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Anyone put a silencer in their exhaust?

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Old 07-20-17, 08:43 AM
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Default Anyone put a silencer in their exhaust?

hello i got a joe z exhaust and i was wondering if someone here put an exhaust silencer in their car?
the drone sometime kills me lol
also, is there any negative effect when putting one?
Old 07-21-17, 05:57 PM
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Negative effect is loss of straight-through exhaust flow; minimal HP loss.
Old 07-21-17, 06:09 PM
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just curious.

why get any aftermarket exhaust if you want it quite?
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Originally Posted by knyg
just curious.

why get any aftermarket exhaust if you want it quite?
i got it about 2.5 years ago. I liked it back then but im getting old now.
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Originally Posted by Gville350
Negative effect is loss of straight-through exhaust flow; minimal HP loss.
dont you kinda want that so you can get some torque down low? Lol
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Originally Posted by metaleckz
i got it about 2.5 years ago. I liked it back then but im getting old now.
Maybe it's time for a new setup?
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Originally Posted by metaleckz
i got it about 2.5 years ago. I liked it back then but im getting old now.
ah……which is why I’m going with the resonated APEXi catback. 😎
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I put silencers in my HKS Hi-power w/ invidia mid-pipe on long road trips other than that I take it out...
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If you search there was a big thread a while back where some did use it. It loss min hp like someone said and completely eliminated Drone and Rasp.
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