Resonator Chop Roll Call

[m12345y]

Anyone has done it in Bay Area and has a welder to recommend?

 

[momentum]

Deleted my resonator today. Vid before and after for sound comparison.

 

[TeCKis300]

^Nice! Thanks for that comparison. Pretty minor difference.

I'm curious for anyone that's deleted - has anyone noted significant volume or tone difference when the engine is loaded? Like driving or towing up a grade?

 

[foolforthecity]

I noticed zero difference when I drove 20k miles over a couple years with mine chopped. Now I am running a dirty deeds and it's loud as hell in the first few gears. Wife and kids hate it but I love it.

 

[customcruiser]

I can't tell a difference in sound/drone

 

[TeCKis300]

You guys were right. Practically no difference. At higher than 4.5k rpm and high load towing, maybe some more breathy noise from the rear but that's about it.

Easy 30 minute mod.

 

[Fisher23]

You guys were right. Practically no difference. At higher than 4.5k rpm and high load towing, maybe some more breathy noise from the rear but that's about it.

Easy 30 minute mod.

Did you just take a saws-all to it? or a cut off wheel?

I have a 40 gallon tank there.. so i'll need to weld an extension on.

 

[mschop]

Anyone has done it in Bay Area and has a welder to recommend?

Interested as well in case you find someone.

 

[TeCKis300]

Did you just take a saws-all to it? or a cut off wheel?

I have a 40 gallon tank there.. so i'll need to weld an extension on.

I used a sawzall. Super easy no welding necessary way

Muffler​

As mentioned, I choose to delete the stock muffler/resonator to save weight but also maximize the newfound clearance. I also destroyed the tip of my OEM muffler so it was already vulnerable. This is a pretty quick install in under 1 hr. Almost zero perceptible sound difference with maybe a bit more airy sound at over 4.5k rpm at high load. Great longer thread here

Thread 'Resonator Chop Roll Call'

Jun 13, 2019

I'd like to see some pics or videos of those with resonator deletes.
IMO, the biggest eyesore on the entire 200 and the worst design behind the original starter motor.

I am looking into more permanent mods. I am very tempted to just chop it off and run high tucked pipes. The resonator does serve a purpose of canceling out some sound waves (mainly higher frequencies), but I wonder how much you can really tell inside a vehicle going down the road. Worst comes to worst, if you really missed the quiet sound, I don't see why you couldn't just weld it back on if it was so necessary...

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Cut the stock muffler 3/4" aft of the hanger which is past the weld bead. Use a sawzall with a long metal blade. It'll cut pretty easily. Goal is to leave enough pipe to clamp a 3" aftermarket turndown tip to. This one on Amazon works great - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QVCJFYD

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Where it's cut, will almost be a double layer as it'll have a portion of the sheetmetal of the muffler. Remove the muffler sheetmetal with a grinding wheel on an angle grinder, which will clean up pretty quick, bringing the OD to 3" so the new muffler tip can slip on.

I opted to clock the top towards the drivers side slightly so the exhaust takes the closest path out from the underbody.

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[m12345y]

Interested as well in case you find someone.

I did it with El Camino Mufflers at Santa Clara, CA 95051. Very easy to work with and reasonable price in under 30min.

Another suggestion I got is "Livermore Muffler is a good shop and they do really nice work".

To be totally honest, the sound is audibly different (but not terrible) if you are accelerating from low speed to 80mph, especially around 30-50mph range.