[Guest]

Hey

I am about to buy a Magnaflow (14818) muffler. Its for the sport compacts and they say it not loud, just nice and deep which is what I am looking for. Its a oval 5X8in not a regular round straight thru exhaust. I currently have a OBX Peice of sh*t and it sounds horrible.

Does anybody have any experience with the Magnaflow mufflers spor compact series and how do they really sound???? :wink:

Thanks
Cheetah

 

[Guest]

i ran a magnaflow on my crx for a long time and i liked the noise it made.

 

[kommon_sense]

Bump for you. I'm looking at the Magnaflow 14814 which is just he double walled version of what you are asking about. I just recently installed a magnaflow cat back which has a 6" round canister style muffler. It is way too loud and has to go.

 

[Toddnos]

My freind had one like the one your lookin at on a y7.........pretty damn loud if you ask me.........btw he had no cat, which accounts for a lot of the noise........


Waaaaasup Kommonsense...........SHO?????????????? What happened?

 

[kommon_sense]

I just called magnaflow to talk to their tech folks about options for quieting my current setup. I found out that I *already* have a street series muffler. I thought that it was one of their race series... If I have a street, then I would hate to hear a race :shock:

According to the info on magnaflow's site, the oval street should sound the same as the round street. So based on that, I'd say that the muffler that you are looking at is gonna be too freakin' loud for a daily driver.

Now I'm debating selling my current setup on ebay and going back to stock until I can find something that I like, or attempt to fix my current setup with an additional resonator...

toddnos... I don't know what is up with SHO... Seems like it is busted every other week now-a-days. Oh well, I spend most of my time at honda-tech anyways. Probably gonna be around here more often as well.

 

[Toddnos]

toddnos... I don't know what is up with SHO... Seems like it is busted every other week now-a-days. Oh well, I spend most of my time at honda-tech anyways. Probably gonna be around here more often as well.

I guess i will be too........have you noticed all the other SHO peeps who joined the past few days? Everyone from the d series section naturally found there way to this place...........

 

[kommon_sense]

I just got in on this great group buy for the apexi world sport.

http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=624191

I'm just going to sell my magnaflow cat-back. It performs well, but its just too loud for my tastes.

 

[Guest]

Magnaflow has a very nice sound, not loud like an angry bumble bee, its deep at high rpm's and sounds grrrrrreat

 

[Guest]

thanks

heres the link since I CANNOT make this stupid picture show up on the post. HOW do you do this? VERY frustrating :evil:

http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/mirrorfinish/gifs/parts/14818.jpg

 

[soccaian]

toddnos... I don't know what is up with SHO... Seems like it is busted every other week now-a-days. Oh well, I spend most of my time at honda-tech anyways. Probably gonna be around here more often as well.

I guess i will be too........have you noticed all the other SHO peeps who joined the past few days? Everyone from the d series section naturally found there way to this place...........

yeah... it seems that the d-series folk tend to stick together... i think i've seen a couple of guys over on alternativehonda.com also...

i dont know if i like h-t too much... the threads scroll off screen too fast on all of the forums... but you definitely get an answer a LOT faster. and there is a lot less BS to put up with.. i guess it's a give-and-take sort of affair...
i still miss my SHO though.

 

[kommon_sense]

Magnaflow has a very nice sound, not loud like an angry bumble bee, its deep at high rpm's and sounds grrrrrreat

You are right, the sound is very deep. Sounds good at low rpm and high rpm, but has a very annoying drone to it in the midrange, around 3-4.5krpm. It also gets quite loud when you accelerate, and I mean just accelerate, not trying to get down on it. For example, when I am driving to work, I hit flat stretches, go down hill and small inclines. while driving around 75mph (I can't drive 80mph anymore because the exhaust is too loud) on flat stretches, it is ok, on a decline, it is very quiet, but if I hit an incline, it gets loud. So any load on the engine makes this thing get loud.

Yes, I do have one of their round street series mufflers, but according to magnaflow, their round and oval exhausts sound the same. So I am assuming that all streetseries will sound this way.

 

[DOG]

Howwwwwwwwwl!!! Yo dogs. what up. Good to see you guys. So what would be a good muffler to use that isnt too loud. I've got a hi-flow cat on the way and while I'm waiting on headers I need to start looking at mufflers.

 

[Guest]

magnaflow 14818

 

[kommon_sense]

Howwwwwwwwwl!!! Yo dogs. what up. Good to see you guys. So what would be a good muffler to use that isnt too loud. I've got a hi-flow cat on the way and while I'm waiting on headers I need to start looking at mufflers.

You can buy my magnaflow cat-back. Only used for one week You know that I'm a legit seller and I will cut you a deall Some people have been very happy with the ES Oval which is a straight through. I think that the first thing that you want to ask yourself is if you want a straight through or chambered exhaust. Straight through will perform better on the top end but will be MUCH louder than a chambered exhaust. Chambered will perform better in the low end and possibly midrange, but won't do as well on top-end as the straight through, but it will be very quiet.

performance wise :
low end --- chambered > straight-through
midrange --- chambered = straight-through
high-end --- chambered < straight-through

Also, if you don't go with a full catback, then be sure to get a good resonator to go with your setup.

 

[DOG]

Hey Kommon_sense good to see you on this site. Thanks for the info. Which model# is yours? I just bought a Random Tech. High flow cat from Klungemonger off SHO. He said it was new and it should be here soon. He sold it to me for cheap $47.00 . There expensive brand new from a store. I'e heard mixed reviews on them. I wanted a carsound cat but this one floated my way and I took it. How much are you asking for yours just out of curiosity.

Dog

 

[kommon_sense]

Hey Kommon_sense good to see you on this site. Thanks for the info. Which model# is yours? I just bought a Random Tech. High flow cat from Klungemonger off SHO. He said it was new and it should be here soon. He sold it to me for cheap $47.00 . There expensive brand new from a store. I'e heard mixed reviews on them. I wanted a carsound cat but this one floated my way and I took it. How much are you asking for yours just out of curiosity.

Dog

I have a full cat-back. Part #15646. You can find more info on it here : http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/cat-backs/honda.htm . I'm thinking between $200-$215 shipped for a 1-week old setup.

 

[Deck]

I have a Magnaflow Oval muffler on my 2.25" catback and it sounds NIIIICE. One of the best I have heard (probably some bias in there tho ) Its barely there at idle, but when you open it up its nice and deeep. I have a 22" resonator which takes the tinny note out of it, and quiets it down some too. Big 2 thumbs up for it.

 

[Toddnos]

Yo dog.........im a fan of the "test pipe"..........cheaper/more power than
a "high flow cat"........which is still plugging up the exhaust flow.........But i understand not everyone is a rebel like me

 

[Deck]

Honestly.....the stock cat is fine! What is 1-2 whp increase when you have to breathe exhaust fumes in the cockpit all day?

 

[Toddnos]

I dont smell anything..........other motorists do though!!!!