Can Sleeving

Can Sleeving

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Naith

Original Poster:

92 posts

283 months

Thursday 7th August 2003
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Hey,

I'm less than 48 hours from calling myself a Tuscan owner. I won't go into describing my level of excitement because you've all been there yourselves...

I'm upgrading from a Chimaera 500, and the V8 does give a lovely throaty rumble which, I have to admit, does sound better than the straight 6. I'm thinking about sleeving the Tuscan cans to try and emulate that throaty rumble, but I just wanted to check in with you guys about any possible cons to this, from those who've been there done it...

bbt11

1,105 posts

257 months

Thursday 7th August 2003
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so how does a s6 sound then

jigs

1,840 posts

257 months

Thursday 7th August 2003
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Vroom! Vroom! Rattle! Rattle! Tinkle! Tinkle! Boo-hoo!

all black

182 posts

269 months

Thursday 7th August 2003
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plenty of pop and band from 2500-3000rpm on lift off, a lot louder and a very cheap option (i.e less than £100 from Andy at APM)

a great option if you dont want to fork out hundreds on new cans

I know whitey has his RR sleeved also and loves them

plipton

1,302 posts

265 months

Thursday 7th August 2003
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I quite fancy doing this - I miss the sound of my V8 Chimp (and the new owner hasn't even picked it up yet!!)

Trouble is - where I live (Guernsey - no dealer). Does anyone have the dimensions of the inserts so I can get some made up in S/S and rivet them in?

john a

196 posts

279 months

Thursday 7th August 2003
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No need to rivet them. 2" outside diameter. 17" length.
CCC cans do sound sooooo much better though!

Nick Elliott

2,410 posts

288 months

Friday 8th August 2003
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Go for the CCC cans as the extra weight of 17" of 2" stainless add's about 0.5 KG to each can & has been known to accelerate cracking around the exhaust back boxes.

Nick

GI Jnr

1,903 posts

268 months

Sunday 10th August 2003
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I had mine sleeved and my brother has CCC on his Tuscan.

If you can stretch to the CCC's got for it. They're a quality product. If you can't/don't want to: for for the sleeves.

You said that you wanted to try to emulate the roar of a V8, just be aware that doing either of these will result in a louder note, but also a more tinnier metallic sound.

I am currently running in our new Tuscan, and hearing it's the bassey exhaust note, I would think twice about doing anything to this one...

...right until I hear the "shotgun" backfire of my brother's car!

Enjoy!
Tuan

TIVVA

99 posts

291 months

Monday 11th August 2003
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I have a couple of sets of Carbon Can Co cans, as well as the original TVR black ones. Use the CCC ones on the road, and swap back to the regular unes for track days, when noise could be a problem. 10 / 15 minute job to change them over. Dont know how long it takes to remove the sleves, can they be a bit hard work if they have been in a while ?

Although the last ttrack day I was on at Zolder both CCC and originals were over the 95db noise limit, so I'm seeing if CCC can make me an extra quiet set !

Thinking of getting some, maybe blue, should be a nice sontrast to my Diablo Orange Tuscan.

How do I add a picture on here ?

plipton

1,302 posts

265 months

Tuesday 12th August 2003
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TIVVA said:


How do I add a picture on here ?


upload the pix to a website first then insert the text (use square brackets - these are just there to stop PH trying to insert a pic) {pic}www.url-of-pix.jpg{/pic} or hit the quote button on a post with pix to see the code.

How much did the CCCs cost BTW?

tivva

99 posts

291 months

Thursday 14th August 2003
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I got a bit of a deal on the cans as I met Somon from CCC on the ferry coming back from Zolder last year. We got chatting, I mentioned sleaving the exhausts to make my Tuscan louder, and Simon asked me if I thought there was a demand for after market cans.

I think as set is about £300 ish, best to give them a call, depends on colour / finish etc.