Anybody running vibrant ultra quiet resonators?

[scmtkings4]

Hi guys, anybody running the vibrant ultra quiet resonators in place of the baby resonators?

Trying to cut down on some drone on my car but not sure if this is an improvement over the baby resonators. Anybody happen to measure the size of the baby resonators? I'm also wondering if the downpipes are spaced enough for me to be able to fit the two vibrants side by side.

Below are pics of the baby resonators and the vibrants for those unsure what I'm talking about

Thanks all

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[king_j]

What exhaust are you running?


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[scmtkings4]

What exhaust are you running?


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awe touring

Also I should specify that my plan is to run this after I go test pipes. So I'm trying to find ways to cut down on the drone that I know will be coming

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[wes8398]

I've read a countless number of threads/posts between here and the Facebook group about people using the Ultra Quiets in various applications on this system. All seem to point toward them being very effective. I think the concensus is that the more forward they are in th system, the more effective they are in smoothing the sound out.

[timmyzr1]

Im curious to find out if those resonator would be, MORE or LESS in sounds levels compared to OEM one!!??

[intimdatr]

They will likely be less dB than the OE resonators on the down pipes.

[scmtkings4]

I've read a countless number of threads/posts between here and the Facebook group about people using the Ultra Quiets in various applications on this system. All seem to point toward them being very effective. I think the concensus is that the more forward they are in th system, the more effective they are in smoothing the sound out.

Hm interesting, I have not read that. How forward for they need to be? I plan on putting them exactly where the baby resonators are. Hopefully a little more forward if there is room

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[scmtkings4]

They will likely be less dB than the OE resonators on the down pipes.

Have you ran these before?

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[timmyzr1]

Hi guys, anybody running the vibrant ultra quiet resonators in place of the baby resonators?

Trying to cut down on some drone on my car but not sure if this is an improvement over the baby resonators. Anybody happen to measure the size of the baby resonators? I'm also wondering if the downpipes are spaced enough for me to be able to fit the two vibrants side by side.

Below are pics of the baby resonators and the vibrants for those unsure what I'm talking about

Thanks all

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Did you actually bought them? I will give them a try next spring! Ill take off touring mufflers to replace with track version. Then ill have the baby resonator cut off the oem line and replace with Vibrant resonators. I figure they will be more efficient on cutting rasp and drones than OEM! We shall see!!

[scmtkings4]

Did you actually bought them? I will give them a try next spring! Ill take off touring mufflers to replace with track version. Then ill have the baby resonator cut off the oem line and replace with Vibrant resonators. I figure they will be more efficient on cutting rasp and drones than OEM! We shall see!!

I have not bought them yet. I will go out to measure the baby resonators this weekend just to get a rough idea on sizing. If they are close in size to the vibrants than I am not sure if they will offer much improvement over the baby resonators. I am still researching though

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[timmyzr1]

They will be a major upgrade for sure

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[scmtkings4]

Not sure if anybody is interested or not but i just crawled under my car for some rough estimates.

The vibrants are definitely a little bigger than the baby resonators. I measured the length at around 7.25 - 7.5". Compared to 9.75" for the vibrant.

Also, the width across the resonators was hard to measure (I had very little room, car was just on rhino ramps) and it LOOKED like it was around 5.5" across or so (need a caliper to confirm). Compared to 6.5" across for the vibrants.

The height of the resonator I could not get. So my concern now is a possible fitment issue

[timmyzr1]

Wow i thought baby resonator was bigger than that!!

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[RidgebackRigs]

Probably not going to fit due to size, perhaps you can look at some vibrant bottle style resonators

[scmtkings4]

Probably not going to fit due to size, perhaps you can look at some vibrant bottle style resonators

Yup that's one of my concerns as well. Not sure if I'd be able to fit them side by side in that location.

The bottle style resonators would be a downgrade to the baby resonators is my guess.

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[timmyzr1]

My car is at the shop now, Stock DPs modded with a xpipe to 2 vibrant resonator, to AWE xpipe/ muffler to rear track section! They do fit, but its quite a job!

[scmtkings4]

My car is at the shop now, Stock DPs modded with a xpipe to 2 vibrant resonator, to AWE xpipe/ muffler to rear track section! They do fit, but its quite a job!

Nice! Yeah i forgot to come back to update this thread but I found 2 guys running vibrants at baby resonator location. It does fit but it's super tight so you'll have to play around with it.

I think I'll be going with flowmaster hp2 mufflers that i found another user go with. The size and dimensions of this should fit better.


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[timmyzr1]

im also adding a xpipe in front of them! Cant wait to hear that tomorrow!!

