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Deeboe · 09-06-2009, 03:54 PM

I have SLP IIs and will be adding vararam's CAI soon and headers later but I think the resonator is hendering my SS true deep sound. What pipes should I insert if I decide to take the resonator off?

thnks

SSG D

Red Hot SS · 09-06-2009, 03:55 PM

If you wanted true SS sound you shoulda stuck with the Loudmouth I

2SSRS@Gen5diy · 09-06-2009, 05:14 PM

Two things will happen if you remove the resonator from your car one is it will get louder and two you will pic up some HP on the car.

Andro · 09-06-2009, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2SSRS

Two things will happen if you remove the resonator from your car one is it will get louder and two you will pic up some HP on the car.

+1

Deeboe · 09-06-2009, 09:39 PM

ok louder. in a good way or not a good way?

Xmicro_SS · 09-06-2009, 09:56 PM

Resonators are installed to reduce sound, especially DRONE. The biggest problem with a straight through system is not only volume but drone on the highway. Too big of a resonator, Too quite of an exhaust.

I spent a few days with SOLO performance up in Canada last week and got a major education in exhaust. The owner had such a hard time with most of the large brands, in that each brand had a particular problem. These guys are the installers of only exhausts so they would call the company with ideas (say Borla) and they would be like, yea, yea, i will pass that along, and nothing changes. Remember the big companies do not have face time with the end users, they do not install. Yet day in and day out SOLO was forced to answer problems and questions like yours, so they decided to design and build their own.

In my car right now is a SOLO PERFORMANCE X-Pipe Resonator called the MACH X. It is a large resonator with specially shaped X pipes in it. Those X-Pipes have specially sized louvers leading to 4 individual chamber (only one of its kind) and those chambers are packed with a custom designed Steel Wool and Ceramic MESH. After that resonator is straight pipe out the back. There is ZERO drone on the highway, it burbles nice when you let off the gas, and it screams like a lion on the kill when you get on it. The flow is so good through this system that the pipes bronzed all the way back to the tips in the first hundred miles. So you can tell the exhaust and heat is getting all the way back and out. I had over 1200 miles n the factory exhaust and the pipes never bronzed past those front resonators. It is all about the flow!

Sorry to be so long winded, I am loving my new system and want to share with you guys, SOLO deserves all the credit they can get.

If you are interested you can read about what I learned here:

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41041

I hope this helps you some.

*mlee* · 09-06-2009, 10:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2SSRS

Two things will happen if you remove the resonator from your car one is it will get louder and two you will pic up some HP on the car.

3 things.... you will hear AFM something fierce... Read Post #17
http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=38702

Xmicro is right on... I wish my Corsa system was louder... it comes with X-pipe/resonator... but there is a reason for it.

If you want to go without resonator then tune out AFM...

Deeboe · 09-07-2009, 06:25 AM

good info! Thanks

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09-06-2009, 09:56 PM	#6
Xmicro_SS Thank You GM Drives: Sky Redline & Camaro 2SS/RS Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,876	Resonators are installed to reduce sound, especially DRONE. The biggest problem with a straight through system is not only volume but drone on the highway. Too big of a resonator, Too quite of an exhaust. I spent a few days with SOLO performance up in Canada last week and got a major education in exhaust. The owner had such a hard time with most of the large brands, in that each brand had a particular problem. These guys are the installers of only exhausts so they would call the company with ideas (say Borla) and they would be like, yea, yea, i will pass that along, and nothing changes. Remember the big companies do not have face time with the end users, they do not install. Yet day in and day out SOLO was forced to answer problems and questions like yours, so they decided to design and build their own. In my car right now is a SOLO PERFORMANCE X-Pipe Resonator called the MACH X. It is a large resonator with specially shaped X pipes in it. Those X-Pipes have specially sized louvers leading to 4 individual chamber (only one of its kind) and those chambers are packed with a custom designed Steel Wool and Ceramic MESH. After that resonator is straight pipe out the back. There is ZERO drone on the highway, it burbles nice when you let off the gas, and it screams like a lion on the kill when you get on it. The flow is so good through this system that the pipes bronzed all the way back to the tips in the first hundred miles. So you can tell the exhaust and heat is getting all the way back and out. I had over 1200 miles n the factory exhaust and the pipes never bronzed past those front resonators. It is all about the flow! Sorry to be so long winded, I am loving my new system and want to share with you guys, SOLO deserves all the credit they can get. If you are interested you can read about what I learned here: http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41041 I hope this helps you some. __________________ ITS HERE! : 2010 Camaro 2SS / 6 Speed Manual (No other way) / Silver Ice Metallic / Inferno Orange Interior Accent / RS Package / Polished Wheels / SOLO MACH X CAT BACK Last edited by Xmicro_SS; 09-06-2009 at 10:49 PM.

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09-06-2009, 03:54 PM	#1
Deeboe Bowtie, FOR LIFE!!!! Drives: Camaro 2SS/RS SW/IOM Interrior Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Where ever Uncle Sam Places me... Posts: 512	should I delete the resonator and insert X pipes I have SLP IIs and will be adding vararam's CAI soon and headers later but I think the resonator is hendering my SS true deep sound. What pipes should I insert if I decide to take the resonator off? thnks SSG D __________________ 2SS/RS Summit White M6 Current: 2011 SW 2SS/RS M6 Fast!!! 70 Chevelle SS (sold) Still kicking myself! 2010 CGM SS/RS A6 (RIP) one pissed SS right there!!!!

09-06-2009, 05:14 PM	#3
2SSRS@Gen5diy Drives: 2014 Z/28 #82+#192, 18ZLE 66Nova Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: By the lake in AZ Posts: 15,719 View My Garage	Two things will happen if you remove the resonator from your car one is it will get louder and two you will pic up some HP on the car.