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Old 01-02-2019, 02:07 AM   #9
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Generally a muffler will affect volume and a resonator will affect tone.

Delete the muffler and the car gets louder, but now you'll have some rasp to deal with.

A bigger resonator can change the tone from raspy to deep, but you'd need a very large resonator (like OEM) to eliminate the rasp of a muffler delete IMO.

But I think these things are best learned on your own. You should get a used muffler delete kit and see if it's even your thing. I had a muffler delete kit for a little bit, so I understand the urge to get one when it's so cheap and the car actually sounds quite good with it.

I personally like a slightly smaller muffler than stock with a slightly smaller resonator. Lots of aftermarket catbacks in this configuration.
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