[MSq5]

FWIW: The Vibrant Ultra Quiet resos have an excellent reputation for killing drone. I've not used them with our engine, but have with other forced induction engines (turbo) with big 3" catless exhausts. They were very effective. They are a straight through design, so no power loss.

The issue will be finding room. If catless, they need to be up high. If cats are still in place, its less critical.

[timmyzr1]

FWIW: The Vibrant Ultra Quiet resos have an excellent reputation for killing drone. I've not used them with our engine, but have with other forced induction engines (turbo) with big 3" catless exhausts. They were very effective. They are a straight through design, so no power loss.

The issue will be finding room. If catless, they need to be up high. If cats are still in place, its less critical.

they fit right where the bayby resonators were, with little fabs. Pipe needs to be angled to clear the tunnel.

[timmyzr1]

Im back from getting the car back, result THE BEST S4 SOUNDING I EVER HEARD!!! Sounds literally like a R32!! Absolutely no rasp whatsoever, and drone is about the same as it was with Touring on on stock DPs. But louder on the loader still quiet when coasting. and such a clean and incredible sounds all the way to redline!! No wierd whisttle or rasp zone. Still costed me less than buying new resonated dps!! So glad i went this way! The Xpipe right at beginning of the DP, s help scavenging and create an equal and clean V6 sounds!bcf1.jpgbcf2.jpgbcf3.jpgbcf4.jpgbcf5.jpg

[ventovr6qc]

soundclip? and where did you have it done?

[ventovr6qc]

i see you did it at BCF?
nice!

[timmyzr1]

i see you did it at BCF?
nice!

Yup BCF!! Ben is very knowledgeable! I'll try to get some, or swing by!

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[ventovr6qc]

where are you?
i work 5 mins from Ben's shop

[Iwantyourcar]

I have the awe race, but added these to the rear where the touring resonators would be. Cut down on noise quite a bit. It’s clean and precise. Drone is still there but minimized and the sound seems to have moved more toward the rear of the car if that makes sense.


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[timmyzr1]

where are you?
i work 5 mins from Ben's shop

Im in chambly area!

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[timmyzr1]

I have the awe race, but added these to the rear where the touring resonators would be. Cut down on noise quite a bit. It’s clean and precise. Drone is still there but minimized and the sound seems to have moved more toward the rear of the car if that makes sense.


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I tried it at the back as well, And they are nowhere near as good as touring muffler for the drones. The 180 degrees(twins loop) AWE tech is really working. What i noticed with Vibrant resons welded onto the track section, is that the barely cut down the drones, but kills all the V6 rumbles!! So got rid of want i wanted to hear and kept the unwanted frequencies!! The keys to drones issues with these cars, is the downpipes. And merging exhaust pulse right at the beginning really help scavenging AND the exhaust note. Plus we used thicker SS, and the 2 much more effiency vibrant resonators did their job, to cut down drones. Now i would says around or 10% more drones than when i was Stock DPs and touring. I would says it have Polo tones, with less drone and 20% less overall volume, with ABSOLUTELY no rasp whatsoever!! Just an incredible clean and awesome sounds!! Highly recommanded!!

[Iwantyourcar]

I tried it at the back as well, And they are nowhere near as good as touring muffler for the drones. The 180 degrees(twins loop) AWE tech is really working. What i noticed with Vibrant resons welded onto the track section, is that the barely cut down the drones, but kills all the V6 rumbles!! So got rid of want i wanted to hear and kept the unwanted frequencies!! The keys to drones issues with these cars, is the downpipes. And merging exhaust pulse right at the beginning really help scavenging AND the exhaust note. Plus we used thicker SS, and the 2 much more effiency vibrant resonators did their job, to cut down drones. Now i would says around or 10% more drones than when i was Stock DPs and touring. I would says it have Polo tones, with less drone and 20% less overall volume, with ABSOLUTELY no rasp whatsoever!! Just an incredible clean and awesome sounds!! Highly recommanded!!

Good to know. I bought my track used and the previous owner welded the track section. I was going to have to cut anyway so I just opted for the vibrant for 200 bucks rather than the touring for 600 or so I think (can’t remember). Maybe I add down pipes at some point. Thanks for all the info!


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[timmyzr1]

Good to know. I bought my track used and the previous owner welded the track section. I was going to have to cut anyway so I just opted for the vibrant for 200 bucks rather than the touring for 600 or so I think (can’t remember). Maybe I add down pipes at some point. Thanks for all the info!


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If you already have the Vibrant reso's, then just get them fitted on oem DPs!! Even better than AWE downpipes for a fractions of the price!

