$100 Resonator Delete - Worth It?

[Dan Wogan]

Hey everyone,

I recently got a couple Thrush Turbo mufflers installed on my 2001 3.5L. I love the sound but they're not quite as loud as I hoped. I went back to the shop and asked if they could replace my resonator with just a straight pipe and they said they could do it for a total cost of $100, but that they don't know for sure how much louder it would be. I was wondering if anyone had any insight as to how much louder it would actually be with the resonator gone, and if it would even be worth it for $100. I would be pretty bummed if I started it up for the first time and I could barely hear any difference.

Thanks in advance for your insight!

[sall]

$100 for two welds and 3 feet of pipe sounds expensive to me, but it may just make an awful drone and not increase over all db too much.

[plato442]

Yeah, on the 3.5, that sounds a little spendy for a possible crappy tone. Save your money for the 4.0

[Dan Wogan]

Thanks for the responses sall and plato. Yeah it sounds like it's probably not worth it then. I'll just keep dreaming about that 4.0 sound!