Could somebody give some detailed description on how to take the resonator off of the G6? Thanks in advance.

http://www.g6ownersclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=405

']Could somebody give some detailed description on how to take the resonator off of the G6? Thanks in advance.

On the intake or the exhaust?

Exhaust

']Exhaust

Cut off the resonator with a saws all and weld in a piece of exhaust pipe.

Cut off the resonator with a saws all and weld in a piece of exhaust pipe.

Bingo. Ya beat me to it.

Has anyone done it?

']Has anyone done it?
No, it would be to loud.

Just cut it off and weld on a nice small performance muffler.

Mike

ok, COMPROMISE!!!

cut it off, get a piece of exhaust pipe from your friendly muffler shop or parts store and CLAMP it in place. test drive and see if you like the sound.

if its too loud (my guess is that it WILL), THEN go buy your favorite performance muffler and WELD it in place.

just a thought.......

On my G6 V6 I just took off the resonator and it sounds just right, Its not to loud.

the resonator is the part up front or under the bumper

the resonator is the part up front or under the bumper

if you are talking about the 'AIR INTAKE RESONATOR", then YES, it is.

if you are talking about the "EXHAUST SYSTEM RESONATOR", then NO, it is the part that 'looks' like a muffer near the center of the car, between the catalytic convertor and the actual muffler.

i think what they were discussing last was removal of the 'exhaust system resonator' to change the sound of the exhaust..........i, for one, am going to remove the muffler and replace it with a "Y" pipe to give it the 'Dual Exhaust' look and replace the GT lower rear fascia with the one for the GTP which has the dual cut-outs. i can't remember who did it, but it looked GREAT!!!!

with any luck, i will have this accomplished by next weekend. trying to decide on Exhaust Tips right now...... :confused:

that was what I was thinking of soing but i don't want it to be too loud

that was what I was thinking of soing but i don't want it to be too loud


well, thats my concern too. whats too loud for one person may not be for another. my local muffler shop is going to install the "Y" pipe and basicly straight pipes out the back to see what it sounds like....if i like it, great. if not, then they can still install 2 small performance mufflers just before the exhaust tips to quiet it down.

guess i'll know this next week. then i'll let you know how it works out.

Take pictures and let me know how it sounds. I just got my Magnaflow tips in the mail....now all thats left is payday
then mine will be on! ha haaaa

On a funny note....I never really looked hard at your avatar. I thought it was a pink pig thing...but its a little bald dude!
Am I the only onewho thought that was a pig? The facial hair looked like a snout. ah haaaaaa :D

i thought the same exact thig ha ha

OBVIOUSLY you are not fans of South Park......i didn't come here to be made fun of just because i'm orange, round and look like i have a 'snout'!!

i am NOT FAT and i am NOT a 'Little Piggy'!!! i'm just 'Big Boned' therefore, in the words of that famous American, Eric Cartman, i say to you;

"Screw you guys, I'm going HOME!" :p

bwahahahahaha I love Southpark!

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ok, COMPROMISE!!!

cut it off, get a piece of exhaust pipe from your friendly muffler shop or parts store and CLAMP it in place. test drive and see if you like the sound.

if its too loud (my guess is that it WILL), THEN go buy your favorite performance muffler and WELD it in place.

just a thought.......
Removal of a resonator typically has minimal effect on sound "volume". Removing the resonator typically changes the tone (not necessarily volume) and also removes the smoothness of the note. It typically turns raspy, and barks more on throttle off.

Replacing the resonator with a muffler, though, would not be something I would recommend myself, that is unless you want the exhaust quieter. A muffler will reduce volume, and will increase restriction more so than a resonator.

I'd have a shop cut the resonator out cleanly, and temp-bolt a pipe in there. If you don't like it, have them weld the resonator back in place. Should be no more than a $50-$75 job.

What would be ideal is for someone to post a sound clip who has done it.

OBVIOUSLY you are not fans of South Park......

I got kids at home so I dont get to see the adult cartoons as much as i'd
like. The Simpsons are about it.

As for the resonator I am just going to cut it out and Y it past the axel.
Should have it done by mid December.

What would be ideal is for someone to post a sound clip who has done it.

sound bite you wanted; "rumble...rumble...rumble...VROOM.VROOM.VROOM...rum ble...rumble...rumble...
VROOM.VROOM.VROOM!

so, what did ya think of THAT!! sounds 'BAD', huh? :agree2: and i did all the work myself!!! i'm sooooo proud!

I looked at the GTP exhaust, which is strange. I would remove the muffler and pipe up to the axle. I would install a 'Y' pipe and additional piping(2.5" diameter) running into dual glasspack mufflers with tips. That should give the car a mean tone and a little better flow.

But there is no room to do that under there....I think the engineers never thought about exhaust.

I have an 06 GTP with the 3.9 took the resonator off went to advance got some flex 2.5 piping put it in place of the resonator and it sounds good .... when driving the car i really cant hear it since the noise is behind the car plus over the music.... but when i rev... its a good improvement from stock that is cheap...

This is exactly what I am thinking about doing, because somehow my resinator popped from the inside and I have a hole in it. so I wanna cut it off and clamp a piece of exhaust pipe. I heard it will give the car a nice tone, so I wanna try it. anyone know offhand what the diameter of the pipe is and what clamps to use? its a 2005 V6 Sedan.. not GT, just V6. thanks :)

oh one more thing.. what if you put a performance muffler in place of the resinator, and then got rid of the muffler near the ass end? someone suggested that to me today when I mentioned I wanted dual exhaust. they said to do that, then slap a Y pipe where the muffler currently is, cut out the facia and add tips. any opinion on all that?

Here is a clip of how the exhaust sounds, I had the resonator removed and the stock muffler was replaced with a Flowmaster! It's not the best sounding clip being that I recorded it with my phone! Let me know what u think!!!





http://s74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/denissefarias/?action=view&current=1214081910.flv

dee s that is exactly what i did and what mine sounds like i like the way it sounds... when it is idling people ask me if it has a v8 in it lol...

not a fan unless you change the baffels to "tune" the exhaust. Otherwise it pops and resonates too much. imho

So how much sound difference will it be from stock if you just take the resonator off? Is it really noticeable?

Hello all, first post on this board.

I removed the muffler on my GT and left the resonator on. Had straight pipe put in place of the BIG muffler and a nicer tip that fills up the semi circle cutout in the rear bumper. It sounds great, not that loud but much deeper. The car SEEMS faster, but I can't really swear that it is. I think it just gives a better overall feel when you can hear a little grunt from the engine.

lol....you said -little grunt.

Hello all, first post on this board.

I removed the muffler on my GT and left the resonator on. Had straight pipe put in place of the BIG muffler and a nicer tip that fills up the semi circle cutout in the rear bumper. It sounds great, not that loud but much deeper. The car SEEMS faster, but I can't really swear that it is. I think it just gives a better overall feel when you can hear a little grunt from the engine.

you just removed the muffler? not the resonator?

you just removed the muffler? not the resonator?

Yes, just the muffler. I know that's not what was originally asked, I just wanted to point out that there was another option. It's relatively cheap, sounds great and provides a modest power increase. The resonator tones the sound more than quieting. By removing the muffler, you get a slightly louder and much throatier sound. I had a professional muffler shop do mine and it was right at $200. $70 of that was the tip, the rest was for mandrel bent stainless steel pipe. It has to make two good bend to go from the muffler inlet to the tail pipe. Since the rest of the exhaust is stainless, I didn't want to put crappy galvanized on there and have it rust in a year.

Now, if I can scrape together the cash for one of Lampoon's intakes, I will be set.

Resonator Delete = DDDDRRROOOOWWWNNN!!! Its gonna sound more like a ricer.... you will hear that thing going 65 on the interstate like crazy... In my opinion thats annoying... unless of course you like the ricers...

I'm really looking for a way to give it a sound and power increase that's not too ricey, or too deep. Just...noticeable.

