Embarasing Exhaust !

[Sprey]

Sprey, did you notice a loss in low-end torque at all yet? When I switched to a Flowmaster Hushpower II I lost back pressure and ended up losing some low-end grunt. It farts a bit when cool but sounds pretty good when it is warmed up!

So far it feels the same. Ive only driven home which is 50kmh 90% of the way besides one tiny 80kmh bit so ill have to give it a decent run then report back.

[crotchrocket]

Cut the square flanges off the cats & weld em' on da pipe......

what do i do whan i have to put the cat back on once a year ????

[Ldub]

what do i do whan i have to put the cat back on once a year ????

Sorry..., didn't realize that was an issue.


Duct tape?...

[crotchrocket]

Sorry..., didn't realize that was an issue.


Duct tape?...

yep, it either needs to be solved with duct tape, a hammer or WD40 as that IS my tool box

[Robbomaz]

I did loss some of it though,specially after i added the 2nd muffler
I'm running with one pipe of 2" each side (OEM diameter)
The mufflers aren't high performance,but half the size of the OEM muffler.
The trick here is the pipe's diameter.My mufflers are very loud on the middle RPM's,they triggers any car's alarm when ever i push down on the gas pedal but it growls very good according to neighbors living three blocks away LOL.
However i'm aware this set up have to be redesigned,just isn't the time.

I've scheduled a dyno test for my horse on augst with the current exhaust configuration & figured out how much HP is the horse handling.
I think our 215 hp engine doesn't give us much of options to gain a nice exhaust growl such as the subaru impreza STI.

Can we ?
Opinions please

The note is a product of the firing order as well as the mufflers/pipes. Some engines just sound plain nasty no matter what you try
Mine is getting played with soon - having a tray back makes it easy to experiment - NA first then later with a supercharger. Although it's likely what fits under my Frankensoozoo will not fit under a VX I'll keep yas posted.

[djvx]

VX STICKERS (MEMBER) has a nice sound. I'm thinkin'of doin' what he did.

[newthings]

Has anyone tried an Edelbrock SDT muffler? They make an 18" flat oval model with no fiberglass to blow out. They make a stainless steel version for about $170.
Roy