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Nada...I didnt even know the exhaust sounded like that until I let Heather drive the car around the Krispy Kreme parking lot one day.....
Didnt hear anything on the inside but intake.
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I realize that, but I was talking about doing the header swap/cat relocation... I thought of putting a res on there after seeing what it would sound like w/o... I think I'll leave it the way it is though because I am not having any problem with the sound of my car... IMHO, it sounds better thn the SVT swap on the video because it has a deeper groan than that... I'll look try posting a video. I don't have much interior res, I went on a road trip to Terre Haute Indiana last week and got back yestaerday and I had no complaints about the sound. The muffler was chrome when I left, but it's now gold... road grime? It'll be clean tomorrow, then I'll try getting someone to hold a camera for me.
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I posted in pics and vids... the file should be working now... linky
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I just installed a Ractive muffler the other day and removed my resonator and the car,to me,almost sounds like a Volkswagen with a performance exhaust. It's very deep,and around 3k rpm hits a nice sweet spot in the sound. Definetly not the sound I was expecting. I was almost thinking it would sound like a Honda or something,a little more high pitched,but this is pretty deep. However,the sound of my old Duratec with an intake and SVT exhaust with a res but no mufflers was the schitt!
I don't find any bad rasping or anything without the resonator,but I find the car to be extremely quiet in 4th or 5th gear while crusing around town at the speedlimit 40-60kmh. Just doesn't have the rumble the Duratec did.
Overall I like the sound though.
'95 CGL ZMTX - DOB: 8/94 - Daily Driver - 271k & counting - Ractive muffler,MSD ignition coil,KEM 8mm wires,Pre98 SE 7 spoke rims,KVR CF brake pads,Post98 sail panels,Sony Xplod HU,Pioneer 3-way 6x9's
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Originally posted by ZeroHour:
Also remember this is the zetec forum, if you have a zetec you're not going to get a "deep grumble". There are many nice sounding exhaust options, but its not going to sound like a v8.
You guys have never heard my Brullen setup. It had a nice deep grumble at idle. 
BP
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today we cut out my res, so now i have the straight pipe from the cat to a high flow muffler, and it doesnt sound as bad as i thought. i really wanted to get at least 2 inch pipes from the cat, but that would've costed a little bit more then i had. the car sounds really good driving. not raspy at all. friends are still makeing fun of me cuz im trying to work on my tour...
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Originally posted by JEFFtourCT:
friends are still makeing fun of me cuz im trying to work on my tour...
So do mine, but there is no problem with these cars...
I'd like to see pics of your setups because I was told that the big mufflers sound raspy.
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Originally posted by ButtonPuncher:
Check this out...
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=picsvids&Number=889611
No rasp. 3" main pipe split to dual 2.25" pipes to the muflers.
The idle sounds like my roommate's 350 inboard boat. A funky burble.
BP
I have that same sound. I want to try to built on that sound with some bigger pipe after the muffler to deepen the tone a little. Of course, once it revs up, it sounds like a 4 cylinder 
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