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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Dinky on 24 August 2005, 19:25
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^as the title says...for to go on my cab....
and..wud you keep the cat or get rid,if you had the choice and why?!
Dinx :kiss:
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ive got scorpion and i cant fault it tbh hun... i would consider a powerflow if it was made with 303grade stainless , and if u do have this done get it made straight through into a large backbox this will be not too noisy and give u best gas flow.
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ooo errr.....
pipe choice is all yours... you need a pic doing of the rear of your car and some of our 'photoshop' experts to draft different style pipes on, i dont think you want anything loud, as a cab lookin like yours turns heads with needing to turn em cause of noise!!!
as for the cat, im not sure, if your not to bothered id leave it on and have a cat back system fitted, if you want a few extra horses then take it off, but youll need to fit for mot time pending on the year of your car and wether you have a friendly mot tester!!!, not sure how the cat works on yours, as i thought mk1's were mechanical fuel injection even the cabs uptill when they changed, so wether you have to worry about lamb wotsit sensors or not i dunno???
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^erm..understood like half of that gaz... lol
well..priced a powerflow one today actually....n the guy suggested from the cat back as i dont want it soundin too loud and charverish and summit to do with the heat and gas flow and all this other bollix i just nodded my head too :laugh: ....with a 3" round...but was just wonderin peoples suggestion..
thanx lads :kiss:
Dinx :kiss:
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the 1 youve been quoted sounds good!!!
go get it bought.... 3" of girth is plenty for a lass like! :tongue:
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:tongue: well....i had to make three bastid decisions...one from where to start the exhaust from...wot tail pipe i wanted and how far out the rear i wanted it to come....i even asked the guy wot he thought! :laugh: i bet he thought "oh..got a live one here" :laugh:
Dinx :kiss:
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I went for a Powerflow from down pipe back as I dont have a cat on mine and I can't fault it really, but I did ask them to tone the noise down so that it didnt sound like a nova boy and they did exactly what I asked to be fair and it has a bit of a grunt when I boot it but nothing too stupid. Look at the tail pipes here Dinx, http://www.powerflow.uk.com/newtailpipes.html I went for the plain one Ri63 2 1/2" (first one down), in hindsight I should have gone for the R076 3" (second one down) because this was the one I liked best but I wanted a smaller tailpipe, but I wish I'd have gone 3" now. :smiley:
Can't wait for all the banter for that last line ! :tongue:
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I like the 4th one down of the single pipes best, but have always been a twin pipe kinda person!! My car came with the Sit 89, tho I rather like the ViT 89, so that may go onto the bottom of my long long list of things to buy. Thats a handy link that one!!
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I had a mongoose on my Mk2 8v, they did 2 tail designs - upswept dtm (yawn) and a more elegant twin 'tv' shaped 76mm jobber. Looked brilliant. Sounded great up to 10 miles. Anything after that and all you can hear is bhoooooooooarrrrrrrrrrr. After a year the hangers corroded (stainless my a***) and after 2 attempts at a replacement, they sent another design. twin round 1" by the look of it. Total pants. THEN they offered me to go up to Cheshire and have an original design fitted. So i did (remember the sound now...) and it was fine till I sold the car... :cry:
Never have another one though. Too much grief. As I just got my Mk3 I think I'll stick to standard or perhaps Jetex. But I can't live with earplugs.......!!
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I went for a poerflow on my vr and i cant fault it it sounds great (thought it was a bit quiet at first but as its bedded in it sounds a lot better)
and theres no rattling or banging like on off the shelf pipes i have had on other cars!
mine has an oval pipe but i think round is the way to go ona mk1,
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I tried..Ri76,RO76,RAi76 and Vi76 tails on the back of the cab and thought the ri76 looked the best....he also mentioned how the steel was thicker and wudn discolour as quickly as the RO76...very helpful chappy actually...and shes booked in for next wednesday..but obv final design isnt final until she actually goes in.. :smiley:
i think im doing the right thing keepin the cat as a cab isnt for speed so not bothered about them few extra horses and i really wud not like a nosey exhaust...
Dinx :kiss:
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You don't need a cat on your age car though do you?
Clearly you need HC101... or was that Ri76... yeah definitely the second one :tongue: :smiley:
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nah..probs get away without..but i dont really no how much it would affect the noise level and thats really wot im bothered about...u prefer the outward rolled exhaust?! must b a guy thing..tis wot bloke wud have picked as well.. :tongue:
Dinx :kiss: