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Delete the Middle MUFFLER & Replace with STRAIGHT Pipe

UsmcScott

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During conversations about streamlining the undercarriage, the drag created by the middle muffler was mentioned as being significant.

So my crazy question of the day is, what would happen if I eliminate the middle muffler altogether and replace it with a piece of straight pipe?

Pros, Cons, Consequences ???????
 
The "middle muffler" is just a resonator, not a muffler. If you remove it you will get a little better tone and a very slight increase in power.
 
It will get slightly louder but shouldn't be anything to complain about. iPd's sport exhaust system is exactly this, just a rear muffler like a stock 240 turbo exhaust setup.
 
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You can eliminate it and it'll sound a bit better. Sometimes though, you get a drone resonance between 2k - 3k rpms. An exhaust tip with a resonator in it will flow better and cancel out that drone if you have it. If you don't have the drone resonance then one muffler will be fine.
 
I only have a rear muffler, has been that way since I bought the car. Actually it had a glasspack on it when I bought it. Loud. Too loud. Better with an actual muffler back there.
It will be louder without the middle resonator, but not a lot louder than stock. It isn't truck with no mufflers loud or fart can loud. Idle is just a little deeper, and it is a bit louder around 3-4k rpm. You won't be frightening pedestrians.

We also removed the center resonator from my sister's old diesel mercedes (for economic reasons). That actually didn't make it much louder than stock, I didn't really notice it.

Sometimes though, you get a drone resonance between 2k - 3k rpms.
Yes yes yes. Around 3k rpm my car drones rather loudly. With the glasspack on it was unbearable.

Give it a shot. Can't hurt anything that I know of.
 
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