Exhaust guy told me deleteing resonators won't do anything?
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Exhaust guy told me deleteing resonators won't do anything?
So I have the Borla S-Types on now and had read that deleting the resonators will add some more nastiness to the sound. Is this true or not worth doing?
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If by what you mean "do anything" you mean add power, that is true. Resos are flow control. They just reduce pressure locally in the exhaust to control certain frequencies of sound. So you can expect an increase in volume, change in tone if you remove them. Generally, its secondary sounds like rasp or popping that are being controlled by the addition of a reso.
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If by what you mean "do anything" you mean add power, that is true. Resos are flow control. They just reduce pressure locally in the exhaust to control certain frequencies of sound. So you can expect an increase in volume, change in tone if you remove them. Generally, its secondary sounds like rasp or popping that are being controlled by the addition of a reso.
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No offense Grifftech, but how many threads do you need to start about resonators?
They control the volume of your exhaust, you remove them and your exhaust will be louder. No added power, but increased volume.
They control the volume of your exhaust, you remove them and your exhaust will be louder. No added power, but increased volume.
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I put on the LP over axle pipes witch deletes the resonators, but also straightens, and smooths out, the rest of the pipe. Really like the improvement, louder with more of a growl now. No drone but there is a little rasp under WOT.
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Ok I will accept that I lack knowledge regarding resonators, but wouldn't common sense tell you that since the resonators are larger than the input and output exhaust pipes they would decrease sound/drone and increase air flow? To say that straight pipes/reso delete increases air flow seems like an oxymoron, am I wrong?
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Ok I will accept that I lack knowledge regarding resonators, but wouldn't common sense tell you that since the resonators are larger than the input and output exhaust pipes they would decrease sound/drone and increase air flow? To say that straight pipes/reso delete increases air flow seems like an oxymoron, am I wrong?
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And this.
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Ok I will accept that I lack knowledge regarding resonators, but wouldn't common sense tell you that since the resonators are larger than the input and output exhaust pipes they would decrease sound/drone and increase air flow? To say that straight pipes/reso delete increases air flow seems like an oxymoron, am I wrong?
What a reso does is strategically placed, it alters a particular resonance frequency at that point, by slowing the exhaust velocity down a touch, intercepting the creation of a noise not wanted.
Deleting resos keeps the exhaust speed up but, doesn't control for that frequency, so you get more popping or whatever sound it was designed to control.
Keep this in mind, increased exhaust velocity comes at a cost in volume. If you had 1" pipes on the car, you'd have rocket tailcone velocity but no volume, decreasing performance. Similarly, putting a 5" straight pipe on a 4 cylinder car would yield massive volume but no way to fill it from the engine end, also decreasing performance. It's about the "right" size pipes and bends for the application and that is highly model specific.
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Deleted the res on my 12 gt with the gt500 a/b and changed the sound from not too bad to super sweet!Well worth it for the sound alone,your not gonna get any extra power from a res delete.
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+1 on the lethal performance pipes, i love my set!
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LOL... I agree. I've read about his exhaust needs for a while now. Asks for advice then goes the other way anyways. Oh well, as long as he's happy.
Yep. It was advised before, too. Full Catback. Completes the whole setup, sound wise... I loved my Borla full cat back when I had it on. Now with the Corsa at the end of the Borla mids, it's even better.![Smile](https://themustangsource.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Yep. It was advised before, too. Full Catback. Completes the whole setup, sound wise... I loved my Borla full cat back when I had it on. Now with the Corsa at the end of the Borla mids, it's even better.
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You're not running long tubes right?
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To be fair, I need to STILL do a better exhaust video of just me in the garage starting and revving. I need to do a take off video, and just put the iphone down and film it. Maybe this weekend.
But anyways, here's some vids from a few months ago, at first install/startup.
and no, no lung tubes. I can't imagine how much more manic that set up would be.
idle
startup
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normal/spirited acceleration
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I can't wait to hear those when I get home.
I was mostly curious to how the Corsas changed the sound versus the Borlas.
I've got the Borla ATAK catback installed and since I put my new CAI in... it sounds amazing. I can't imagine it sounding better but if it CAN. I'm game.
I was mostly curious to how the Corsas changed the sound versus the Borlas.
I've got the Borla ATAK catback installed and since I put my new CAI in... it sounds amazing. I can't imagine it sounding better but if it CAN. I'm game.
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It sounds heavenly!!! I was definitely enjoying driving behind and beside him when he'd get on it and i was in my mach 1 with mac prochamber and mac catback! Very deep and throaty, probably one of the best set ups I've heard on a coyote! I might have been doing a bit of this
while we were driving around
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