V8 exhaust on a V6

[PHJayV8]

Hi guys, like the look of the V8 exhaust, and I have seen them fitted to a few V6s, is this a full system, or just the tailpipes used? Is it an easy mod? Cheers

[Gerald-TVR]

I had a complete 'Sports' exhaust from TVR Car Parts looks and sounds the dog's bs




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http://s288.photobucket.com/albums/ll191/gerald-tv... put the sound up high!!!

Edited by Gerald-TVR on Saturday 18th December 16:48

[PHJayV8]

That's the baby! Many thanks gerald

[Mr Plow]

I just replaced the tailpipes rather than replacing the entire exhaust. I still manage to meet noise regulations for track days etc.

Not quite as far apart as Normans, but bigger pipes and further apart than standard.



Not a great photo I will try and find out from directly behind.

I see you are in South Wales, I got mine done by infinity Exhausts who are currently based in Yate, Bristol, however I see from their website they are about to move to South Gloucestershire.

http://www.infinity-exhausts.co.uk/

Cheers

Liam

Edited by Mr Plow on Saturday 18th December 19:51

[mep12345]

or try something different



Mark

[phillpot]

This is a standard V8 exhaust, it's not a straight forward "swap". Note there's only a single (very large bore) inlet pipe to the silencer.



I bought this genuine TVR mild steel V8 exhaust on Ebay to modify to fit my V6 engined car, note the "quality" of the welding !



I bought the tailpipes back together because the lefthand one fouled the outlet pot thingy on the bottom of the petrol tank, and to be honest I think I prefer them close together.



And made a Y piece to join the two longer down pipes I had bent up by a local tube stockists



This sounded ok at the back of the car but there was a lot of "droning" kinda noise in the car so the long down pipes were shortened and a Cherry Bomb silencer added.
Not bragging but have been told it sounds good ?
You never really hear your own car (or is that the bullet that kills you ?)

Edited by phillpot on Sunday 19th December 13:59

[King Fisher]

phillpot said:

This is a standard V8 exhaust, it's not a straight forward "swap". Note there's only a single (very large bore) inlet pipe to the silencer.



I bought this genuine TVR mild steel V8 exhaust on Ebay to modify to fit my V6 engined car, note the "quality" of the welding !



I bought the tailpipes back together because the lefthand one fouled the outlet pot thingy on the bottom of the petrol tank, and to be honest I think I prefer them close together.



And made a Y piece to join the two longer down pipes I had bent up by a local tube stockists



This sounded ok at the back of the car but there was a lot of "droning" kinda noise in the car so the long down pipes were shortened and a Cherry Bomb silencer added.
Not bragging but have been told it sounds good ?
You never really hear your own car (or is that the bullet that kills you ?)

Edited by phillpot on Sunday 19th December 13:59

How did you find the clearance with the cherry bomb? Nick is looking at doing the same thing with his (he just bought a stainless steel exhaust on Ebay, got it for 30 quid secondhand!). The reason I ask about clearance is that the original silencer on the exhaust he has is a long oval box from the down pipes, which immediately goes into a square silencer box, which is partly recessed into the chassis (its a tight fit). Does you exhaust hang any lower than the standard one?

[PHJayV8]

Awwwww brilliant brilliant brilliant advice and pics all, thank you very much indeed for that Jay

[phillpot]

King Fisher said:

How did you find the clearance with the cherry bomb?

Its not a lot larger diameter than the pipe so ground clearance not too bad but it does now have a scrapes and scratches from speed bumps and so on !

[Rower]

Mr Plow said:

I just replaced the tailpipes rather than replacing the entire exhaust. I still manage to meet noise regulations for track days etc.

Not quite as far apart as Normans, but bigger pipes and further apart than standard.



Not a great photo I will try and find out from directly behind.

