The Six Year ich - More noise - What do you recommend?

[Andy JB]

So i've had my 500 6 years now & its due to go back on the road at the end of March. It has been sensibly modified as much as it can be and is reliable, still looks pretty standard and performance is good, so to scratch that ich i'm looking to do something different.

I was considering an exhaust modification to provide a little more noise. Now i'm not talking silly Nova style noise, but an enhanced standard sound.

Could this be achieved by removing the pre-cat or main cats. Whats are the MOT implications of either? What are the pay-offs at motorway/cruising speeds? Are there any sport exhaust enhancements to the RV8 ?

Interested to hear what you've done and what improvements this has made or vice versa - should i leave well alone.............

[markreilly]

Remove pre Cats and fit Clive Fords Y piece,best combo in my opinion and keep your old Y piece for mot Time.tried full straight through,too tractor ish for me

[Milky400]

Have them Sleeved?

[Garlick]

Milky400 said:

Have them Sleeved?

I'm running a sleeved pipe and while I like the sound myself, it is very loud and sounds a little too 'marine' for some tastes.

[Del 203]

Garlick said:

I'm running a sleeved pipe and while I like the sound myself, it is very loud and sounds a little too 'marine' for some tastes.

You call that loud ?

[Garlick]

Del 203 said:

You call that loud ?

Your old ears playing up again mate? I SAID....oh, never mind.

[Del 203]

Tinnitus

[Steve in Stoke]

Garlick said:

Milky400 said:

Have them Sleeved?

I'm running a sleeved pipe and while I like the sound myself, it is very loud and sounds a little too 'marine' for some tastes.

Mine is sleeved as well, but I have kept the wadding material in the silencer box to reduce the resonance. Sounds more Nascar than trawler.

[Alexdaredevilz]

Mines de catted with stock silencer, here it is on idle, will give you some idea

Reason I went for decat instead of sleeved, is I wanted more noise and power

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJmKXHlkjo4

Edited by Alexdaredevilz on Tuesday 8th March 15:35

[Milky400]

Steve in Stoke said:

Mine is sleeved as well, but I have kept the wadding material in the silencer box to reduce the resonance. Sounds more Nascar than trawler.

Not sure if mine are actually sleeved or not, but the previous history shows it had a sports exhaust mod done at the offords not sure whats this entails, there is a before and after on youtube somewhere, but cannot access youtube from work "bds" although i'm glad the tech boys here no nothing of Pistonheads

[wongthecorrupter]

cherry bombs

[timshap]

Cherry bomb is the way to go..offords did mine 2 years ago
Every one wants to listen!!

[Chilliman]

Previous owner of mine cut open and removed all the baffling from the boxes, no sleeving just 'empty' boxes... sounds totally awesome to me, and puts a huge grin on people's faces when I fire it up, but i've not heard many others to make a comparison..

[madasafrog666]

Cherry bombs! also gives loads of bangs and pops when slowing down awesome sound and well worth the 150 quid.

[wongthecorrupter]

got mine sleeved but i wouldnt mind trying the cherry bombs at some point

[smudge660]

i took my pre cats out over the winter, one reason was due to the fact one was pooped so thought what the hell.

3 days after the pain stacking task of putting it all back together, it went strait in for mot and passed with flying colours !!! not one mention about emissions etc.

sound wise just seems to have that little more base to the note, and as for performance i cant really tell as at the same time i fitted smooth bore air intake right to new K&N filter and did the carbon fibre trumpet conversion . but all together is def a noticeable increase in the grin factor

[Milky400]

Milky400 said:

Not sure if mine are actually sleeved or not, but the previous history shows it had a sports exhaust mod done at the offords not sure whats this entails, there is a before and after on youtube somewhere, but cannot access youtube from work "bds" although i'm glad the tech boys here no nothing of Pistonheads

this is what i was trying to find, this is what was done to mine apparently


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

[peaktorque]

Mine has a non standard exhaust, from the cat back, which features Cherry bombs, larger diameter pipes and no pre-cats. It sounds and pops and bangs like a bh, the car was sold the moment I heard it

Once the main cat has been removed I'm hoping for flames

[Alexdaredevilz]

peaktorque said:

Mine has a non standard exhaust, from the cat back, which features Cherry bombs, larger diameter pipes and no pre-cats. It sounds and pops and bangs like a bh, the car was sold the moment I heard it

Once the main cat has been removed I'm hoping for flames

Sorry to piss on your bonfire, but mine stopped popping and banging when the maincat come out, but I do get the odd 3ft flame

[SILICONE KID]

This is Tims car from ACT ,I would like to know what his set up is.The 5l does sound very different to the smaller cc engines.

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

And why does the AJP sound so different to the RV8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VshqCSPjVcg&fea...





Have a look at this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX0v_WLU3HM&fea...

Edited by SILICONE KID on Tuesday 8th March 21:55