[Iwantyourcar]

I tried it at the back as well, And they are nowhere near as good as touring muffler for the drones. The 180 degrees(twins loop) AWE tech is really working. What i noticed with Vibrant resons welded onto the track section, is that the barely cut down the drones, but kills all the V6 rumbles!! So got rid of want i wanted to hear and kept the unwanted frequencies!! The keys to drones issues with these cars, is the downpipes. And merging exhaust pulse right at the beginning really help scavenging AND the exhaust note. Plus we used thicker SS, and the 2 much more effiency vibrant resonators did their job, to cut down drones. Now i would says around or 10% more drones than when i was Stock DPs and touring. I would says it have Polo tones, with less drone and 20% less overall volume, with ABSOLUTELY no rasp whatsoever!! Just an incredible clean and awesome sounds!! Highly recommanded!!

Good to know. I bought my track used and the previous owner welded the track section. I was going to have to cut anyway so I just opted for the vibrant for 200 bucks rather than the touring for 600 or so I think (can’t remember). Maybe I add down pipes at some point. Thanks for all the info!


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[Iwantyourcar]

If you already have the Vibrant reso's, then just get them fitted on oem DPs!! Even better than AWE downpipes for a fractions of the price!

Nice. I’ll take your setup to my shop to see what they can do.


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[MSq5]

Im back from getting the car back, result THE BEST S4 SOUNDING I EVER HEARD!!! Sounds literally like a R32!! Absolutely no rasp whatsoever, and drone is about the same as it was with Touring on on stock DPs. But louder on the loader still quiet when coasting. and such a clean and incredible sounds all the way to redline!! No wierd whisttle or rasp zone. Still costed me less than buying new resonated dps!! So glad i went this way! The Xpipe right at beginning of the DP, s help scavenging and create an equal and clean V6 sounds!bcf1.jpgbcf2.jpgbcf3.jpgbcf4.jpgbcf5.jpg

Love it! That's what I'm going to do when my cats eventually fail - gut them and put an x-pipe right after the downpipes, then into the Vibrant Ultra Quiets, and stock the remaining way back.

I'm capturing your posted photos so I can show my muffler shop when the time comes. They have always worked great on turbo cars when placed right after catless downpipes, killing the drone dead. Volume was increased, but the tone was good - no drone, no rasp. Glad to hear it works for us, too.

Timmy, please post a sound clip.

[timmyzr1]

Love it! That's what I'm going to do when my cats eventually fail - gut them and put an x-pipe right after the downpipes, then into the Vibrant Ultra Quiets, and stock the remaining way back.

I'm capturing your posted photos so I can show my muffler shop when the time comes. They have always worked great on turbo cars when placed right after catless downpipes, killing the drone dead. Volume was increased, but the tone was good - no drone, no rasp. Glad to hear it works for us, too.

Timmy, please post a sound clip.

As soon as i can!! But its too damn cold now!! Now i waiting to get my LWCP to go stage 2!!

[Iwantyourcar]

Love it! That's what I'm going to do when my cats eventually fail - gut them and put an x-pipe right after the downpipes, then into the Vibrant Ultra Quiets, and stock the remaining way back.

I'm capturing your posted photos so I can show my muffler shop when the time comes. They have always worked great on turbo cars when placed right after catless downpipes, killing the drone dead. Volume was increased, but the tone was good - no drone, no rasp. Glad to hear it works for us, too.

Timmy, please post a sound clip.

Lol I also captured the pics for my shop.


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[A.C.]

Excellent topic. I have a shop who uses vibrant components for all of his builds. I will share this information when I’m ready. Currently running AWE track with stock DPs


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[timmyzr1]

Excellent topic. I have a shop who uses vibrant components for all of his builds. I will share this information when I’m ready. Currently running AWE track with stock DPs


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time will tell how they hold up!!

[MSq5]

time will tell how they hold up!!

On one of my cars I ran the same Vibrant Ultra Quiet reso for almost 11 years.

[timmyzr1]

On one of my cars I ran the same Vibrant Ultra Quiet reso for almost 11 years.

The only thing that my guy told me, is since supercharger cars makes lots of heat, he said he cant garranty how long they will hold up. Not saying that they wont, but told me about the magnaflow resonator blowing the insulation after few weeks! But we all know that Magnaflow is notorious for that! Like i said we'll see!

[MSq5]

The only thing that my guy told me, is since supercharger cars makes lots of heat, he said he cant garranty how long they will hold up. Not saying that they wont, but told me about the magnaflow resonator blowing the insulation after few weeks! But we all know that Magnaflow is notorious for that! Like i said we'll see!

Yeah, I have no idea what our exhaust gas temps reach, especially at high boost levels. On the car I referenced calculated exhaust gas temps approached 1500 F. The engine was a 2.3L four cylinder turbo. 3" single downpipe. That's about 400 hp exhaust flow through that single reso, located very high up just aft of a very short downpipe. We should be ok.