Only the ones where ignorance lays......
Well, in that case, it would be, 'where ignorance lies...' and where is the ignorance here? I saw a pretty intelligent, relevant conversation until you started spouting off and attacking people for having opinions that differ from yours.
If the resonator is such an imperative part of said system, then why isn't it on every car?
Because every exhaust system on every car is DIFFERENT. Therefore, not every exhaust system on every car uses dual inlets and single outlets. Some use SISO, some use DIDO, some use SIDO, some use DISO, some use two separate cans all together. Every vehicle has its unique characteristics, and exhaust systems are no exception. That's why the OEMs work so hard to optimize a system for a particular vehicle. The same exhaust that works great on an OHV engine may not work (by a number of different criteria) on a SOHC motor. An exhaust that works well in a 4-door may drone like he11 in a 2-door, or vice-versa. The OEMs spend countless hours testing and tuning the SYSTEM, not just one piece of one pipe. But I digress....
For the record, I never said it was an imperative part of every exhaust system out there. I simply stated that the general consensus on this board was that for the 4.0 SOHC in a second-gen Explorer, the conclusion I've drawn from my personal experience and that of others on this board is that the Flow 50 SUV muffler tends to drone if used without a resonator, and doesn't tend to drone when used with a resonator. I've found a unique set of circumstances where I've made an observation that seems to ring true in most cases. What's wrong with that?
And how many cars made post 1974 will ever become classics, realistically? None, cause nobody wants those pieces of **** that are hammered with emissions components, have crap for power, and are quiet unless there is a football sized hole in the muffler.
Incorrect. YOU don't want them for whatever reason. YOU don't have to. However, not everyone shares your opinion. We're all entitled to our opinions, but we're not wrong just because our opinion isn't the same as yours.
People want the classics because they were big blocks, loud as hell, and fast as ****. Can't you see it now, the year 2040, and you buying a 1992 Explorer Eddie B for $67,000? It'll be a true classic
Boy, funny how an old MG, or Austin-Healey, or even a Pinto, which was never a big-block and never loud as hell and never made a whole lot of power is such a collector's item, huh? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Yes, some day, that 84 escort rotting in the back yard will be a museum piece. (In fact, it's in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, along with a Mustang-II among others) Nobody could predict that the Edsel, one of Ford's most notable flops by all accounts, would be a collector's item. How many early-80s Mustangs do you see at Mustang shows? How many model-T's or model A's did Ford make??? Hardly loud big-blocks by any stretch of the imagination, yet they fetch a fortune at auction.
Practice what you preach.
Umm, OK... whatever that means. Care to tell me what I'm preaching exactly??
Whew! Talk about being off-topic!
