Sports exhausts

[mad-dot]

Anyone changed their exhaust yet?. I've got the chance of having a sports system fitted, by giving my dealer the car, so they can send off the exhaust for a pattern. It'll be stainless, and (what I really want!) will have 2 separate exhausts, like the Tuscan , giving that lovely 3 and 3 sound
And I can have my steamy headlights sorted too!

[joospeed]

Why not do it the easy way .. give tim at act a very small wad of cash and he'll send you one he's already had made.

On this note (!) .. anyone here fed up of the constant irritating drone from the T350 around 2k revs? .. just gauging opinion ..

[Cacatous]

It must be a Speed Six characteristic because my Tuscan did this as well. Like a resonance..

[mad-dot]

Joo,
I'd rather get it done through the dealer.........warranty wise. Has anyone fitted an ACT system?

[neil.b]

joospeed said:

On this note (!) .. anyone here fed up of the constant irritating drone from the T350 around 2k revs? .. just gauging opinion ..

Well you already know I am Joolz....

[BSJ]

On the sports exhaust front. I have one on order from Richard at Peninsula. Should arrive within the next few weeks, cost around 400bux. I've still got the steamy H/lights too, Doc says it's just my age!!!

[valhalla]

Hi Stewart,
You might like to give this company a try, as i have seen their work on a T350T, and it was a nice job.
I'm sure Rob (T350T owner) won't mind me giving out their web address, Which is www.exhaustsuk.co.uk
and the company are called "Ascar Exhausts" they are based in Sheffield,and they quoted me £500.00 and they need the car a full day.(i'm saving up!)
Good luck!!

Dave

[rods]

Had the sports exhaust fitted about six weeks ago,they made a superb job,sound track is now what it should be,two seperate stainless boxes with 4.5 inch tailpipes,also seems to have given at bit more bhp...
rob

[neil.b]

Rods, did it cure the brain crushing resonance @ 2k rpm?

[rods]

2k rpm don't go there

[mlumb]

ascar did my cerbie pipes too. been on 18 months and still in perfect condition.

mike.

[neil.b]

Rods? Not sure what you meant by your reply. Are you saying your car skips from 1900 to 2500 revs?

In my T350, mostly on the journey to work (lots of queueing), crusing along at 2000-2400 revs makes a terrible booming noise, seemingly the rear space resonating. Do you not get this? Did you have it before you had the new exhaust fitted?

[mad-dot]

Dave,
Had a look at that site, surely the Mitsubishi FTO one's a wind up

[rods]

Neil very rarely drive at 2000-2400 revs,so no i can't say i've heard the terrible booming noise...

[NigeW]

I had an ACT stainless sports exhaust fitted to my Tamora. It finishes the car in my opinion ... and just about everyone else that has heard it agrees. Having had a Chimaera I missed the V8 noise, but this sounds better. Tim sorted the whole thing out for me, even after finding that TVR changed the mountings on some Tamoras.

[neil.b]

OK, fair enough Rods.....

So is it just me then who hears this boomy noise? Anyone else?

[joospeed]

neil.b said:

joospeed said: On this note (!) .. anyone here fed up of the constant irritating drone from the T350 around 2k revs? .. just gauging opinion .. Well you already know I am Joolz....

I've got a T350 coming in just before xmas to try and cure this, the dealer won't help him out, and the factory are being their usual unhelpful selves too ...

[neil.b]

Cool. Let me know how you get on. I'd be VERY interested if you manage to solve it.

[Nicksey]

joospeed said:

On this note (!) .. anyone here fed up of the constant irritating drone from the T350 around 2k revs? .. just gauging opinion ..

Yes, Yes, Yes! I get this, it makes for really uncomfortable driving at motorway speeds. Comes in between 2k and 3k depending upon amount of throttle used and its a real head bursting, inner ear thing?

I have a younger brother (12) that says it actually hurts him (sensitive soul that he is).

I wouldn't necessarily want a sports exhaust per se as I use the car as my daily drive and wouldn't want any warrantly issue but I would love to get rid of this resonance. (Dropping the window a little seems to help as it evens out the pressure (or maybe just drowns out the noise).)

Dealer couldn't hear anything BTW, probably deaf from a lifetime of Blackpool's finest!

>> Edited by Nicksey on Friday 5th December 11:09

[neil.b]

That's the one!

I even tried my own soundproofing which improved it a bit. I took up the carpet in the boot and cut out a sheet of SheetBlok (limp-mass vinyl, 3mm thick, weight is 4.85kg per sq metre, which is just about the size of the boot space), then laid the carpet back on top.

It improved general noise from the back but didn't make a great deal of difference to the boom although it did some. From my ears it seemed to reduce the rev range that the boom appears through.

I'm quite tempted to try a second sheet but at £55 per sq m its quite expensive!