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Greetings,

This is my first post although I've read contour.org for a long time. I have owned a Contour for almost 10 years now. I bought a '96GL brand new and eventually modded it (BAT kit, rims, S-03's,K&N etc.) Last year I finally got rid of it and picked up a '99 SVT. I destroyed the first motor in the classic high G sustaned right hand turn Contour manner I had read about many times.

I decided to go with a 3.0L hybrid conversion. Since everything had to come apart I decided to do several other mods at the same time including a Koni sport kit, Torsen LSD, spec stage 1 clutch and flywheel, ADC tune via an xcalibrator2, a magnaflow resonator in the center position, optimized factory y-pipe and the mystery mod.

After several months and a wad of loot (I personally have zero mechanical skills) I am happy with the mods except for one thing; I just don't like the sound of the car now. A lot of other people like the way my car sounds but I don't like it. Although it's been a year since I've heard it (the mangnaflow was on before I lunched the motor), I remember liking the sound of the stock system better. I am looking for a more "Euro-type" sound. I find that to my ears the magnaflow sounds more "muscle car-like" for lack of a better term.

My question is do you think a dynomax resonator might get me closer to what I'm looking for? I would just stick the stock resonator back on but right now the car pulls like a train and I don't want to sacrifice flow if I can help it.
Also, does anyone (Demon maybe) know the part# for the dynomax piece that will fit in the center resonator spot?

Based on what I've read, I think that a Dynomax product might be what I'm looking for although I'm certainly open to other ideas. Whaddya think???

it sounds like your the candidate for the trubedz resonated system...

...plus,are you saying your running the stock exhaust on a three liter ????....if so you should def. get the trubenz 2.5" kit...not only less noisy,but you'll pick up some ponies on top of it

One thing's for sure ... DON'T re-install the original (stock) resonator !

Dynomax resonator will sound sthe EXACT same as a Magnaflow resonator.

I'm confused as to what you call the "Euro" sound - all the cars I've seen in Europe (aside from exatics) sound like weedwackers with their puny engines.

Borla

Hey another guy from Georgia comes out of the woodwork. Post up some pics in the Pics and Videos section.

I have the TruBendz resonated sytem and it sounds pretty good.

First of all thanks for all your replies.

Originally posted by tour96se:

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Originally posted by Stazi:

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Dynomax resonator will sound sthe EXACT same as a Magnaflow resonator.



I'm confused as to what you call the "Euro" sound - all the cars I've seen in Europe (aside from exatics) sound like weedwackers with their puny engines.

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stazi..i think he's read too many car mags,were they equate good sounding,looking,handling...to euro...so i think he's looking for that classy sound

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Thanks Stazi because I'm flying in the clouds on this. I would hate to spend $'s on a Dynomax duplicate of what I already have.

It is always difficult to describe sound. When I said Euro I mean I am trying to come as close to a "Ferrari-esque" sound. I relaize that I won't be able to duplicate a 360 or 430 tone exactly, but to my ears there is a smoothness and richness of tone in the stock SVT system that approaches what I consider an ideal sound. In fact, my only reason for replacing the resonator in the first place was a search for more ponies.. I was fine with the sound of the stock system. I hope this clarifies the sentiment in my original post.