Quiet Exhaust Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

iit is now time to buy an exhaust for by b16 crx swap. i want the most quiet one i can get, with performance. basically i want an exhaust that wont restrict airflow, wont rust in 2 months like stock, and i can drive throughmy neighborhood without everyone and their mother looking at me like im goin a 120 mph. price is a factor, so i was thinking custom exhaust? would that be quiet? also, it would help against the piggys profiling my car(meaning the cops also wouldnt turn their heads
)..... PLEASE HELP


check out the b16 recipient
http://ebay.carad.com/viewItem/viewAllPhotos.cfm?listing=1409948
yes i bought my car off ebay sight unseen, no iam not dissapointed just look at her!

Wow man, it appears to be in really nice shape.

If you want quiet and not fuggin expensive, I'd suggest custom. I had the same dilema as I'm sick of police attention, (and attention from others for that matter) so I went with a basically stock exhaust system. I got a Dynomax Super Turbo muffler and all 2.5" piping including the cat, just got it all bent at an exhaust shop to look stock. So its a nice combonation of flow and sound. Its nice to be able to hear my motor again and not just the muffler buzzing. :)

Custom!

thanks i guess ill be visiting the local muffler shop =)

Might want to throw a resonator on it too. I ran 2.25" with just a turbo muffler and it almost made my ears bleed on the highway.

Yah, definatley use a resonator!

i heard resonators dont do much at WOT? i just want it to be quiet and fast. think sleeper..... also how do they connect to the exhaust? is a glass pack the same thing?

i heard resonators dont do much at WOT? i just want it to be quiet and fast. think sleeper..... also how do they connect to the exhaust? is a glass pack the same thing?

I don't believe you can get a system any more quiet and still keep good flow than whats been discussed above. Resonator is kinda like a bullet shaped, free flowing muffler with vents on the inside...kinda like a glass pack without the snap, crackle, pop.

i heard resonators dont do much at WOT? i just want it to be quiet and fast. think sleeper..... also how do they connect to the exhaust? is a glass pack the same thing?

Almost every brand of exhaust when you floor it and at WOT it will be loud? It seems you want something that is quiet when you floor it through a neighborhood. That just wont work. You want a resenator.

An exhaust wont make your car fast at all. It will add at most like 1-2hp at the wheels if that! on a stock car! On a stock car exhaust will make you sound louder if thats what you mean!

They weld the pipes together creating a custom exhaust.

Glass pack isnt the same thing. Try putting that on and see how quiet your car is
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Good luck. Custom is the way to go for cost. Otherwise on my car i have a Thermal Research and Development. Its very expensive (cost $492bucks) but it produces a tone that doesnt sound like any other honda i have ever heard!

Yeah thermal sounds awesome. I also like the Apexi N1 (real not ebay knock off).

Yeah thermal sounds awesome. I also like the Apexi N1 (real not ebay knock off).

The thermal exhaust IMO was well worth the money. Plus a lifetime warranty and it weighs like 15lbs.!!

You got yourself a sweet Si! Go with Thermal R&D or for a few bones more DC. Or if you want cheap do what SiZ said and use a resonator and be sure to use aluminized piping with mandrel bends.

i heard resonators dont do much at WOT? i just want it to be quiet and fast. think sleeper..... also how do they connect to the exhaust? is a glass pack the same thing?

They do plenty.
Fact is, your car is going to make some noise at 8,000rpm even if you just used a stock exhaust, but a stock-like exhaust system will be considerably more quiet.
Here's a shitty pic of my stock looking exhuast. You'll probably want to use 2.5" piping for your car because 2.5 is optimal for a B16. A good header for the B16 will have a 2.5" collector so you want your piping to be the same.
Mine - 2.5
http://kenscivic.homestead.com/files/exhaust1.jpg

Yeah thermal sounds awesome. I also like the Apexi N1 (real not ebay knock off).


Hey doug...what you whippin? i didnt think the n1 fit on a CRX. neway....how does it sound on your car and what motor do you have??? My friend has an integra ls with the b18a and he has the n1 (not the fake ebay one) and his is loud as shit. i cant really stand to go newhere in his car.

but as for this topic. custom is the best bet for cheap but you need to go around to a few shops and talk to them. my friend had a del sol SE with the b16 and he put a custom on it and it was the loudest exhaust i ever heard. he had 2 1/5" pipe. i was gona get custom untill i ran across someone sellin the GReddy MX exhaust for $200. I have heard that Raven makes really good quality and sounding mufflers. They will run newhere from $100-150. good luck.

