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How to make 4 cylinder sound better

Discussion in '4 Cylinder' started by TSSFiveSpeed, Jan 13, 2023.

  1. Jan 13, 2023 at 2:16 PM
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    TSSFiveSpeed

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    2TR-FE. I have URD power pipe and LCE header with stock muffler. I want my car to sound deeper right now it sounds like a fart can. What muffler is best to make it rumble and deep?
     
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  2. Jan 13, 2023 at 2:23 PM
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    HondaGM

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  3. Jan 13, 2023 at 2:24 PM
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    Bro its a 4cyl. I don't think there's much you can do to make it sound deep
     
  4. Jan 13, 2023 at 2:25 PM
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    Weld a Folgers coffee can as the new muffler. You'll get all the big loud bam booms.
     
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  5. Jan 13, 2023 at 2:25 PM
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    When I had cats it sounded real deep it wasn't bad at all but now it don't sound good
     
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  6. Jan 13, 2023 at 4:25 PM
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    Here’s mine, URD SC, URD power pipe, LCE equal length Header, & 3 borla ProXS mufflers w/ 2.5” piping. This is about as good as it’s gonna get cat less, or without a turbo:D

    Definitely add a couple more mufflers, it will improve the sound a lot

    https://youtube.com/shorts/t5Fpz5G2XC0?feature=share
     
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  7. Jan 13, 2023 at 5:38 PM
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    That sounds slightly like mine, that thing is damn quick tho that's for sure. What I did is I have a little hole in the pipe right before the muffler, not a big one but a small one and it kinda made it sound better
     
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  8. Jan 13, 2023 at 5:49 PM
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    I ran mine with the stock catback and the URD power pipe at one point too, and I remember it being raspy. If you ditch the stock muffler and add two straight through mufflers and a resonator, it will improve the sound. It will definitely be louder though. The stock muffler keeps it much quieter, which is why I ended up doing three mufflers to tame it down a bit. Stock piping is 2 3/8” for reference.
     
  9. Jan 13, 2023 at 6:01 PM
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  10. Jan 15, 2023 at 11:07 PM
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    I once read that a real nice sounding “muffler” for our 2.7s is the muffler from any TRD Pro exhaust.

    Sometimes you find used systems for decent and just have to get the muffler welded in.
     
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