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Offline monzablue16v

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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #10 on: 20 July 2005, 00:25 »
I'll be muntered from when we set of on thursday cos I ain't driving cadged a lift!

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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #11 on: 20 July 2005, 08:08 »
Got a Jetex full system with twin pipes looks good not very loud at all !!! Low burble on tick over, refined until about 4000rpm then it wakes up.
Would defo recommend.

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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #12 on: 20 July 2005, 08:30 »
Don't you get like a 20 year garuntee with powerflow?, heard lots of good things about them, and it's tailor made to fit the car perfectly!
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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #13 on: 20 July 2005, 11:02 »
Don't you get like a 20 year garuntee with powerflow?, heard lots of good things about them, and it's tailor made to fit the car perfectly!

It's a life time warranty for as long as you own the car, providing you keep to the annual checkup. I had one put on my cabby earlier this year and cannot fault it, I asked them to tone the sound down and they did just that, so much so that I don't think it's loud enough now !  :laugh: It does exactly what it says on the tin, you customise it to how you want it, how loud or how quiet and a choice of loads of tail pipes. The only thing about Powerflow is that you are in the hands of the fitter, if he's sh@t at welding then you're goosed.  :undecided:
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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #14 on: 20 July 2005, 12:26 »
As gibby mentioned the guarentee is for the life of the car, as long as annual checks are completed. Oh and you cannot tamper with it yourself.

Regarding the noise tuning, i left mine as free flow, it was fully fitted custom made for the car, 3 boxes. The way they change the sound is to put little restricter plates into the pipe. Circular plates with a smaller diameter hole in the middle and weld them in to stop the gases leaving so quickly.

Again its true what has been said about its all down to the level of competance of the welder. Some jobs i have seen have looked shyte 6 months down the line, make sure you turn up at least half an hour beforethe guy says it will be ready so you can look at it when it is up on the ramps, if you don't like the workmanship then ask them to do it again, your paying after all. The guy i went too was a top bloke and had clean welds all round. Wouldn't fault him.

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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #15 on: 20 July 2005, 12:53 »
Thanks Slick, I was wondering how they toned it down.  :undecided: My own fault really as I insisted on a lower level of sound and I didn't want to get my ears blasted on a motorway run either.  :smiley: I also thought that if my cabby sounded like a scooby or an evo then it would have looked silly when I chugged past !  :laugh: :laugh: Still, I guess mk1 cabs are for posing wayne kerrs rather than speed monsters !  :laugh: :laugh:
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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #16 on: 20 July 2005, 14:34 »
Still, I guess mk1 cabs are for posing wayne kerrs rather than speed monsters !  :laugh: :laugh:

I would of said, pink shirt wearing pooftas.  :wink: :laugh: :laugh:

I like mine as it is not too loud on motorway journeys but let it rip and oh my god i need new trousers.  :cool: Going through multistorys it sets off alarms too but it just sounds too nice to tone down.  :cool: :grin:

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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #17 on: 20 July 2005, 14:39 »
Still, I guess mk1 cabs are for posing wayne kerrs rather than speed monsters !  :laugh: :laugh:
I would of said, pink shirt wearing pooftas. :wink: :laugh: :laugh:

Cool, and not a reference to a hairdresser in sight ! :wink: :laugh:
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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #18 on: 20 July 2005, 14:42 »
Still, I guess mk1 cabs are for posing wayne kerrs rather than speed monsters !  :laugh: :laugh:
I would of said, pink shirt wearing pooftas. :wink: :laugh: :laugh:

Cool, and not a reference to a hairdresser in sight ! :wink: :laugh:

Lol, not a lot to be done with your hair to be fair mate  :wink: :grin:

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Re: best exhaust?
« Reply #19 on: 20 July 2005, 14:44 »
Still, I guess mk1 cabs are for posing wayne kerrs rather than speed monsters !  :laugh: :laugh:
I would of said, pink shirt wearing pooftas. :wink: :laugh: :laugh:

Cool, and not a reference to a hairdresser in sight ! :wink: :laugh:

Lol, not a lot to be done with your hair to be fair mate :wink: :grin:

I know, but you don't have to have hair to be an hairdresser now do you our kid ! :laugh: :laugh: :wink:
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