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TISPKJ
Original Poster
1,201 posts
76 months
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Hi guys, I have read a little bit about capristo level 1 and level 3 exhausts over time, however can someone tell me if they have tried the level 1 with the decat pipes ?
I tried a car today with level 1 and to be honest I was not over impressed, sounds nice at 6000 revs + but pretty dare I say it boring at all other times.
I certainly didnt experiance this capristo scream ....
Comments please ...
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yetie
377 posts
76 months
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buy the loudest - you'll feel like a ten year old racer 
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Cactussed
4,314 posts
82 months
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I've got a lvl 2. Its plenty loud enough.
They're all the same noise once the valve opens, the only difference being the noise at idle.
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ok1
88 posts
16 months
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TISPKJ said: I tried a car today with level 1 and to be honest I was not over impressed, sounds nice at 6000 revs + but pretty dare I say it boring at all other times.
I certainly didnt experiance this capristo scream ....
Comments please ... Yea, what ever 355 you drove in was either a bad one or it still had cats fitted. I have heard a level one decatted Capristo (i only have a tubi untill i can buy a capristo). And they all sound like this level one de catted car under load. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqRNLJL9uEc&lis...
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Mario149
3,248 posts
47 months
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TISPKJ said: Hi guys, I have read a little bit about capristo level 1 and level 3 exhausts over time, however can someone tell me if they have tried the level 1 with the decat pipes ?
I tried a car today with level 1 and to be honest I was not over impressed, sounds nice at 6000 revs + but pretty dare I say it boring at all other times.
I certainly didnt experiance this capristo scream ....
Comments please ... I found the same thing with my level 1. As cactussed said, they're all the same with the valve open, but I switched to a level 2 as I felt that I wanted a bit more volume before the valve opens  level 2 is perfect for me. It occasionally sounds a little quiet, but only when I'm on a run with ridiculously loud cars on meetups where anything this side of an F1 car comes across as a tax quiet 
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rkanaga
217 posts
89 months
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Question from a lurker! Sorry if it has been asked before. What do you do about the MOT if you have a decanted car? Do you have to have them refitted just for the event? Is there a vintage of 355 which doesn't need cats?
Fabulous noise though, the only F car that would tempt me from my NSX would be a capristo'd 355, motoring nirvana IMHO!
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markcoznottz
1,945 posts
93 months
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TISPKJ said: Hi guys, I have read a little bit about capristo level 1 and level 3 exhausts over time, however can someone tell me if they have tried the level 1 with the decat pipes ?
I tried a car today with level 1 and to be honest I was not over impressed, sounds nice at 6000 revs + but pretty dare I say it boring at all other times.
I certainly didnt experiance this capristo scream ....
Comments please ... The difference on a level 1 capristo between having the cats fitted and decat is night and day. Decat level 1 sounds like this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4spHpz9X2CA&fea...
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TISPKJ
Original Poster
1,201 posts
76 months
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Sorry guys out for most of the day.
Managed to have a little play late this afternoon and wired open the bypass valve, not very nice at tickover and normal driving but at 3500 jesus it's just like an F1 car |
Not sure what to do now ....
Can a level 1 be converted to level 2 ? How about having valve part open at tickover ?
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Cactussed
4,314 posts
82 months
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Where are you based? I've been considering swapping to a lvl 1...
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JasonSF
170 posts
78 months
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Mario149
3,248 posts
47 months
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JasonSF said: AIUI when the valve opens you're allowing flow to bypass the cats anyway, so i shouldn't think there's too much difference. Main difference would be with valve closed which is what I found
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Mario149
3,248 posts
47 months
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ok1
88 posts
16 months
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Mario149 said: Hey isnt that in the same place as that red 355? You can tell yours has the cats still in place. They dont sound the same at all, yours has a lower tone. And yours is a level 2 you say? Strange. Two great sounds though never the less.
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BrendonJ
618 posts
108 months
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Go the capristo, and go the decat! In a tunnel it sounds like an F1 car, at full revs you'll hit 131db! At a sound off/rev off event at the Ace cafe the only thing louder was a certain (very) noisy tvr. Mind you I hear a tubi'd enzo is just nuts..
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markcoznottz
1,945 posts
93 months
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ok1 said: Hey isnt that in the same place as that red 355?
You can tell yours has the cats still in place. They dont sound the same at all, yours has a lower tone. And yours is a level 2 you say? Strange.
Two great sounds though never the less. General consensus on Ferrari chat and the like is that stage 1 decat is the dogs, and it is the decat that frees the exhaust up and gives it that pure F1 sound.
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ok1
88 posts
16 months
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I have occasionally read that ferrari chat forum, not a very nice place i think. This is my first ferrari forum, this seems a nice friendly place. But that aside. Yes i do need a level one capristo in my life i think. At the moment i have a tubi style with no cats. We all make mistakes
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markcoznottz
1,945 posts
93 months
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BrendonJ said: Go the capristo, and go the decat! In a tunnel it sounds like an F1 car, at full revs you'll hit 131db! At a sound off/rev off event at the Ace cafe the only thing louder was a certain (very) noisy tvr. Mind you I hear a tubi'd enzo is just nuts.. Level 1?
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Mario149
3,248 posts
47 months
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ok1 said: Mario149 said: Hey isnt that in the same place as that red 355? If you're talking about the old Circuit de Gueux near Reims then yes. ok1 said: You can tell yours has the cats still in place. They dont sound the same at all, yours has a lower tone. And yours is a level 2 you say? Strange.
Two great sounds though never the less. There's no difference between 1, 2 or 3 when the valve opens, it only has an effect when closed. I can set off car alarms when I start my level 2 in my car park without touching the throttle  Actually, a couple of times it wasn't even in a car park
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ok1
88 posts
16 months
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Mario, are you saying that having no cats would not enhance the sound even more?
To my ears the two cars have two sounds, i thought because you still had cats fitted.
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TISPKJ
Original Poster
1,201 posts
76 months
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Just a little update chaps, fairly sure there is a problem with my bypass valve (put in a new one last night)hence my dissapointment initially.
Will update this thread once I know 100% for those using the search in the future.
Thanks for your input.
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