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Old 11-05-2008, 11:15 PM
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Default A hint of exhaust growl...

I'm looking for just a hint of growl from my exhaust.

Something that borders on the line of having to listen for it and just hearing it.

In my old civic, this was a Greddy WS2 exhaust with 20" cat. I dont really want to go that elaborate on the tc.

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megan axleback? thats a really quiet 1
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stay away from megan...


you're N/A I assume? Try the Dezod NA exhaust.
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megan oe-rs, precison muffler, and greddy sp2 off the top of my head. i cant really think of any more.

i have megan and it sounded great and i got compliments from random people when i didnt have the header.
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Originally Posted by athletefeet66
megan oe-rs, precison muffler, and greddy sp2 off the top of my head. i cant really think of any more....
greddy sp2 for sure. i had one and had to listen pretty hard for it. it is subtle enough to give it that little amount of growl you are looking for.
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Originally Posted by yeldak
stay away from megan...


you're N/A I assume? Try the Dezod NA exhaust.
lol whats wrong with megan? i was thinking about gettin the OE-RS and that is by far one of the best sounding exhaust ive heard.
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Originally Posted by yeldak
stay away from megan...
x2, and i would say TRD if you just wanted a lil growl. the tip on it is a lil bigger so it goes nice with the body of the tc too.
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skunk 2 megapower exhaust
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I have a Megan catback and I love it but anyways I just saw a video of a guy with a Tanabe G, it sounded pretty quiet at Idle and had a good deep growl.
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greddy sp2 is sweet. It has a nice deep tone and pretty quiet, but 3000rpm and above you can hear it. Not too loud, but it gets the point across. Looks pretty nice too...
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SP2 FTW!!!. love the way it sounds... even with header installed( just need a resonator). you will get a nice little added tone to your car. sounds tuned not riced out!
i had a concept G and it was LOUD!

just my .02
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yup. I love the Greddy SP2, I keep going back to it.
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where can i get the sp2 now? they don't produce them anymore.
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ebay,craigslist(if you are lucky).
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TTTTTTTTT RRRRRRRRRRR DDDDDDDDD.
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Originally Posted by cmv138
SP2 FTW!!!. love the way it sounds... even with header installed( just need a resonator). you will get a nice little added tone to your car. sounds tuned not riced out!
i had a concept G and it was LOUD!

just my .02
wait...so u had a concept G and added a header and it got loud?!?! how loud did it get?! was it raspy than a mu#$%^ ??u got a video?
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Precision muffler.

Sounds great with the stock header. Extremely quiet, but opens up to a moderate volume under load. Never gets droning, never loud, and idles like an SRT-4. It's a great balance that long-time tuners love, getting more power without sounding like a ricer.

Sounds terrible with aftermarket header.
No idea about aftermarket + resonators.
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Originally Posted by j0hnBlaze
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SP2 FTW!!!. love the way it sounds... even with header installed( just need a resonator). you will get a nice little added tone to your car. sounds tuned not riced out!
i had a concept G and it was LOUD!

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wait...so u had a concept G and added a header and it got loud?!?! how loud did it get?! was it raspy than a mu#$%^ ??u got a video?
here was my old set up...s/c,weapon R header/ s-pipe combo, meagan mid and concept G end. it was LOUD and raspy till i had a HF cat put in. the HF cat tamed the rasp but did not take it away. i switched out the G for a SP2 and the world is a better place again. i didnt make a clip but you can search Youtube.com for a clip. there are ppl thaty have header and concept G combo.
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From youtube videos, I like the sound of the Precision muffler.

..And the fact that its just an axleback. Nice & easy install.

Off to look at pricing.

Question: When you install this does it unbolt off or do you have to cut? I'm askng because I want to keep the oem exhaust in case I ever need it back on.
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Unbolt OEM and slip it off the hangers.
Re-use the hangers on the PM axleback.
Bolt-in the new axleback.

Took me about 1 hour, simply because I had a badly frozen exhaust bolt.

My stock axleback is sitting in my garage, and is still install-able at any point.
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