Celica Forums General Discussion Engine and Performance Tanabe Racing Exhaust

I have a Tanabe Racing Exhaust. It came along with a muffler. It dosn't make a deep sound like i thought it was going to make. So those of you who have this exhaust how does yours sound and if you have the same problem how did you make it sound good.

Which one do you have?

There are 3 kinds, the Hyper Medallion, the Super Medallion, and the Ultra Medallion.

Each one sounds different. Most people tend to like the Super Medallion...

I have the Super Medallion.

have a clip of what it sounds like?

There is no sound coming from it. It sounds like a stock exhaust because it came with a muffler from Tanabe. So i think that is why it dosn't have a deep growl to it. I think i have to just take the muffler out and put a straight pipe.

take out the resonater thats after the cat before the tsm

its very very very loud with out the muffler i had mine off and i couldnn't hear a damn thing execept the damn exhaust

what do you mean? can you show a diagram or a picture to clarify what you mean?

If you want it to be louder, take off the resonator. Its the canister/bulge in the mid pipe. Its located between the cat and the muffler.

exhaust on car goes
header---cat---resonater---then your after market exhaust


so if you go to a muf shop and say " i want my resonater after the cat removed and a pipe installed they will say ok 50$

My tanabe exhaust system, the tsrm, sounds excellent. I dont know why yours doesnt make a nice LOUD DEEEPPP sound like most of them...Do what these guys are telling you to do, and it will sound louder. I had a shop install mine, so they may have taken the resonater off for me

My TSRM sound very nice! I like it more than the TRD one. Don't take off your resonater..bye

that doesn't sound right...
my TSRM was loud, i could hear it from a good distance and it was a low sound
my TRD is quieter but im gonna make it loud

if you just put it on, it does take a few miles for the ecu to adapt to the higher flow of exhaust, so it wont be as loud as it gets. i noticed this too when i installed mine. i too thought it sounded too close to stock, after about 2 days, it started getting louder and then about a week after it got pretty loud