Cheepo Exhaust Mod for Xmas....
Posted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:11 am
Just whilst money is tight and i had a bit of time i decided to see if i could modify the rear boxes on a totally standard system just to give a bit of noise as my standard system was super silent.
I unbolted the system from the KATS back, or should i say had to cut the rotted bolts that hold the sleeves and then it just popped off. Its really heavy and the silencer boxes are HUGE ! I started on the one closest to the kats first and opened it up like a tin by peeling the top side back. in this box was a straight through pipe and a y piece. i totally cut off the box and removed the little joing y piece and left this as a straight through section with no silencer - Job done very easy.
I then moved onto the huge rear box and did the same, slicing open the top section and peeled it away, this was a bit more difficult as its spot welded to a plate/baffel inside but nothing a hammer couldn't rectify. i pulled out wadds of stuffing( Wearing gloves and desposing of this correctly) Once it was totally empty i stitched it back together. I bought 2 x new sleves from a local exhaust place at £1.75 each and it all slid together with ease and fitted straight on the hangers - well thats no surprise as its an OEM system.
Moment of truth as i fired it up and to my surprise/delight it sounded great not too loud and more importantly not like a naff exhaust with no silencers. It now sounds awesome from outside and doesn't boom at all on the motorway, it looks like a stock system but doesn't sound like one.
If i had the money i would definitely buy a Miltek or similar but for now it was a cheap mod that actually has been the most satisfying pound for pound mod that i have ever done....
THE END....
I unbolted the system from the KATS back, or should i say had to cut the rotted bolts that hold the sleeves and then it just popped off. Its really heavy and the silencer boxes are HUGE ! I started on the one closest to the kats first and opened it up like a tin by peeling the top side back. in this box was a straight through pipe and a y piece. i totally cut off the box and removed the little joing y piece and left this as a straight through section with no silencer - Job done very easy.
I then moved onto the huge rear box and did the same, slicing open the top section and peeled it away, this was a bit more difficult as its spot welded to a plate/baffel inside but nothing a hammer couldn't rectify. i pulled out wadds of stuffing( Wearing gloves and desposing of this correctly) Once it was totally empty i stitched it back together. I bought 2 x new sleves from a local exhaust place at £1.75 each and it all slid together with ease and fitted straight on the hangers - well thats no surprise as its an OEM system.
Moment of truth as i fired it up and to my surprise/delight it sounded great not too loud and more importantly not like a naff exhaust with no silencers. It now sounds awesome from outside and doesn't boom at all on the motorway, it looks like a stock system but doesn't sound like one.
If i had the money i would definitely buy a Miltek or similar but for now it was a cheap mod that actually has been the most satisfying pound for pound mod that i have ever done....
THE END....