Resonator gone
 

I got tired of the resonator on my car buzzing. It's been doing it for years and has gotten worse and worse. So I took it to a Midas this morning and had them cut the stupid thing out and weld in a straight pipe.

I'm not thrilled with the results, but at least it was cheap ($27) and the buzzing is gone. There's a distinct fart noise to it - I can absolutely see why Subaru put that resonator there.

so what kind of fart noise? one that a kid that owns a hondawww cha cha cha would like? because mine does the same thing

I don't know, man. It's just flatulent.

You have 20" wheels on your car, so I think it's likely we'll disagree on what 'annoying' is when it comes to exhaust. ;)

Way to stereotype that one eh?

agreed! :D

I don't really understand what you mean by that. Stereotypes don't really enter into it - I was simply pointing out that our tastes clearly differ. :)

Either way, I meant no offense - I was just joking. :)

Do you have a custom exhaust?

Me? No. It's all the original stock parts - minus the resonator now.

If you're really dis-satisfied, I have a stock center section with a good resonator I could sell you. PM if you're interested. I'll be out of town all next week, but when I get back we could work out a deal, I'm sure.

K. This is just me, but after removing the resonator, the exhaust noise on long drives makes my head hurt. I dunno what the conditions are but sometimes my exhaust creates a very deep bassy bellow at 2-3k rpms.

Good to know, thanks. I'll be driving it to Indy twice this weekend, so about 600 miles. We'll see how that goes. :)

My resonator was buzzing ... (kind of like my roof switch and window switches are right now... see other thread) I took my car to Mienike(sp?) and they replaced the resonator with a small "Cherry Bomb"

It sounds fine now.

Mine also
 

Removed. :)

I might know what you mean if I am going to the same route as you. The money you paid to fix is a cheap deal............:D


PS: 600miles? Hm....how low is still your mileages after you didn't drive her for so long? :p

I OWN THE ONLY SVX TO EVER ROLL ON 20"

To set the story straight for Suby Fan, he worked at a wheel/tire store and temporarily installed some 20" rims on his car to see how they would look.

I don't know why I remember this, but he mentioned it in one of his posts.

Dan