Exhaust Mod

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 5:53 pm

Well he said he'd be happy to put it on the dyno, so he must be pretty confident...

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:45 pm

Haha 10kw from catback ??? I don't think so...not even mandrel bent piping or high flow cat either..
As for dynos..the operator can make it show whatever they want.

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:47 pm

Oh wellll. He said he's done FTOs before. I'm not particularly fussed anyway. I just need a new one so I can pass my roadworthy!

Post by **Bennoz** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:51 pm

Dan25 wrote:mandrel bent and high-flow cat were unnecessary

Yeah... because there's heaps of other stuff you can do to an FTO to get power

What does he usually work on? Commodores?

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 6:54 pm

Ok so I took that out of context. He said they were unnecessary for my TOTALLY stock drivetrain.

Is that better?

Put it this way, at least he wasn't trying to milk me for all I'm worth... He was honest enough to tell me not to pay $300 for a high-flow cat that will provide minimal power gains to a stock engine, especially when I have a new cat installed anyway.

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 7:48 pm

Twin tips $150?? Bit expensive??

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Fri Mar 12, 2010 8:04 pm

Hmm yea, I went for the most expensive ones. There were some cheapies for a bit under $100, but the ones I got are bigger and perforated, so I will get a deeper sound out of them.

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:35 pm

as promised

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

EDIT: and another one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQmcd3t0ImQ

Post by **aza013** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 1:43 pm

now that is loud

mosti · Post by **mosti** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:03 pm

bushido wrote:as promised

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

Sounds very nice

nvr2low · Post by **nvr2low** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:07 pm

That is like ridicoulous Loud haha sounds like my old exhaust haha cop bait

koolio1234 · Post by **koolio1234** » Sat Mar 13, 2010 10:05 pm

J · Post by J » Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:06 am

steve - seach ''apexi EVC''

you need asap

Gholdwayne · Post by **Gholdwayne** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 12:58 am

bushido wrote:as promised

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

wow even the cameraman felt the mivec on first gear haha...

J wrote:
steve - seach ''apexi EVC''

you need asap

but those merely block the exhaust partially and you cant gun it - there'd be too much back pressure

J · Post by J » Sun Mar 14, 2010 1:04 am

they arent made for every day use

more so for the f**k-its-a-cop moments

it would be stupid to run a semi ckosed evc and decat/no resonator everday, all day... defeats the purpose

Delvance · Post by **Delvance** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 11:42 am

My ears!!!

Astron_Boy · Post by **Astron_Boy** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 9:32 pm

Sounds like a bloody bike

Dan25 · Post by **Dan25** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:30 am

Ok, so my car is going in on Thursday and I don't know whether to get mandrel bending or not!

The guy who I'm going to said it will cost me double to have mandrel bends and he insists that the cost doesn't justify the power gains on an FTO.

I need some honest opinions here... Should I go the whole way and pay $800 for the "superior" exhaust or should I just save my money and spend it elsewhere, like on my pain in the ass oil leak?

Post by **aza013** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 3:56 pm

Well I would go with the mandrel set up that way when you do other mods you will get the best out of them.
But if your not looking at doing any mods at all then take the cheaper one.

bushido · Post by **bushido** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:48 pm

Simple question for you Dan, sound or "performance"?