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will a muffler give same sound as a full exhaust system?

i wanted to get a HKS, Injen, or Borla muffler but i wanted to know if it will make my car much louder. will it give it the same sound as if i was to get a full exhaust system. i have a 94 Honda Civic if that makes a difference

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it will voice it, but the noise levels, and tone and of course feel can be manipulated.just by changing small things, you can tone it down, up, or free it up.you mean you want your car louder?last exhaust i built was very loud below 1800 rpm, very very throaty, and above got very quiet.when i say throaty, you could hear me coming around 1.5 miles away
No. Generally the sound from exhaust (at least a catback) comes from the resonator (or lack thereof) not the muffler. In the case of a header it comes from the cat (or lack thereof). If you have a stock 4 cylinder (generally speaking) exhaust will sound horrid on your car. My recommendation is to replace the header/cat and not the cat back because it will sound and perform better.

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