Please don't shout, but exhaust question...

[prettyboyben]

Ok ok, I know this will have been asked a million times but I've searched and can't find a definitive answer, so can you please tell me who in the London ish area does sleeving of the exhausts? And the rough price of said operation?

Thank youuuuuu!

[Julesprivate]

Take a drive up to Gloucester (about 2.5 hours) and Paul at Bathwick Tyres will replace the box with "boosters" for £180.. Boosters are like Cherry Bombs but without the brand name..

I'm sure someone will be along soon with a more local option...

[prettyboyben]

Cheers mate, gotta say yours does sound awesome on the vid you posted. What's it like on the motorway? Not too boomy?

[C350]

Julesprivate said:

Take a drive up to Gloucester (about 2.5 hours) and Paul at Bathwick Tyres will replace the box with "boosters" for £180.. Boosters are like Cherry Bombs but without the brand name..

I'm sure someone will be along soon with a more local option...

Where abouts in Glous are you? I'm only in Reading, would like a listen sometime. Does your pop on the over run?

[Julesprivate]

It's not bad at all at motorway speeds, I stick around 80 and on light throttle it's not a lot louder than stock but it really has opened it up on wider throttle openings LOL

[prettyboyben]

Sweet. I'm feeling the need to do this to get the real v8 burble going on.

[Julesprivate]

C350 said:

Where abouts in Glous are you? I'm only in Reading, would like a listen sometime. Does your pop on the over run?

I'm in Churchdown which is just outside of Gloucester City (just off the A417 if you came across country from Swindon).

I should be in Reading on the 10th November for a fireworks do (it's at the Red & White's clubhouse if you know where that is) otherwise you'd be very welcome to pop over for a cup of tea sometime

[C350]

Ive been doing a lot of research into this and there are lots of threads on here about sleeving, boosters, cherry bombs etc.

Is this (sleeving etc) half way between the standard system and straight through pipes?

[Julesprivate]

If you mean in terms of "noise" then it's close... Straight through would mean removal of the pre-cats and cats and sleeving the whole of the silencer (or removing it). Sleeved means replacing the perforated pipes in the silencer with straight tube (so you lose the sound damping effect of the silencer).

Cherry Bombs tend to mean replacing the silencer, either with removal of the precats and cats or not (personal choice).

You can also "half sleeve" the silencer if you're worried that a fully sleeved one might be too loud..

There are a couple of good "instructional" videos on youtube for sleeving...but it is a fairly straightforward thing to do (if you can weld)..

[C350]

Julesprivate said:

If you mean in terms of "noise" then it's close... Straight through would mean removal of the pre-cats and cats and sleeving the whole of the silencer (or removing it). Sleeved means replacing the perforated pipes in the silencer with straight tube (so you lose the sound damping effect of the silencer).

Cherry Bombs tend to mean replacing the silencer, either with removal of the precats and cats or not (personal choice).

You can also "half sleeve" the silencer if you're worried that a fully sleeved one might be too loud..

There are a couple of good "instructional" videos on youtube for sleeving...but it is a fairly straightforward thing to do (if you can weld)..

Right, makes sense now thanks.

So....removing the silencer and instering tubes/pipes would make it noiser than what you have done on yours? Is that correct?

[Tri2Tri]

Anyone know what size cherry bombs would fit into the resealed silencer box. There seems to have been a lot of questions in the past about it but I cannot find a an answer with the right size.

[BrightYellowTVR]

C350 said:

Right, makes sense now thanks.

So....removing the silencer and instering tubes/pipes would make it noiser than what you have done on yours? Is that correct?

Hi I am in Winnersh and mine has removed Pre-cats and a sleeved box if you would like to have a listen. The sleeved box was done at Racing green around £150 a few years back now.

Cheers Jon

[Julesprivate]

C350 said:

Right, makes sense now thanks.

So....removing the silencer and instering tubes/pipes would make it noiser than what you have done on yours? Is that correct?

Yes - probably not massively so but yes it would.

[C350]

BrightYellowTVR said:

Hi I am in Winnersh and mine has removed Pre-cats and a sleeved box if you would like to have a listen. The sleeved box was done at Racing green around £150 a few years back now.

Cheers Jon

Thanks Jon

Im going to get Calvin to sleeve the box for me next week, he also has his pre cats removed so Im going to have a listen to his.

[prettyboyben]

C350 said:

Thanks Jon

Im going to get Calvin to sleeve the box for me next week, he also has his pre cats removed so Im going to have a listen to his.

Can I ask who Calvin is and whereabouts he is to do this sleeving mate?

[C350]

prettyboyben said:

Can I ask who Calvin is and whereabouts he is to do this sleeving mate?

http://www.wilton-morgan.co.uk/

They are in Berkshire but TBH any decent exhaust place will be able to do it.