Well I am going to remove the muffler under the trunk, by a new two outlet rear fascia and split the exhaust into two pipes off one, then install two Flowmaster series 40 mufflers. Nice sound, not too loud, no drown. Here is a Charger with a 3.5L equipped with Flowmasters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1KZUu9R0s



This has no Resonator....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYLycfgFLIM

ok so I ended up actually going through with the cutout of the res. and welding straight pipe.. if you havent already.. DONT. its sounds GAY. it sound snice and rumbly at idle.. but its sooo raspy and stuff its annoying. sounds worse then any ricer I've heard.. oh and it pops alot too

Put a nice flow through there like a 4" magnaflow. It will keep some of the low
and kill allot of the rasp and pop but you need to swap that back muffler with something else to really awaken it to a nice quiet yet loud rumble.

;4897']Has anyone done it?

I just got it done today.it sounds decent for how much it cost me.Only around 20 bucks.still has a bit of a rasp but only at higher rpms.im please with it.but its just a start for me:)

I just got it done today.it sounds decent for how much it cost me.Only around 20 bucks.still has a bit of a rasp but only at higher rpms.im please with it.but its just a start for me:)

how bout a sound clip?

Well I am going to remove the muffler under the trunk, by a new two outlet rear fascia and split the exhaust into two pipes off one, then install two Flowmaster series 40 mufflers. Nice sound, not too loud, no drown. Here is a Charger with a 3.5L equipped with Flowmasters.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1KZUu9R0s



This has no Resonator....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYLycfgFLIM

What flowmasters muffler did you use on the g6 pontiac? its sounds nice.id like to get one like that.i just cut the resonator out on my gtp and it sounds better but just too raspy and popping too much.i like how yours sounds:)

how bout a sound clip?

heres what i was able to get.it doesnt sound too great cause of it being on an iphone.but its the best i got.:) has a rasp in the middle of the video that i dont like but only does that around 2500 rpms.tell me what ya think

http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/dylan256/?action=view&current=1268419844.flv

heres what i was able to get.it doesnt sound too great cause of it being on an iphone.but its the best i got.:) has a rasp in the middle of the video that i dont like but only does that around 2500 rpms.tell me what ya think

http://s275.photobucket.com/albums/jj298/dylan256/?action=view&current=1268419844.flv

that is exactly what i don't want...that "raspy" sound you get when you let off the gas is "rollover" and the "rocks in a folgers can" is from your exhaust not being tuned...and this is from removing just the resonator and putting in a straight pipe, right? you might want to look into getting a resonator to replace that straight pipe.

I put straight Y pipes on my v8 f150 it sounded bad ass but after about 6 months I got clogged catalyc converters due to the backpressure not having a muffler to filter it in. So I got stuck with a 700 dollar expense. So i had the cats hollowed out which is illegal but when i started to drive my truck had no take off power at all so I put a dual outlet muffler back on and it fixed the problem. So I now know Why strait pipes are for nascars that are ran wide open with no red lights lol This is why cat back exhasut systems give the best sound and performance which will replace the resonator and muffler your tired of looking at.:D

how difficult would it be to just cut out the muffler and connect the pipes?
would not having a muffler be "bad"?

second thought, how hard do you think it would be to just replace the old muffler with a new flowmaster etc.?

how difficult would it be to just cut out the muffler and connect the pipes?
would not having a muffler be "bad"?

second thought, how hard do you think it would be to just replace the old muffler with a new flowmaster etc.?

ive read on here that removing the muffler and installing a straight pipe in its place had little to no effect on the sound/performance...then again, i dont think anyone posted a video of it either...

well i removed my resonator and put a straight pipe in also deleted my muffler and put 4inch fireball mufflers on and it sounds great to me... at low rpm it sounds more like a magnaflow exhaust but when i get on the throttle it sounds more like a import sound... the only other defect with my exhaust set up is i have to put in an X pipe to get rid of the poppin noise on deceleration. if i had a camera i would post a vid but i dont.

2006 G6 GTP 3.9L

So I keep reading too much questions and answers over all I want to change the two of my 06 g6 v6 sedan out of everybodys opion what would be just the best way to do this....just getting a 40 series muffler from magnaflow take off old muffler and replace this from the stock? Just want a straight up answer thank you...

