Badlanz electric cutouts, slight issue
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Hello everyone,
After many months of waiting, yesterday I finally got my exhaust cutouts installed. I don't think I have ever heard a car so loud! Proper proper evil! So very happy with the results, unfortunately they will have to be used sparingly as the car would litterally wake the dead with them open! It went straight onto my milltek 2.5" exhaust, and my mechanic did a beautiful job with the weilding and the wiring. I bought the dual cutouts electric system with turn down pipes in stainless steel.
There were however 2 hiccups with these and I am hoping some of you might be able to help. First one, sorted now but still a little odd so will mention it. I had to swap the plugs around and generally fiddle with the wiring before getting both the cutouts to work. One would work, then the other would work, etc. they are both working now, but did anyone else experience this when installing theres?
The main issue however, which is not sorted yet, is that when I hold down the switch to close the cutouts, prividing I keep the switch held down, they close and the car goes back to normal straight away. However if I let go of the switch, they slightly open again, so the car goes slightly noisey again. If I then hold the switch to close, they shut but as soon as I let go, you can hear them slightly open. Did anyone else have this problem? As at the moment my car is pretty lous all the time but it sound a little blowey with the cutouts just slightly open. Any help or advice would be great as I really need them to shut fully.
Anyway heres some pics and a breif video. Listen for my mechanic get scared as he wasn't expecting it to be that loud! LOL
Before:
After:
Video
If your are around the Hertfordshire or Luton area and would like this job done the mechanic I used did a superb job at a very reasonable price and I would highly recommend him to anyone here. His name is Luke and his company is called Pacific Works. He is a very talented weilder and is getting to know his way round my Monaro very well, he said he would happily take on the job again. PM me if you want his no.
Anyway any advice would be excellent! Sorry for the long post.
Karl
After many months of waiting, yesterday I finally got my exhaust cutouts installed. I don't think I have ever heard a car so loud! Proper proper evil! So very happy with the results, unfortunately they will have to be used sparingly as the car would litterally wake the dead with them open! It went straight onto my milltek 2.5" exhaust, and my mechanic did a beautiful job with the weilding and the wiring. I bought the dual cutouts electric system with turn down pipes in stainless steel.
There were however 2 hiccups with these and I am hoping some of you might be able to help. First one, sorted now but still a little odd so will mention it. I had to swap the plugs around and generally fiddle with the wiring before getting both the cutouts to work. One would work, then the other would work, etc. they are both working now, but did anyone else experience this when installing theres?
The main issue however, which is not sorted yet, is that when I hold down the switch to close the cutouts, prividing I keep the switch held down, they close and the car goes back to normal straight away. However if I let go of the switch, they slightly open again, so the car goes slightly noisey again. If I then hold the switch to close, they shut but as soon as I let go, you can hear them slightly open. Did anyone else have this problem? As at the moment my car is pretty lous all the time but it sound a little blowey with the cutouts just slightly open. Any help or advice would be great as I really need them to shut fully.
Anyway heres some pics and a breif video. Listen for my mechanic get scared as he wasn't expecting it to be that loud! LOL
Before:
After:
Video
If your are around the Hertfordshire or Luton area and would like this job done the mechanic I used did a superb job at a very reasonable price and I would highly recommend him to anyone here. His name is Luke and his company is called Pacific Works. He is a very talented weilder and is getting to know his way round my Monaro very well, he said he would happily take on the job again. PM me if you want his no.
Anyway any advice would be excellent! Sorry for the long post.
Karl
Right I have tried to be clever and not read the instructions, what a doughnut. Ok I will try this over the weekend when I next get the car out. And assuming it works, I love my cut outs!
The reason we mounted them there is because that was where there was the most room above the exhausts. Because I didn't want them to be any lower then the rest of the exhaust. So they are mounted at an angle so they point slightly upwards. So the cutouts will never ground. The only hung they are slightly near is one of the hangers, but the turndown pipe points the gases away from it. I am wondering is near potential for flaming from these? As the bangs and pops sound serious!
The reason we mounted them there is because that was where there was the most room above the exhausts. Because I didn't want them to be any lower then the rest of the exhaust. So they are mounted at an angle so they point slightly upwards. So the cutouts will never ground. The only hung they are slightly near is one of the hangers, but the turndown pipe points the gases away from it. I am wondering is near potential for flaming from these? As the bangs and pops sound serious!
Coming back to this. I tried the fine tapping method of closing it and the results are much better. They close completely on idle now. However when I drive off and rev it, they very slightly open again so the noise changes. It would appear there is a little play in the plate. I did get under the car and make sure everything is tight, i also sprayed it all with wd40. Again a slight improvement but not perfect...
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
Hi everyone,
Coming back to this, I have never been able to get these cutouts quite perfect. I got them to close completely, and they have been rattling ever so slightly. Mucked about too much now and it has come to the point where the supplier has agreed to exchange them. Today I got my mechanic to remove them and makeup a couple of plates to blank them off for now. Now the interesting thing is since he has almost put the exhaust back to normal by doing this, my car feels SO much faster! Almost to the point where it feels like a different car.
Now I remember when I fitted them the first time I drove it thinking it didn't feel quite as quick, however I put it down to the extra noise and my imagination. But today really proved it. What I would like to know is, the rest of you who have these fitted, if the are working correctly, have you noticed any power loss? Even when they are shut? Because until today the car didn't feel as quick closed or open. I know putting a big hole in the exhaust would mess with the flow a little, but had no idea it would be this much. However this may just be down to the fact that they have not been 100% sealed shut ever. But can it ever be 100% air tight?
Any advise would be great, as I'm not sure what to do now.
Karl
Coming back to this, I have never been able to get these cutouts quite perfect. I got them to close completely, and they have been rattling ever so slightly. Mucked about too much now and it has come to the point where the supplier has agreed to exchange them. Today I got my mechanic to remove them and makeup a couple of plates to blank them off for now. Now the interesting thing is since he has almost put the exhaust back to normal by doing this, my car feels SO much faster! Almost to the point where it feels like a different car.
Now I remember when I fitted them the first time I drove it thinking it didn't feel quite as quick, however I put it down to the extra noise and my imagination. But today really proved it. What I would like to know is, the rest of you who have these fitted, if the are working correctly, have you noticed any power loss? Even when they are shut? Because until today the car didn't feel as quick closed or open. I know putting a big hole in the exhaust would mess with the flow a little, but had no idea it would be this much. However this may just be down to the fact that they have not been 100% sealed shut ever. But can it ever be 100% air tight?
Any advise would be great, as I'm not sure what to do now.
Karl
I can't figure out why the car would perform so much differently with the pipes completely sealed up then? I am actually thinking about removing the Y pipes and just wielding the original section back in it is such a big difference. The rattling from the butterfly plate, would that cause this?
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