Best Exhaust Combo

[Ow]

What is everyone's preferred exhaust combo then?

As far as I can gather, mine's had its pre cat's removed, and the silencers sleeved. Other than than I'm not sure what else!
All I do know though is that it's pretty bloody loud.

I like the noise, but at times it is almost too loud (like when starting it up!) It does also sound a little agricultural at low speeds. I've heard sleeved silencers might be behind this?

I don't really want to spend big money on it at the moment, but I may look at silencing it slightly (don't hate me!)

So what do you all think is the best combination for the best noise/volume/whatever?

[Chilliman]

I've no precats, and empty silencers (silencing material/rockwool removed) and not sleeved. Sounds like a fishing trawler at tickover and at 6.5K its indescribably glorious Pops and bangs on the over-run are epic....... Mechanical music, love it

[Alexdaredevilz]

Mines got stock y-peice with cat removed , pre cats out and stick silencer

Sounds real nice

But a part of me wants to go sleeved for 6ft flames

[900T-R]

ACT manifolds + decat, std exhaust system = luvverly

[Jammy Dodger]

Chilliman said:

I've no precats, and empty silencers (silencing material/rockwool removed) and not sleeved. Sounds like a fishing trawler at tickover and at 6.5K its indescribably glorious Pops and bangs on the over-run are epic....... Mechanical music, love it

pretty sure I have the same setup

lots of dirty looks, occasionally looks of abject terror

best comment so far "Sounds like the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse"...

and that was with half the horses !

[lestershaw]

mines
precats still in ( will take them out when i next work on manifolds)
straight through exhaust, no silencing
clives y-piece no cat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZnJGT_QUZg

it sounds like this on start up, but its sounds ten times better on the road, TVR garage reckon its loudest they have heard :-)

[BillC99]

I can't decide what to do either. I have my spare exhaust opened up at the moment but can't make my mind up whether to fully sleeve it or try as someone has on here and replace half the baffle pipe with solid pipe.

[OleVix]

BillC99 said:

I can't decide what to do either. I have my spare exhaust opened up at the moment but can't make my mind up whether to fully sleeve it or try as someone has on here and replace half the baffle pipe with solid pipe.

Ive done similar, took out both perforated pipes from the box, welded in two new pipes with much fewer holes. Put new wadding in, weld up. Sounds proper now, not too loud and not that resonance you get without the wadding...

Clives y piece coming in soon, then it will be perfect!

[Ow]

Still not sure what to do.

Taking it to a local exhaust place tomorrow, so hopefully they can put it up on the ramps and work out what's been done so far!

[LordGrover]

Don't try to get it done on the cheap. Get a spare and play with that or get a proper job done like ACT. I had mine modified several times, each time getting further from what I was looking for and costing more. I could've bought a whole new system for the amount I ended up spending on cutting and welding - and still sounding crap.
Buy cheap = buy twice/thrice or more.

[Wildfire]

Full ACT system - No Cats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inEGGozMiXs

[Bunglist]

I have the full system, manifolds twin cats y piece and exhaust (cherry bombs) all from Tim at ACT it sounds awesome.
At tick over it sounds beautiful, and whilst giving it with some heavy right foot..... well

Well worth the money.

[Ow]

Wildfire said:

Full ACT system - No Cats

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inEGGozMiXs

I saw that video the other day, sounds great.

Definitely will have to look into the options.

I may look out for a standard exhaust as a spare, and maybe see how that sounds first.

I'm liking the sound of the cherrybombs though.

[SILICONEKID340HP]

Pre cats out,standard exhaust and eather the ACT De cat or Clives Y piece sounds real nice..

[Ow]

SILICONEKID340HP said:

Pre cats out,standard exhaust and eather the ACT De cat or Clives Y piece sounds real nice..

I've just been reading some old threads, and that's something I've seen a few people recommend (including you I think)

I think my cars had its pre-cats removed already, but I'll have to check.
Maybe I'll keep a lookout for a standard system and go from there.

[CHIMV8]

Done them all

Now back to precats out,main cat in and standard rear box,the best for me but had to do all the other variants to find out

[Ow]

CHIMV8 said:

Done them all

Now back to precats out,main cat in and standard rear box,the best for me but had to do all the other variants to find out

Thanks

Do you have any vids of yours?

[CHIMV8]

Ow said:

CHIMV8 said:

Done them all

Now back to precats out,main cat in and standard rear box,the best for me but had to do all the other variants to find out

Thanks

Do you have any vids of yours?

This was after i sleeved the standard system and left main and precats in..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01x4Cs_PHlY&fea...

This is Phil leaving with my sleeved exhaust fitted to his Chim (main and precats still in)

http://s742.photobucket.com/albums/xx63/golflion/?...

This was after i removed the main and precats and fitted Clives beautiful Y piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hM36fIddQg&lis...

Other option is to keep the main and pre cats in, and fit the ACT Cherry Bomb system,personally i wouldnt have the ACT and remove all cats as well,as its a bit toooooooo much..

Now back to precats out,main cat and standard rear box back in!!

[ChimpanLucky]

CHIMV8 said:

This was after i sleeved the standard system and left main and precats in..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01x4Cs_PHlY&fea...

This is Phil leaving with my sleeved exhaust fitted to his Chim (main and precats still in)

http://s742.photobucket.com/albums/xx63/golflion/?...

This was after i removed the main and precats and fitted Clives beautiful Y piece

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hM36fIddQg&lis...

Other option is to keep the main and pre cats in, and fit the ACT Cherry Bomb system,personally i wouldnt have the ACT and remove all cats as well,as its a bit toooooooo much..

Now back to precats out,main cat and standard rear box back in!!

Mark you are mental mate

I can't believe you didn't like the de-catted with standard box setup?

Could it be you just needed to let a bit of carbon build up inside Clive's Y Piece?

I guess all this does show exhaust mods are all a matter of personal taste.

Personally I would never put the main cat back, sound enhancements aside I'm convinced mine was a big restriction.

Mind you it's MoT time on Monday morning

I did discuss the no cat issue with my tester this week and we both felt it will pass if I install the main cat in the boot

Well that way the car will be presented for test with it's original cat present, my tester has a lovely little Clio that apparently runs very low emissions

[Nosh]

This is a cats in with cherry bombs - before and after...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZiLTMCY4_Q&fea...

Nosh.