What can I do to quiet down my exhaust?

[Torqstr]

When I got the car the original exhaust was shot, no muffler, pipe hanging by wire, and the manifold was cracked.

I replaced the manifold and downpipe with an eBay header setup, I then went to my local muffler shop and got them to custom-bend me a pipe and install a little cherry bomb (straight through design) for the time being until I find the muffler I want.

So here's my current setup:

stainless header > stainless downpipe > stainless hi-flo cat > custom-bent 2.25" tubing > cherry bomb

When I say it's loud that's an understatement. I had a setup similar to this on my old '84 Prelude and it wasn't loud at all, but that was a 1.8L motor and still had the original catalytic converter in place.

Well since it's pretty much a done deal now, what would you guys suggest just to quiet it down as much as possible?

I was thinking maybe replacing the cherry bomb straight-thru with one of those cherry bomb turbo II mufflers, that should quiet it down.

Anything else I can do for fairly cheap to quiet it down a lot? I'm not an exhaust expert at all.

Thanks.

[d112crzy]

are cherry bombs mufflers or resonators? ive always heard of them as resonators, if thats so , you need a muffler.

[cb7dazz]

From my experience every cherry bomb that i've used has been loud as hell. The only way to quiet it down is to change that muffler, dont use a straight thru muffler like that one you have, use a muffler that has chambers, the more chambers in the mufflers the quieter it will be. I dont know how quiet you want it but flowmaster makes nice mufflers they should quiet it down a bit. There are many different series though so do your homework before you buy cuz you might end up with something just as loud, good luck

[wed3k]

a really long resonator might cost you less than a new muffler

[gloryaccordy]

Get a resonator...

[92Lxsleeper]

u could get a muffler that comes with a silencer, so when u wanted to be heard, u could let it roar imo