Exhaust

I have a '03 and was under it for the first time the other day checking
things out. I noticed what looked like a minature muffler between the cat
and the big muffler, what is this little thing?
Can it be taken out and what are the pluses and minuses of doing so?

Thanks.

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Clark Friedrichs /

In article >,
"Clark Friedrichs" > wrote:

> I have a '03 and was under it for the first time the other day checking
> things out. I noticed what looked like a minature muffler between the cat
> and the big muffler, what is this little thing?

It's a resonator, a small muffler that tunes the sound of the exhaust
system. The only effect of removing it would be a louder, raspy exhaust
tone that would probably annoy you. No extra power, and very little
weight saving.

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Lanny Chambers
'94C, St. Louis
http://www.hummingbirds.net/alignment.html