Rear Muffler Removal

[sniperfoto]

Has anyone removed the rear muffler and replaced it with a straight pipe in hopes of a mild preformance gain? If so what was the outcome? Noise isn't a concern...

 

[joey]

The rear muffler as you put it is nothing more than a resonator, removing it or even changing the muffler will not provide any performance gains.

Having done a Cold Air Intake and serious Exhaust work I can say that it was sadly a waste of effort for the money spent. I did have the ECU remapped, but not sure it was truly worth the gains when you consider all the cost per horse power that I did gain.

 

[sniperfoto]

The rear muffler as you put it is nothing more than a resonator, removing it or even changing the muffler will not provide any performance gains.

Having done a Cold Air Intake and serious Exhaust work I can say that it was sadly a waste of effort for the money spent. I did have the ECU remapped, but not sure it was truly worth the gains when you consider all the cost per horse power that I did gain.

Thanks. I did the air intake/snorkel and noticed a bit more accelleration between 1.5k and 3k. (Pics to follow) The resonator thing was just an idea...

 

[Disco Mike]

You can certainly remove it, I took mine off years ago. It won't do much if anything for actual performance but it did make a slight improvement in how it sounds.