exhaust on an std?

I have an std civic 1.5 liter, and all i have on it is an intake, well i was wondering if I put an exhaust on it (2.5in dynomax ultraflow ss with resonator) will it make my car sound deep even though its a crappy motor? or should i not waste my money? I want to do an engine swap but I have ran into a huge financial bind. thanks

Don't waste your money...

I may go back to stock-like muffler and if you want my can muffler I'll take $50 shipped...

well, i didnt really want the can muffler style, i think that this style would look better for a stock car http://www.dynomax.com/images/UltraFloSS.gif

well, i didnt really want the can muffler style, i think that this style would look better for a stock car http://www.dynomax.com/images/UltraFloSS.gif
thats the muffler i have, take it to a muffler shop and have a custome 2.25 inch exhaust welded up ...shouldnt be more than 200 at the most. i got mine done for 130 but no resonator. i ran it with my d15b2 and now with my d15b/vtec they both sound fine. its not loud at all. i would do it now and when you do a swap it will already be there(i think if you go b-series the flange is a little diffrent or something but thats all)

i ran my dpfi without a muffler at all. i guessing that because hte motor is so weak with not much exhaust, running no mufller for mine made it sound just liek it had an exhaust, not raspy but a nice sound like a good catback.

i never got pulled over for it and i had a cop following me up a hill coming from a racing spot, so you know he was looking for anything to pull me over but he never did

thats the muffler i have, take it to a muffler shop and have a custome 2.25 inch exhaust welded up ...shouldnt be more than 200 at the most. i got mine done for 130 but no resonator. i ran it with my d15b2 and now with my d15b/vtec they both sound fine. its not loud at all. i would do it now and when you do a swap it will already be there(i think if you go b-series the flange is a little diffrent or something but thats all)


so did you have a cat? or just straight to the muffler? should i use a cat or a resonator?

you will gwt a lower tone but it will sound more dense.

I run 2.5 from the headers back to a 305 high flow muffler. no cat or resonator. Looks stock except for the larger diameter pipe. no gay chrome tip or anything. You really feel the difference over 5000rpm. pulls harder until redline. Extremely loud though. to be honest i think it is too high pitch but I can't complain about the better power so..

so did you have a cat? or just straight to the muffler? should i use a cat or a resonator?
it depends on where you live...i run a cat but no resonator. down here in fl they dont check smog, but if you get pulled over and the cop is smart...thats like a $250 ticket right there.
just get a high flow cat. but if your cheap like me use the stock one

I went with larger piping (2.25) and lost my low/mid RPM torque but, gained some power in the higher RPM's. It wasn't worth it to me due to my driving style so, I re-installed new stock sized 1 3/4 pipe. The car is super quiet and I gained my low/mid RPM torque back.