold ------ 91 Miata - project/drift car 95 GT - Sold -------- 96 GT - New Daily Drive |
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Aug 17, 2007 - 10:45 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 18, '06 From plymouth, MA USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yea i was told that a can will be louder than a oval type, she has a 4" round can and i have a 4" oval type so im guessing thats why, so my question is now will it sound good if i spend the extra money and get duel crokked cans out the back??? thanks guys
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Aug 18, 2007 - 11:25 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 5, '05 From pineapple under the sea Currently Offline Reputation: 9 (100%) |
If you want it to sound great just buy an oval muffler. B13 sentras look dumb with angle exit exhaust.
If you want a real nice sounding muffler, look here. http://vibrantperformance.com/catalog/prod...786ff4485267da4 -------------------- 1991 MR2 - T-tops - Crimson Red - Gen3 3SGTE - Lots of money
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Aug 18, 2007 - 2:05 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 25, '03 From Springfield, MO Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
the size of the pipe can be the cause as well. yours is 3/4in bigger which means less velocity than hers so the flow is slower than hers ....which means less noise...sorta like a whistle. harder you blow the louder it is
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