chuntag95
12-20-2004, 04:39 PM
I finally got the resonator installed on Saturday. I had a drone at 1600-1800 RPM. I did not put it all the way forward like was shown a while back as it looked too tight to me.:o I cut out about 14" in front of the bend right before the muffler. I had just enough room to get it on without taking down the whole exhaust. I had to pull off one hanger to get the movement back to get it in-between. Note: 8" Bi-Metal blade in an 18V Reciprocating Saw makes short work of cutting out a chunk :ro) , while a 6" blade will make you say words the offspring need not hear.Censored I used the stainless band clamps and all went well except busting my finger while tightening to the torque spec. Socket slipped off and finger is now black and blue :eek: . My 5 year old daughter was very sympathetic as she had smashed her finger in a door earlier in the day.
It definitely seems more quiet all the way around. Now I do have 2 sections where I have six 1/8"x3/4"x12" steel bar clamped around the pipe as discussed in another thread. I did try the system with just the resonator and it was better. I added the stiffeners or dampening weights or whatever you call them and I think it is a little quieter still. It is really hard to tell. I think I am back to around stock, but it has been sooooooooo long since I have heard a stock exhaust, I can't be sure ;). I did not cut the bars up and clamp them all the way around before adding the resonator. I was just adding weight, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought clamping all the way around would act as a dampener better. I originally left the bar in 4' lenghts and just clamped 3 of them along the pipe. I did not really do my changes in a way to specifically say x was this much improvement and y was this much or I would have cut the bars and clamped them before adding the resonator. I know the package is better for sure. So in summary, I have 2 one foot sections of six bars clamped to the pipe, followed by the Resonator, followed by the muffler followed by a resonator exhaust tip. I could add some more of the bars in a couple of places, but other than that, I am done with the quieting project.
Oh, and the resonator does hang maybe 1/2" below the frame rails. At least I think it does, but it is really close, so I'm not worried at all. The exhaust can easily flex that much if needed.
Chris
It definitely seems more quiet all the way around. Now I do have 2 sections where I have six 1/8"x3/4"x12" steel bar clamped around the pipe as discussed in another thread. I did try the system with just the resonator and it was better. I added the stiffeners or dampening weights or whatever you call them and I think it is a little quieter still. It is really hard to tell. I think I am back to around stock, but it has been sooooooooo long since I have heard a stock exhaust, I can't be sure ;). I did not cut the bars up and clamp them all the way around before adding the resonator. I was just adding weight, but the more I thought about it, the more I thought clamping all the way around would act as a dampener better. I originally left the bar in 4' lenghts and just clamped 3 of them along the pipe. I did not really do my changes in a way to specifically say x was this much improvement and y was this much or I would have cut the bars and clamped them before adding the resonator. I know the package is better for sure. So in summary, I have 2 one foot sections of six bars clamped to the pipe, followed by the Resonator, followed by the muffler followed by a resonator exhaust tip. I could add some more of the bars in a couple of places, but other than that, I am done with the quieting project.
Oh, and the resonator does hang maybe 1/2" below the frame rails. At least I think it does, but it is really close, so I'm not worried at all. The exhaust can easily flex that much if needed.
Chris