i am investigating putting a pacesetter cat back on my 1999 2.2L cav. anybody had experience with them good or bad?
Are you curious about the sound or the "gains"?
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i mainly want to know about the gains, but if it sounds like crap i would like to know
Chase Hess wrote:i mainly want to know about the gains, but if it sounds like crap i would like to know
As far as gains, it will be just like any other cat-back system, honestly...it's piping & a muffler.
Sounding wise...I hear some people don't like their mufflers and the cat-back setup doesn't have resonators so you will probably be dissapointed on the sound portion but it depends on who's listening to it.
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i had heard that their mufflers werent too great. i wondered if i were to use pasesetter pipes with a flowmaster muffler if that might improve sound
Chase Hess wrote:i had heard that their mufflers werent too great. i wondered if i were to use pasesetter pipes with a flowmaster muffler if that might improve sound
Well if your going to do that, you might as well have some shop make you a cat-back setup with a muffler and resonator of your choice...could come out the same price or cheaper and you'll have something that you actually like and not modified to your liking.
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i heard the pacesetter cat back sounds like crap and tends to rust and fall off within a year
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...yep, Ive personally SEEN a pacesetter system rust and pit, on my buddies civic hb. looked terrible, like a junkyard special. save to get a better system..though the pacesetter header works well, looks nice (the armor coated one)
...don't hate!.. respect people that have talent, even if it is in something you don't like or understand.
rusting all depends on where you live , the pipes are aluminized steel
if you live in a area that uses road salt , or rains excessively , rust can be a problem
and with road salt if you dont wash the exhaust like you wash your car the salt will eat through causing rust alot sooner
there is no resonator
some cars ive heard the exhaust on sounded good , others needed a resonator
the mufflers had been changed recently , so they are quiter than the previous mufflers
well, considering what ive heard here, does anyone have good experiences with a fairly inexpensive catback for 99 2.2 cav?
...magnaflow is what most people seem to have...probably just around $100.00 more than the pacesetter one, and 3X better quality. SOunds nice, too.
...don't hate!.. respect people that have talent, even if it is in something you don't like or understand.
catback? custom. stay away from those Pacesetter Monza catbacks.
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soul horse wrote:...magnaflow is what most people seem to have...probably just around $100.00 more than the pacesetter one, and 3X better quality. SOunds nice, too.
ive heard pacesetter's that sound better than my rk/maganflow single
mine sounds like a$$
I had the Pacesetter cat-back (that I ordered from Summit Racing) for about a year and a half. The sound wasn't too bad, however it was just a bit raspy at times especially when cold, when at full throttle, and while slowing down. Personally I disliked the black paint and yellow tip that extended from the muffler, plus how far the tip stuck out from the rest of the car.
Since that time though, I have switched to a custom cat back with a Magnaflow muffler and the difference is amazing. I recommend going with another option rather that Pacesetter. Hope this helps bro!
