My cousin said that there is something that you can take off somewhere on the car to make it sound louder or something? Is this true? What do i take off? And how the heck do i do it?

You take the resonator out of the muffler. However, I would suggest against this as you are really not going to gain significant hp and the most you'll get is ridiculed because that is the ricey way out of buying an exhaust and doing it right.

Wow, that was a long sentence.:D

Well what you can do is cut off your Catalytic Converter and put a High flow one. Also boost up your Exhaust pipe size. Then put a High flow Muffler on the end and your in business. But that all takes a lot of money. So what I did was cut off my Catalytic converter and then put a High flow one. Thats it and my car rocks now.. I love the sound.. ;-)

The only thing about just having a high flow cat is if you have a 4-banger like me than it sounds like shit!!!!!!! trust me i tryed

hehe.. Yes it would sound like crap..

but a 3.1 cav like mine sounds great.

DD

put a obx bomber muffler on it replacing the stock muffler. its very loud. i got a 90' cav z24 3.1 and ad a spark plug kit to it and you get this effect :flamer:

z24eurostyles, ya got pics of this??

no i cant get the pic thing to work and if i did i dont have a scanner
have you seen the seen in fast and the furious where there about to race its just like that

Just get rid of the cat, or the muffler, or both. you could also drive around and find a place that sells leaded gas. that will eat out the cat. that is how they use to do it.

at least get a good muffler and poke some holes in your exhaust pipe
or, atach your new muffler directly to your catalytic converter/header (i havent tried this yet so i dont know if it works)

POKE HOLES IN YOUR PIPE????????????????????
you must own a honda, man your a ricer.
never poke hole in a exhaust pipe it makes it sound like a and old shit box.

KNOW WHAT I DID?..........drove over a big speedbump and knocked my muffler off, i havent had exhaust for over a month lol.........might i add this thing sets off car alarm's AND it has a throaty sound like a v8 eingine...........plus when you rev high and let it drop, you get that nice throaty clunky clunk sound , it's fucken awesome

Heheh, not sure what ltr my Cav is, but I believe its a 2 ltr. I added a Cherry Bomb muffler, and god damn it sounds awsome, thinking of getting a high flow cat for it.

What is a Catalytic Converter and how do i remove it?

Or a cat?

What is a Catalytic Converter and how do i remove it?

Or a cat?

A catalytic converter is a device used to reduce the toxicity of emissions from an internal combustion engine. It provides an environment for a chemical reaction wherein toxic combustion by-products are converted to less-toxic gases.

And to remove it, cut it from the exhaust pipe on each side of the converter unless it is bolted on.

heres a pic:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/9/web/417000-417999/417287_67.jpg

do u happen to have a pic were i a can see exactly what to take off?

so many noobs, so many stupid commentsour exhaust = bad new

poking holes in your exhaust = bad news

buy a cat back exhaust, between 2.5 inch and 3, don't go any higher than 3...it won't do any good on a cavalier.

Leave the resonator off.

Leave your stock cat on, but before you put the cat back on, take a small pipe, maybe an inch thick, and knock muffling crap out from your cat...then start your car and blow it out the back by revving...then... it should be loud as hell...like mine :)

so just hit the crap out of your muffler?

u might as well just cut it off then. lol

will it make my cav louder?

well ya, it will make any car louder. it might not sound good tho, and u might loose power cuz theres less back pressure. the best sound will come from a catback exhaust. or u can go the complete ricer route and buy a new muffler like a magnaflow or dynomax; something like that.

i have a cherry bomb exhast and it sounds sweet as hell

what if money was not an option, like i had limited money and i wanted to get something that can be noticed but will not attract the cops.. can i remove the muffler and put a new one and if so which one should i get with a little amount of money? were talking aboult like less than $50

well since JStumpalump150 said he liked the cherry bombs...

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2010386/p-2010386/Ns-p_MIN_PRICE|0||p_Product.LONGDESCRIPTION.sort/N-111+10201+600012789/c-10101

only $23.99 . surely under that $50 limit.

Add something like this....
http://www.rdfabs.com/galleries/images/custom_exhaust_work/1999_chevy_cavalier/dscf0716.JPG

http://www.rdfabs.com/galleries/images/custom_exhaust_work/1999_chevy_cavalier/dscf0707.JPG

Pacesetter armor coated 4-1 header
Magnaflow 2.5" in/out Cat
Magnaflow straight flow muffler
2.5" SS exhaust tubing from header back.

