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Originally Posted by abs
is the resonator the same as the catalytic converter?
also I have the Invidia N1 catback and so far it's pretty quiet on idle and not excessively loud so i've been wanting to get the catless dump pipe to make it TBE so leme know which one you go for...then again i do drive it daily and at night pass by a lot of cops :/ |
they are two different things and serve two different purposes, although from the outside they can sometimes look similar..
The resonator is typically a straight through pipe with perforations and packed with sound deading material. Used to change the exhaust note.
The cat converter has the catalyst material in the pipe itself and exposed to the exhaust flow. Used for emissions to remove nasty stuff in the exhaust fumes.
cat converter
resonator cut in half
