Exhaust, work this out?

[Dave_mckenzie]

Hiya

Bought a massive round back box to fill the hole on the back on me VTR. It came off a VTR MK1 (the lad who i bought it off claimed) so wouldnt fit mine. Had it cut and welded into place but the exhaust is SILENT!, theres gases coming out of it so i know its not blocked....i wanted a bit of a roar to me car and now its even quieter than before!

What can i do to give it that little bit more of a grunt!? i thought a massive exhaust would of!

Thanks

Dave

[LSOfreak]

remove any silencer boxes and decat it

[Karlb1]

Straight through centre pipe to remove any silencers in there, then it'll be loud. But with a massive back box you won't see amuch performance gain if an, you'll just lose back pressure unless it's a decent brand.

[Dave_mckenzie]

what do u mean remove silencer boxes? a friend of mine told me to pull the stuff out of the inside or fill with petrol and burn it out......the thing is, the lad who i bought it off said it was loud already!

[Dave_mckenzie]

im not arsed about performance gains pal, the cars quick enough, just wanted it for a little nicer sound and to fill the bumper

[Tom5190]

Dont burn anything out of the silencer thats pikey as out.

Get a centre pipe for it that is straight through. is it a Mk1 vtr?

[Karlb1]

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[Dave_mckenzie]

no mate mk2

[Dave_mckenzie]

http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n522/Karlb1/1313011113087.jpg
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Erm.....ok? lol......dont get it lol

[Karlb1]

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Basically behind the bcak box there should be a long pipe under the middle of the car. This will have 2, maybe 3 boxes along it somewhere?

You need to buy a 'racetube' or 'straight through centre pipe' to get rid of these. This will eliminate any silencing in the exhaust and will result in a loud backbox.

[Dave_mckenzie]

Ahh ok, so im assuming this is "decatting" my car yeah??

Are these expensive?

[Karlb1]

Not quite. a Decat is where you take the catlytic converter out of the car. Since yours is a MK2 vtr im assuming the cat is in the manifold, so getting a cetnre pipe wouldn't decat it, jsut take otu the silencers to give you a bit more noise.
http://www.kamracing.co.uk/citroen/citroen-saxo/saxo-exhaust/exhaust-pipes.html These are the pipes in question. Choose one suitable for the year of your car and for your budget. you can buy one with a silencer in it, but since you just want noise that won't be the option for you.

[Pitbull69]

the cat is at the front of the car, a racetube is not a decat at all. you can get race tubes from about £50 new on ebay less if you look for second hand ones.

[Dave_mckenzie]

so if i get one of these will i get any gain from it and will i need to worry come MOT time?

[Karlb1]

In theory you would gain performance everso slghtly, but not a lot, it will just make it louder since you have a dustbin as your backbox.
Nope MOT time should be okay in theory, it's when you decat the car you have to worry about MOTs.

[saxoshaylor189]

simple answer why there is no sound, if its quieter than before its too big for the engine size, de-cat will make it louder but if u wanna save your self a load of trouble just get a smaller box

[col101]

In theory you would gain performance everso slghtly, but not a lot, it will just make it louder since you have a dustbin as your backbox.
Nope MOT time should be okay in theory, it's when you decat the car you have to worry about MOTs.

Technically wrong - if the car has (for example) 3 silencers as std then it should always need 3 to pass the MOT. Having said that I've never failed one or had one of mine fail either. It would be the tightest tester in the world that'd fail a car for that

[jeffchiz]

Technically wrong - if the car has (for example) 3 silencers as std then it should always need 3 to pass the MOT. Having said that I've never failed one or had one of mine fail either. It would be the tightest tester in the world that'd fail a car for that

My mk2 failed mot on exhaust being too loud because neighbours were complaining about the volume so the tester had to stop the mot lol

[MattCutts]

My mk2 failed mot on exhaust being too loud because neighbours were complaining about the volume so the tester had to stop the mot lol

haha this made me laugh, i work in a MOT garage and when my boss MOTd my old 106 he had to wear ear defenders lol

[marinemackay2003]

just save up and buy a decent exhaust,

manufacturers spend thousands building and testing

should be some cheap second hand ones on the usual places