Hello, 4th gen fans.
I bought my first eclipse, a 2009 GT Spyder, just 3 months ago. I really like the car overall, but I need to do something about the exhaust. I don't know whether the exhaust I have is stock or not, but it does some pretty annoying, loud droning in the 1800 - 2700 RPM neighborhood. Mine is an automatic with the 5-speed Sportronic setup (which I really like). In Sport (auto-manual) mode, if I keep the RPM's around 3000, it's actually pretty quiet. At 4,000 and higher, it sounds really good all the way to redline, as though my exhaust system was tuned to perform in that range. So the first question is, does what I'm describing sound like what I should expect from a stock, OEM exhaust system? (I've never heard one of these with a stock setup for comparison.) And second, if this is what stock is supposed to sound like, I want to switch it out for something that sounds better at lower RPM's, ideally somewhat deep and throaty. Or even just something that was quiet with correct back pressure in that lower RPM range would be OK. I feel like just switching out the mufflers will do the trick, so can someone recommend a set of mufflers that will behave how I want?
Side note: It's mostly my wife that is driving my queries; she prefers me just keeping it in regular Drive mode--not Sport mode. Therefore, the engine usually runs in the droning RPM range, and she complains about it. When I put it in Sport mode and drive it hard, she feels like I'm going to wreck it and kill us both.
Any help, ideas, discussion, brainstorming, etc. is appreciated. Thanks, all.
-NateDawg875
I bought my first eclipse, a 2009 GT Spyder, just 3 months ago. I really like the car overall, but I need to do something about the exhaust. I don't know whether the exhaust I have is stock or not, but it does some pretty annoying, loud droning in the 1800 - 2700 RPM neighborhood. Mine is an automatic with the 5-speed Sportronic setup (which I really like). In Sport (auto-manual) mode, if I keep the RPM's around 3000, it's actually pretty quiet. At 4,000 and higher, it sounds really good all the way to redline, as though my exhaust system was tuned to perform in that range. So the first question is, does what I'm describing sound like what I should expect from a stock, OEM exhaust system? (I've never heard one of these with a stock setup for comparison.) And second, if this is what stock is supposed to sound like, I want to switch it out for something that sounds better at lower RPM's, ideally somewhat deep and throaty. Or even just something that was quiet with correct back pressure in that lower RPM range would be OK. I feel like just switching out the mufflers will do the trick, so can someone recommend a set of mufflers that will behave how I want?
Side note: It's mostly my wife that is driving my queries; she prefers me just keeping it in regular Drive mode--not Sport mode. Therefore, the engine usually runs in the droning RPM range, and she complains about it. When I put it in Sport mode and drive it hard, she feels like I'm going to wreck it and kill us both.
Any help, ideas, discussion, brainstorming, etc. is appreciated. Thanks, all.
-NateDawg875