silencer removal

[suicide commando]

hi i found this video on youtube made from a guy in this forum:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLXhxgVmN10
my question is: is this a stock j30 mufler? because i dont see, at least on mine, any kind of silencer. if it is how do you remove it?
eventually ill instal something nice when i have the extra money but for now this would be nice.

[jdurrty]

Hahah that's me!

The exhaust on the J30 is a true dual exhaust, with dual cats and dual mufflers, up until you hit that big monstrosity of a muffler sticking out the back bumper(I just called it a silencer for the video). The (silencer) attaches to the exhaust system behind the rear axles with just 2 nuts, 14mm I think. One side of the tubing is bolted together while the other side slips on. Remove the two bolts, give the other side a good wiggle and the silencer should pull right out leaving your J30 sounding roughly like mine does in the video. Good luck!

[suicide commando]

Ah awesome. Thank you.

[suicide commando]

So the mufflers are before that big monster in the back? Is the only purpose for that to silence?

[jdurrty]

Here is a picture of the underbelly of my J30, a little small, but you can get the idea. The crude, green arrow points out the section where the silencer bolts to the mufflers before it, the drivers side muffler is the one that slips on. I cut the pipes halfway between the silencer and the mufflers while welding up a new exhaust system, this is why there are the bents pipes from the silencer, but no silencer. If that makes sense.

[suicide commando]

so you got rid of it completely? i would like to remove it if i can then run the pipes out to the back.

[Talamascan]

About how much does the rear silencer weigh?

[yodawill2000]

I would guess a good 35/40 Lbs.
I cut mine out and ran pipes to the back with chrome tips long ago.
Its actually called a "Resonator".

[suicide commando]

alright i got rid of this guy now i need to run some pipes to the back. would it make any sense to run bigger pipes after the muffler or should i just keep it the same?

[Mkiisupra]

Post pictures.

[suicide commando]

Jdurrty posted a picture^
That's how mine looks now

[suicide commando]

Yoda what size pipes did you run to the back. Same as stock or bigger?

[yodawill2000]

Stock
Be sure to leave the hangers intact.
They can use them to hang the pipes.

[J30tChumpCar]

Are you doing this for a performance increase or just to make it sound different?

[suicide commando]

Mainly just sound

[yodawill2000]

you get a little drone at cruising.
But it will turn a head when you go WOT..

[suicide commando]

As it is now without new pipes running to the back with the resonator off its pretty loud at a lower rpm.

[yodawill2000]

its releasing under the cabin.
It will tone down when you pipe it to the rear.