Muffler delete vs Catback...

[benmeroff]

I'd love to hear 2.0L exhaust sounds from anyone who's deleted. I ordered mine and planning stuff while I wait.

I'm across the country right now but can definitely post a video of my 2.0L here when I get back in a week!

 

[Gchap]

You can probably google “exhaust drone” and find examples of it, but basically it’s a low frequency reverberation that “drones” while under light load/throttle. Our Stingers have it from 1500-2500rpm when the muffler is removed and worse if the catalytic converter is removed as well.

I love the sound of my muffler deletes, but the drone was so bad that it gave me a headache and felt like it was vibrating the whole car at certain RPMs. I added Vibrant resonators and the DIY exhaust wrap fix and now it’s mostly gone, but exhaust still sounds mean and awesome.

Hey, where did you get your resonators and what did you use for DIY wrap?

 

[jason_dean26]

I'll also add that the "drone" is worse because the Stinger is a hatchback so all the vibrations are amplified throughout the whole car like it's a subwoofer box. I had a cat-back system installed and was getting drone in the 1700-2300 range. My exhaust shop installed the Vibrant Resonators as mentioned by StungBlueGT2, that did decreased the volume of the sound but the drone actually got worse for me. It felt like my head was in the bell housing of a tuba, it had that same very low tone reverberation. Thankfully there is a solution just need to extend the exhaust beyond the end of the bumper trim. The stock tips are not attached to the exhaust so the exhaust sound bounces back underneath the car and it just reverberates through to the trunk and then the rest of the car. Extending the tips lets the sound exit out completely so it doesn't have a chance to bounce back into the car. After having my exhaust extended all my drone/reverberation is completely gone.

Hey a few questions for you. Are you straight piped or do you have a catback? And how has it been over the long run as far as drone and reverb? thanks

 

[Blackrubberducky]

Is there a problem with running the mid-pipes open? Ex: Check-engine codes

When I was installing my MRSB exhaust I ran it a few seconds with them open, was super loud but sounded great. Took like 10min to install the rest after the mid-pipes.