I see you are in South Wales, I got mine done by infinity Exhausts who are currently based in Yate, Bristol, however I see from their website they are about to move to South Gloucestershire.

http://www.infinity-exhausts.co.uk/

Cheers

Liam

Edited by Mr Plow on Saturday 18th December 19:51

Just off topic , this was the car that started my love afair with the 'S' series , it used to belong to Mrs 'petrol ted ' and was up for sale at one of the first Pistonheads meetings at Virginia Water , my wife was all for writing the cheque there and then !! She just loved the No plate - 0 JOY. I bought mine a couple of weeks later.


Rower

[King Fisher]

What about the legendary green S series that had a full ACT system on it? It was owned by Minimax for a while, and by all accounts was ridiculously, offensively loud at over 129dB. Anyone know where it is, or got any videos of it?

[The Lukas]

King Fisher said:

What about the legendary green S series that had a full ACT system on it? It was owned by Minimax for a while, and by all accounts was ridiculously, offensively loud at over 129dB. Anyone know where it is, or got any videos of it?

Not sure if it's the car you mean, but there is a 'starmist' green one on the Isle of Wight that has a full sports exhaust system on it that is very loud indeed.

For an alternative, Clive F made his own and brother in law Steve's pipes as a straight through system with V8 style tail pipes. I believe Steve's car won 'loudest car' at S Club last year?

[steve j]

The Lukas said:

King Fisher said:

What about the legendary green S series that had a full ACT system on it? It was owned by Minimax for a while, and by all accounts was ridiculously, offensively loud at over 129dB. Anyone know where it is, or got any videos of it?

Not sure if it's the car you mean, but there is a 'starmist' green one on the Isle of Wight that has a full sports exhaust system on it that is very loud indeed.

For an alternative, Clive F made his own and brother in law Steve's pipes as a straight through system with V8 style tail pipes. I believe Steve's car won 'loudest car' at S Club last year?

It has a distinctive sound, http://www.youtube.com/user/slaminbones#p/a/u/1/5o... some footage of S club heaven at Gaydon.

[King Fisher]

steve j said:

The Lukas said:

King Fisher said:

What about the legendary green S series that had a full ACT system on it? It was owned by Minimax for a while, and by all accounts was ridiculously, offensively loud at over 129dB. Anyone know where it is, or got any videos of it?

Not sure if it's the car you mean, but there is a 'starmist' green one on the Isle of Wight that has a full sports exhaust system on it that is very loud indeed.

For an alternative, Clive F made his own and brother in law Steve's pipes as a straight through system with V8 style tail pipes. I believe Steve's car won 'loudest car' at S Club last year?

It has a distinctive sound, http://www.youtube.com/user/slaminbones#p/a/u/1/5o... some footage of S club heaven at Gaydon.

When you say straight through, does that mean literally no silencing at all?

[steve j]

King Fisher said:

steve j said:

The Lukas said:

King Fisher said:

What about the legendary green S series that had a full ACT system on it? It was owned by Minimax for a while, and by all accounts was ridiculously, offensively loud at over 129dB. Anyone know where it is, or got any videos of it?

Not sure if it's the car you mean, but there is a 'starmist' green one on the Isle of Wight that has a full sports exhaust system on it that is very loud indeed.

For an alternative, Clive F made his own and brother in law Steve's pipes as a straight through system with V8 style tail pipes. I believe Steve's car won 'loudest car' at S Club last year?

It has a distinctive sound, http://www.youtube.com/user/slaminbones#p/a/u/1/5o... some footage of S club heaven at Gaydon.

The exhaust was a sports exhaust with two small silencers, now only one with a smidge of muffling in it. All stainless from manifolds to the V8 style tail pipes. To tone it down a bit, I have a set of baffles much like an old 2 stroke bike.

When you say straight through, does that mean literally no silencing at all?

[trv8]

PHJayV8 said:

Hi guys, like the look of the V8 exhaust, and I have seen them fitted to a few V6s, is this a full system, or just the tailpipes used? Is it an easy mod? Cheers

Take it to Charlie at Pro-speed in Cardiff, just tell him what you want...
http://www.pro-speedexhausts.co.uk/