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Old 02-14-2008, 10:59 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by brucepick View Post
Should I mostly forget about finding a muffler that I can put on there that's physically smaller, that won't change the tuning of the system? I think you know, performance isn't the goal - stock performance is fine for my purposes.
What is the goal of moving the muffler - aero?

My concern is the loss of low-end power with a free-flow muffler. I had one on a base Civic and lost a lot of low-end grunt. In a Winter "off-road incident", it got torn off, so I put the stock one back on. It was night-and-day. My Mom used the car one day and even noticed.

Since we generally use low-RPMs most of the time, whatever would benefit this end of operation. Perhaps a fart-can with a restrictor?

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