I have a Ninja Back box ( like the one in the picture)




Now my centre section looks like this, which I believe has a resonater.






So the question is, if I swapped my centre section as it is for the centre section in the first picture (which has a silencer) would it be any louder ? Or does the silencer and the resonator do essentially the same thing?

 

I think it would be louder mate. Mine is as the first picture and is loud !

 

louder

 

okay so 2 people think louder .

Could anyone explain ( in big type and small words ) the difference between a resonator and a silencer

 

Im not an expert on exhausts - but i beleive it could be down to the silencer being larger and containing more baffles and silencing mesh etc then a resonator.....

hope that helps....

 

is that right ? just the resonator looks blooming larger than the silencer

 

I have an Afterburner backbox, which I guess is similar in sound to the Ninja. I fitted an Afterburner deresonated centre pipe a few months ago - it definitely sounds louder now, a deeper growl. I don't think it made a big difference though.

 

A resonator removes the "boominess" of the exhaust. I think that's the technical term.

Yep, louder & deeper.

 

As a rule of thumb the closer you get to a straight through pipe the louder it gets. The quieter back boxes tend to have larger boxes where as something like the RCMS Team Ice Box is as close as you can get to a straight pipe Same would apply to the Silencer/resonator I guess the greater the capacity the less noise.

 

The silenecer is the one in the second pic, the resonator is the one the end of the centre section in the first pic....

cheers

 

not doubting you but how come this website describes them like this

Scoobyparts Ltd TORNADO REAR DE-CAT PIPE (CLASSIC)

with that being a silencer and

Scoobyparts Ltd MAGNEX RESONATED REAR DE-CAT PIPE
and this being a resonator.

I dont mind so much, I just want to know if I can swap mine out for a throtty noise without being too noisy and boomy on motorway journeys

 

A resonator is designed to remove noise from a limited range of frequencies, as stated to reduce noise in the car, but a back box can also do this my TSL jap-style bb was horribly boomy on the motorway at the limit....

Whereas my TSL Group N bb is nice and throaty, but not too loud if driven normally, or on the motorway.

HTH

DunxC

P.S. So a bit louder, but not always in a good way, it's a bit anti-PC to have a really loud exhaust IMHO LOL

 

.............. Swiss has been spending WAY too much time in General.....

 

I hear you (well not literally, but I guess I could )

Girlfriends scoob sounds better than mine, but then hers is too noisy on motorways, whereas mine is pretty quiet and you can talk to people on the phone etc without shouting in the car.

Tricky one....I dont give a flying **** about being PC and all that tosh. I am far too old to be sensible and courteous

 

I have havent I .....

* mental note to myself. Stop asking technical questions when I havent got a clue what the replies mean *

 

Definately louder with the new centre pipe

 

get straight pipe will be louder then

 

Thanks guys (and you steve )

all as clear as mud

 

That would be ear muff time Chris

 

who said muff