So I keep reading too much questions and answers and can't get a straight answer...over all I want to change the tone of my 06 g6 v6 sedan out of everybodys opion what would be just the best way to do this....just getting a 40 series muffler from magnaflow take off old muffler and replace this from the stock? Just want a straight up answer thank you...

that is what I plan to do carlos, I'm getting a magnaflow muffler and a different tip and am going to put that on, I figured this way if I don't like the sound I can just keep moving up the car till I get the right sound I'm looking for.

Does a different tip make a difference? And moving on up like moving the location of the muffler or changing it out?

no I just want a different look coming out of it. and moving up as in move to the catalytic converter and closer to the engine till I get the tone I want.

sounds kind of pricey...but yeah idk what i want to do yet i got alot of stuff im doing all at once want to get the car done with everything as fast as i can u know...but ima have to try it out and see what i can get out of it...

Ya I agree, I want to do so much, but the budget doesn't allow being in high school still and college coming up next year, but I thought starting with a muffler that I found on amazon for $40 would be a lot better than a full system

What does everyonething about putting the flowmaster outlaw muffler on a g6? Would that be okay?

I cut out my resonator and stock muffler, replaced the resonator with a straight pipe and dropped in a 40 series muffler in place of the stock, and personally I love it. It has a great sound at start up an idle, and a nice sound at higher rpms

how bout a sound clip?

how bout a sound clip?

my camera wouldn't do it justice...:(

i have the resonator removed and i could probably upload a video but it would be from my cell phone and that wouldnt be that great.

So far the best exhaust I've heard after listening to what seems like a thousand clips I've decided to leave the resonator and replace the muffler with a flowmaster 80 series with dual tail pipes. It keeps the deep throuaty sound without the ricer whine and pop.

So far the best exhaust I've heard after listening to what seems like a thousand clips I've decided to leave the resonator and replace the muffler with a flowmaster 80 series with dual tail pipes. It keeps the deep throuaty sound without the ricer whine and pop.

do you have a link to a video or sound clip of this?

I havehad the resisnator removed and I have custom flowmaster 40 series duals on my 05gt I cut the bumper on the passenger side to run duals and it looks Great can't even tell it's cut and it is loud but that's how I wanted it I did te exhaust first and left it there but I was way too quite I u go to YouTube and type in 05 g6gt custom flowmaster exhaust I have two videos they don't do it any justice but they ok I love how Loud it is and I'm gonna try to get another video to put on tonorrow

do you have a link to a video or sound clip of this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayHLjlWb0BA

^that is stock all the way to the muffler, then it goes...
-80 series muffler 1 in 2 out
inlet hole is 2.5 the outlet holes are 2.5
then 2.5 pipping to the tips.
the tips are 3.5

this has the resonator!

this is the same muffler with out the resonator, with a 22" glasspack in place of it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxWGXpIwB20

he repipped it from that cat with 2.5 pipes to the 80 series muffler, then did 2.5" pipes to the tips and put on 4" tips

i put on a magnaflow muffler with duel outlet and when i put in on it was quiter than the stock one with a little differnt sound deeper insted of cuting out like the stock one so i decited to cut off the resanator and wow what a deffernce sounds like a 350z or of that sound but i like it and with tap shift like i have it sounds better i'd say if you have a standard it would be even nicer but me i dont mind loud cars trucks i love to hear the exhaust

I have a 2008 GXP Coupe 3.6 and just had full dual exhaust (cat back) w/ Magnaflow mufflers and it sounds like a rice burner !!!! What did I do wrong ?

It needs the resonators to cut the rasp IMHO....
If you cut them out replace them with flow through magnaflow or glasspacks
then run to the one muffler single in dual out camaro muffler in back and it will sound great.

Again...imho

I know everyone has an opinion on sound.

My muffler shop is going to a an x-pipe up front then run dual flowmasters at the rear. I'm hopeing it sounds good !!!!!! Next I need to get an intake any suggestions ???

Thanks

Let us know how it sounds & take pix!

After swapping out 3 different mufflers (Off Brand Turbos, Magnaflows, and 40 Series Flowmasters) I ended up going with full duals through an x-pipe into dual Flowmasters 60 Series w/ OE tips !!!!! Really sounds good now !!!!!