Not as cheap as a cherry bomb, but more effective.

nice cody :) lol. I have a Greddy knock off catback 2 1/2" pipe :)

haha i put a Cherry bomb turbo II on mine...inside it sounds alright...but outside the car it sounds like shit...and i've had it on for over a year...i wanna get somethin different but i need the funds lol

yeah its more effective but more attracted to cops too, i dont wanna get pulled over because they say i have it too loud..!

u know, cops

but cherry bomb sounds good

i took the cat off mine a while ago because it was clogged. put a straight through pipe on, and added a new muffler. After a month, the muffler was shot. it sounds like shit right now haha. I want to make it quieter, but not sure how.

put factory spec exhaust components back on.

How Does The Cherry Bomb Look Like..?

ok, i looked and i did not see anything spectacular under my car exhaust wise, but my friend said he thought it was a cherry bomb just by the sound so i think he is full of shit but under the hood i have a warm air intake and a header and i think that is where the deep tone is coming from.

i will try and get a video of my car when i rev it up and ill post it on here later so someone can tell me what i have. lol

but what am i looking for to tell if i have a stock exhast system? cuz i baught my car with a bunch of stuff already on it and i thought i found all the mods but i keep finding more lol

ok one other question, if i replace my headers will it give me more hp and noise?

it's going to be hard to replace your headers considering that you don't have them. Now you can replace your header , go with an RK Sport 4-2-1, and yes it will increase both, more hp and a deeper tone like Jstump said eariler

if i buy my headers and decide to replace them myself would it be a hard task or would it be easier if i knew what i was doing?

i think you can just drop the old manafold out the bottom and put the header in from there, but that is on a 2.4l so idk how hard it will be for you

well if its as easy as i sounds well i think i wont have a hard time..!

so its pretty basic then..?

I did my own header install... hardest part was actually getting the bolts that connect the stock manifold loose from the down pipe portion. Those bitches were rusted in there good. Some have had to remove the starter, however i didn't feel like doing that so i disconnected the coolant line that runs in front of the header and jammed a plug into it to stop alot of it comming out. It made a little bit of a mess... Other than that it was pretty straight forwards. Well i can't really compare mine to anyones else because i had a WHOLE new exhaust done the same day. Make sure to get a new metal gasket or reuse your old one. The cork ones included in these kits are junk and will blow out. You'll also have to extend your O2 sensor wire...

well im ganna get my head gaskets changed as well so can i do that and also change my headers..?

this is my exhaust with a warm air intake and a header and maybe some other stuff i have not found yet, lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_9tkTU6j9U
i love how cats seem to hang around my house..... note the one that crawls out from under my car and the one that jumps onto my shed in the backgound

:disappoin Keep in mind that anyone removing the converter from any polution controlled vehicle is aganist federal laws and if caught fines can be quiet costly.

:disappoin Keep in mind that anyone removing the converter from any polution controlled vehicle is aganist federal laws and if caught fines can be quiet costly.


As much as i am against polluting the environment... I've honestly never seen an inspection tech look for a cat on a vehicle if its not throwing a check engine light. I've also done the paper work for mine and watched others do, and honestly they just click yes here in NY. You can hack it off, and if you have software like HPtuners, you can make any of those little lights dissapear. :wink:

if your engine is running clean enough you don't need a catalytic converter...i kno a guy who has a modded 350 in a S10 that has just the bottom half of the shell of the cat on there...and he passed inspection with flying colors.

and i dont think that is a cherry bomb...or at least not one that i have seen...sounds better than mine tho...lol i need a high flo cat...it changed the sound on my old maxima so damn much...

As much as i am against polluting the environment... I've honestly never seen an inspection tech look for a cat on a vehicle if its not throwing a check engine light. I've also done the paper work for mine and watched others do, and honestly they just click yes here in NY. You can hack it off, and if you have software like HPtuners, you can make any of those little lights dissapear. :wink::shakehead I never said you will never get away with removing your cat I just stated that it is aganist federal law and it makes no difference whetehr it runs "CLEAN ENOUGH" either......

yeah if that's a cherry bomb, I don't like it, Sorry Jstump. I think you need a catback system, instead of just the muffler.

but after looking at it, i think it is the stock muffler, but it has a wai and header and i think that is what gives it that sound

a hole in the muffler or cat will give it that sound too, my sister has a whole in her muffler in her grand am and it sounds just like that, lol.

Some have had to remove the starter, however i didn't feel like doing that so i disconnected the coolant line that runs in front of the header and jammed a plug into it to stop alot of it comming out.

I was reading haynes and it says to remove the alternator not starter. I wasnt sure if you made a mistake cause I know you rarely do. just wondering? thanks