PS- since your gona spend around $200-250 on a custom how much harder would it be to get up another $250-300 for an Apex i, GReddy, DC, or Thermal exhaust??? just wondering.

ok so the resonator is it the actual muffler?or does it get welded on after the muffler??dumb question but if i get the custom exhaust the shop will have the resonator and cat and all that right? and the custom wont rust? stainless steel? thanks for all the help.

yeah my car had a thermal on it before i ripped the underpowered d series out and it was LOUD. i didnt like it that loud but it sounded nice

ok so the resonator is it the actual muffler?or does it get welded on after the muffler??dumb question but if i get the custom exhaust the shop will have the resonator and cat and all that right? and the custom wont rust? stainless steel? thanks for all the help.

yeah my car had a thermal on it before i ripped the underpowered d series out and it was LOUD. i didnt like it that loud but it sounded nice
goes like this mand 4-2-1 dc header to my high flow catco to my resignator which is right after the cat about 10 inches than mandrel bent tubing around the rear control arms to my dynomax superturbo exhaust...wanna get the best deal go to summitracing.com....thats where i got my setup at for a good price

goes like this mand 4-2-1 dc header to my high flow catco to my resignator which is right after the cat about 10 inches than mandrel bent tubing around the rear control arms to my dynomax superturbo exhaust...wanna get the best deal go to summitracing.com....thats where i got my setup at for a good price


summitracing only had th dc header in 2 inch collector!? i guess i should call them.......

i THOUGHT my exhaust looked stock when i bought the crx.. it's loud as hell!

i'm reading through all of these suggestions looking for the most cost effective way to silence the car. i don't even care about tone. i just want quiet. i'm thinking of just going back to an aftermarket stock-like exhaust. cheap. there's supposedly a local place that will do it without the catylitic converter, so i'll weigh the price difference with and without (cause i was told the cat does some muffling, itself, back when i had an old nissan pickup) and decide based on that.

i really need to find someone in this area that knows CRXs really well to help me make my car look human again... i mean ... uh... presentable.

They do plenty.
Fact is, your car is going to make some noise at 8,000rpm even if you just used a stock exhaust, but a stock-like exhaust system will be considerably more quiet.
Here's a shitty pic of my stock looking exhuast. You'll probably want to use 2.5" piping for your car because 2.5 is optimal for a B16. A good header for the B16 will have a 2.5" collector so you want your piping to be the same.
Mine - 2.5
http://kenscivic.homestead.com/files/exhaust1.jpg


Hey man could you give me the part number to your muffler, i want some just like that. I am sick of getting tickets for my APEXi N1

Sound clips of a custom exhaust:
http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1184838

Hey doug...what you whippin? i didnt think the n1 fit on a CRX. neway....how does it sound on your car and what motor do you have??? My friend has an integra ls with the b18a and he has the n1 (not the fake ebay one) and his is loud as shit. i cant really stand to go newhere in his car.

It was on a sol. Had 2 resonators, high-flow cat, and DC 4-2-1 header. Piping was 2.5" back. Was a nice deep tone.

I dunno the part number, there's so many different ones like middle in - side exit, middle in - middle out, etc..
Just look for a super turbo stye of muffler, I think mine is Dynomax but a lot of companys make very similar styles, just get the size appropriate for what you're looking for. And just tell the shop you want it to look stock. :)

Its so nice man, the average ricer doesn't even think I have an exhaust. :D

OH, and the muffler only cost me $50 cad.

Nice 50 that is what i am talking about. Is it loud at WOT?

Mmm.. Not really. I dunno, I think even a stock exhaust would be loud at 8,000rpm, no? :) Its not very loud at all though, its nice. Just regular driving you can barley hear it at all, and when its in VTEC is a real nice and subtle growl, not twangy at all. Make sure you use a cat and a resonator.

My previous setup was a canister muffler with no cat or resonator and it was LOUD. Now its nice to be able to hear the engine a lot more, and people don't stare at me.

http://www.dynomax.com/documents/super_turbo_specs.pdf

http://www.a-1parts.com/performance_store/muffler_universal_display_table.cfm?Vendor=SUPER%2 0TURBO%20MUFFLER

I think I'm using the 17733 which is listed here as 47 dollars. I'm sure if you shop around you might be able to find it for cheaper.

Thanks alot SiZ. I am sick of my N1. I have gotten 5 tickets at 115CDN each in a year and last night a got warning saying if i get pulled over again they will tow it. So i think i will got to the shop tomorrow and get her change to something like yours. Thanks again