De-Baffled ?

[Trevor Lover 66]

Hi All,

Anyone run into any issues following the "de-baffling" of the pipes (or what kind of difference it makes to noise performance etc).
I only ask as a car am interested in had it's pipes "de-baffled" at a specialist garage a few years ago - was just curious as to whether it is a normal thing to do....?

[Paulprior]

I would guess that this means the silencer has been modified, yes it makes it louder, but no change on performance

[Steve_D]

Harsh and raucous. Not nice but perhaps that is just my opinion.

Steve

[Trevor Lover 66]

Cheers Paul

[Zener]

Steve_D said:

Harsh and raucous. Not nice but perhaps that is just my opinion.

Steve

Agreed ^ i'd blame it on old age but not in my case its just not how a V8 should sound

[jj.]

If you're near Milton Keynes, can always pop round and listen to mine. I owned mine a grand total of 1 week, before I put mine in to have the 'sports' conversion at TMS TVR, that was 20+ years ago now...

Be warned if you do this, you need to find a friendly MOT person. As even though a main dealer completed my de-baffle, they then promptly failed it on noise on it's next MOT...!
jj

[Trevor Lover 66]

Many thanks JJ - Sadly the only time of the year I am near-Milton Keynes is during the F1 weekend, but thank you for the offer. Anyway - my query was relating to a potential Chimaera purchase that was de-baffled and I've just seen the car has now sold so it's no longer a concern - and my search continues.....