extra rev sound like a v-tec? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

Turk_Rolla · 07-22-2006, 10:43 AM

OK so i gotten my cat cut and my muffler is cut on my 98 corolla LE, i have my new preformance muffler but im waiting for a part, now i driven for a while USUALLY with some music on, but the only time i didn't at about 50-80+mph i hear the engine (not like a v-tec its just louder maybe cuz i dont have those two on my exhaust system and maybe cuz it was in the last gears.)sounds like on a manual shifting down when let off on the gas its an automatic with overdrive. do you think it prolly hit the last gear and since i have no cat or muffler thats why i can hear it?
usually on the freeway 50+mph the last gear and the overdrive gear, hold like a manual (im assumeing thats normal cuz when i gotten the car it was like that and my mom never drove it hard, only to work and home) so do you think the sound could be normal since i dont have those two on the exhaust system?

AVANT · 07-22-2006, 02:48 PM

I don't understand what you're saying...

DoubleEdgedWomb · 07-22-2006, 07:43 PM

Overdrive shouldn't slip much (at all) on most any automatic.

Turk_Rolla · 07-23-2006, 02:57 AM

like instead of the regular pitched sound on highways speeds, the engine is louder , could it be the head gasket? or could it be the fact that i have both no muffler or cat?

Kr0n1k · 07-23-2006, 09:02 PM

The head gasket?? And let me get this straight... you basically have no exhaust, and you are wondering why your car is louder?

daniel2002p · 07-23-2006, 09:39 PM

wait???? you have no muffler and no cat????? so you are running a straight pipe from the headers to the back of the car..... well there is the cause for the increased engine noise

Turk_Rolla · 07-23-2006, 10:25 PM

i had neither of the two for a while but all of a sudden it got louder i do not know why.
i know why its loud cuz i dont hows those two

Kr0n1k · 07-23-2006, 11:46 PM

Try fixing your exhaust. By fixing I mean having a CAT and MUFFLER. Also, if the sraight pipe is on there with exhaust clamps and flex pipe, it is probably loose and/or has holes in it. Just get a new exhaust. Your VTEC hasn't kicked in, you don't have it.

punter · 07-24-2006, 12:05 AM

I recommend unbolting the entire exhaust, even the manifold, your car will get M4D 3rd Ge4r v4ax, plus it is a 100% weight saving in exhaust components.

(note: there may be some downsides to doing the above "mod")