Originally posted by SVT PETE:
The title of this thread was poorly worded.

For someone (many people) on this site, spending $700 on a catback exhaust or $300 on a y-pipe is not feasible.

So spending under $100 to remove one of the most restrictive parts of the exhaust to provide a little increase in power and enhanced sound is worth it.

There have been many who have removed the resonator and and replaced it with something like a Magnaflow and very happy.




To the extent that happiness is subjective I agree with you. My comments were directed to the fact that, in my opinion and experience, removing a portion of the exhaust system that is not the bottle neck to gas flow is not productive (from a power standpoint) and that money may be better spent elsewehere.

Originally posted by SVT PETE:

Your statement is an opinion on "worth" and "value" - nothing that can be proven. Just because you don't think it's worth it doesn't mean it's not worth it to many others.




Yes, I agree. However, as there are people that will disagree, conversley, there are many like me who may agree. Moreover, power increases can be proven, which is the information I was looking for, and, in the end, teh information I received.

Originally posted by SVT PETE:

Statements like this wont be tolerated from you in future posts.



May I ask why? Being a moderator at a rather large site myself I would never curtail a members opinion unless it was profain or abusive. IMHO, my comments are neither.

With all due respect SVTPete, I posted a thread here that expressed reasons why the repacement of the stock resonator on an otherwise stock exhaqust system would produce negligable power gains. Those reasons are sound enough to have several other members post reply's in a manner that IMO, served to bring benefit to this forum. That benefit, even if you refuse to ackowledhge it, was a debate on the merits of power increases from this modification. It may serve someone well in the future when they decide (as I am) whether to remove the resonator.


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