No silencers

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Storer

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5,024 posts

214 months

Monday 29th September 2014
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Hi all

Thought about doing away with my last remaining silencer. Took off the existing final one and tried the result.

Oh my god it is loud. No way could I do without at least one silencer so it will be going back on when I have sorted the gearbox.

Is anybody going silencerless out there in a road car?

Paul

Steve_D

13,737 posts

257 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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I suspect your nearest neighbours are the best part of a mile away or you would not even be considering removal.

Steve

3Dee

3,206 posts

220 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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I think there is something very primeval about the V8 exhaust note, and I suspect more that a few harbour a secret desire to hear and experience their 'pride & Joy' revving up and going full chat WITHOUT any silencer, even if it was only ONCE!

...and it's not just a Male thing either... wink

Thevet

1,787 posts

232 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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I did for a while, even caused an amused conversation with some of her majesty's finest, with no hassle about the noise just laughter at something that deserved to be loud rather than a corsa or clio. I did manage to set off 3 car alarms one night as I drove past a line of parked cars!! Don't think it's a good idea in built up areas though.

Storer

Original Poster:

5,024 posts

214 months

Tuesday 30th September 2014
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I am not surprised that the advice is 'don't'.

Yes, my nearest neighbour is about a mile away but at full chat it would bring all the local plod running from miles away.

It is still quite loud with the single silencer so that is how it will stay.


Paul

V8Dom

3,546 posts

201 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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Storer said:
Hi all

Thought about doing away with my last remaining silencer. Took off the existing final one and tried the result.

Oh my god it is loud. No way could I do without at least one silencer so it will be going back on when I have sorted the gearbox.

Is anybody going silencerless out there in a road car?

Paul
i only run the single silencers each side paul and removed the rear silencer/ tail ones as it sounds miles better. straight tails are 3.25 inch

101 dp at 1500 rpm 128 db at 6000 rpm

ran with open recently and too loud... it would be better as straight through 4 into 2 each side with 2" pipes... sound more peaky less noisy, but will lack back pressure which a v8 needs


dom

845ste

577 posts

126 months

Wednesday 1st October 2014
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nik0nCk8bVA&li...

only muffler: inside is empty.......
there is only 2 mini-kat

srreck

529 posts

260 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Why silencers ??? :-)


845ste

577 posts

126 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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laughclap

F.C.

3,896 posts

207 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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srreck said:
Why silencers ??? :-)

OMG yikes

Abbosevolution

352 posts

134 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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ears
Nice 1

confusionhunter

448 posts

221 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Vid please! Glad I have a volume control on the PC though wink

UltimaCH

3,155 posts

188 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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srreck said:
Why silencers ??? :-)

Normal if it's a race car wink

Storer

Original Poster:

5,024 posts

214 months

Thursday 2nd October 2014
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Srreck

Looks good.
I particularly like the beer keg at the back and I see you have the supply plumbed in for on the road liquid refreshment! biggrin

Paul

srreck

529 posts

260 months

Saturday 4th October 2014
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Storer said:
Srreck

Looks good.
I particularly like the beer keg at the back and I see you have the supply plumbed in for on the road liquid refreshment! biggrin

Paul
Ha,ha....but you know....I removed the "Guinness" sticker. Everybody think it is a oil catch tank , ho,ho,ho.

andygtt

8,344 posts

263 months

Saturday 4th October 2014
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I remember clive experimenting with no silencers, he removed them both and just ran a balance pipe, it was loud, very loud.... at brunters he was told at the gate never to return lol

srreck

529 posts

260 months

Saturday 11th October 2014
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confusionhunter said:
Vid please! Glad I have a volume control on the PC though wink
I'm quite sure this video was already posted here in the past.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnMJ4yOXIzU

Noisy but melodic.