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babaron

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« on: September 10, 2010, 12:18:28 AM »
I'm getting a crossflow muffler installed on my '69 L78 tomorrow am and was wondering if anyone has any experience with resonators. They are on there now (w/o the muffler) and I need to decide if I am to leave them on or remove them. I belie ???ve either way would be correct for a 5E build.  I think it's too loud now but would like to keep a low rumble with the muffler.  Any thoughts?
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Re: resonators
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2010, 12:53:05 AM »
Lots of mis-info on resonators.

They were used in production on dual exhaust Camaros starting on Day One, 1966. When Chevy had to quickly drop chambered exhaust as standard equipment on Z/28, L34 & L78 Camaros there weren't enough in the pipeline. So for a short time SOME cars were built with a single muffler only; some did get resonators. The under chassis photos of the 02D built #3 ZL-1 show it was built with them. By 05E all standard dual exhaust cars had them.

We did the #4 ZL-1 with a stock muffler/resonator system and it was very quiet.
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Re: resonators
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2010, 01:03:08 AM »
Thanks, William.  So you think that I should take them off and go with just the crossflow muffler if I want to leave a low rumble?
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Re: resonators
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2010, 02:20:16 AM »
In my experience the muffler only system has an odd, tinny sound.
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Re: resonators
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2010, 04:13:31 PM »
Thanks, I decided to just leave it as is, with resonators only. It sounds like a "muscle car" this way.
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