Sorry for double post, but this is what the Australian mirage exhaust looks like:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2013-MITS...3af5803&_uhb=1
First is the cat, then the centre resonator, then a tiny rear muffler(if you could call it that)
Sorry for double post, but this is what the Australian mirage exhaust looks like:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2013-MITS...3af5803&_uhb=1
First is the cat, then the centre resonator, then a tiny rear muffler(if you could call it that)
Yup. That mid resonator is more than likely what gives us the hollow sound I was describing earlier.
Anyone got a body length measurement on the stock mid muffler?
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage es 1.2 manual: 43.7 mpg (US) ... 18.6 km/L ... 5.4 L/100 km ... 52.5 mpg (Imp)
Tons of good under car pics in this thread:
Thread: Hello everyone from US/2014 Cloud White Mirage ES
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
u.s. spec mirage has a 21 inch long mid muffler, thinking of replacing it with a magnaflow round muffler, keeping stock exhaust pipe diameter for now. my main aim for now is more sound.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage es 1.2 manual: 43.7 mpg (US) ... 18.6 km/L ... 5.4 L/100 km ... 52.5 mpg (Imp)
If you do this, take a look at the old muffler and see if it is a straight through type. You might have to tie a nut on to a string and lower it down into the muffler and see if it comes right out the other end. If it is a straight through type muffler then there might not be much to gain by changing it. I notice at idle, there is a nice exhaust note coming out of my Mirage, and this is the reason why I think it may be a low restriction muffler from the factory.
I need to go out and measure the diameter of the exhaust. I imagine it is either 1 3/4" or 2".
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage es 1.2 manual: 43.7 mpg (US) ... 18.6 km/L ... 5.4 L/100 km ... 52.5 mpg (Imp)
I am going to remove the resonator at the end of the exhaust first. I'll give it a bit and see how it is. If it's not good enough then I'll look at my options to replace the muffler. Dynomax has a muffler now that looks VERY appealing to me. It is a straight through muffler, but it has a baffle attached to a spring that decreases the volume when cruising. When you floor it through, the baffle moves out of the way and it is a true straight through muffler. I'm not sure which one I might try, but I do like the idea of this new Dynomax muffler.
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Funny I've been following this thread and I don't know if I have a runt but I have zero sound from my exhaust at idle. Weird.