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Vehicle & Technical => Defender => Topic started by: 3laner on May 03, 2008, 09:20:34

Title: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: 3laner on May 03, 2008, 09:20:34
Put a mid pipe replacement and decat on yesterday. she now sounds lovely but is about as loud as a chav'd up corsa (obviously sounds better though!) whats the best way to silence it down a bit. I was thinking of putting the cat back on?

Alex
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: Porny on May 03, 2008, 20:55:34
Put a mid pipe replacement and decat on yesterday. she now sounds lovely but is about as loud as a chav'd up corsa (obviously sounds better though!) whats the best way to silence it down a bit. I was thinking of putting the cat back on?

Alex

Chav lol...

It will get quieter after a few miles when the inside gets sooted up, but if you still find it too load then either:

Put the centre silencer back on - a much better option that putting the CAT back on

Or....

Give me a shout and I'll sort you out another centre pipe with a smaller than standard silencer, that is better with regards to flow than a standard one... and I'd take the straight through silencer back in part exchange  ;) - this will take the harshness off the noise.



Ian
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: 3laner on May 03, 2008, 21:27:59
cheers Ian! Ill give it a few miles and see what it sounds like then!if not ill get in touch about the smaller silencer! certainly gave the local corsa boys a run for their money when I went to get a takeaway last night! they couldnt work out where the noise was coming from when all they could see was a defender!

Alex
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: Porny on May 03, 2008, 22:08:53
cheers Ian! Ill give it a few miles and see what it sounds like then!if not ill get in touch about the smaller silencer! certainly gave the local corsa boys a run for their money when I went to get a takeaway last night! they couldnt work out where the noise was coming from when all they could see was a defender!

Alex

Lol...

You just need a stage 2 remap, a big cooler and one of my VNT conversions!!  Then you will really scare the 'chavs'.  My mate whose 90 has a genuine 186bhp (thanks to my remap, cooler etc etc) - loves winding up the local baseball cap brigade!  They don't expect a 90 to accelerate to 60 so quickly (about 8.5 seconds).

All being well, I will have some of the centre silencer pipes (i.e. one with a small silencer) 'on the shelf' as such in just over a week.


Ian

Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: Landy Andy on May 03, 2008, 22:59:04
Can cat be removed with no noise increase?

Do you still get better performance?

Thanks Andy
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: Porny on May 03, 2008, 23:18:22
Can cat be removed with no noise increase?

Do you still get better performance?

Thanks Andy

Removing the CAT will not effect noise by any noticeable level (will be same as any pre 2002 Defender), but will help reduce exhaust back pressure, which in turn will reduce turbo lag.....


Ian
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: adafish on May 04, 2008, 21:24:40
ya can here mine for miles....straight thru middle pipe and side exit...the wife won't drive it :lol:...also ya can hear the turbo whistle...Ian, will ring ya later n about those bits i need
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: 3laner on May 07, 2008, 10:54:34
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-90-COUNTY-TD5-BLUE_W0QQitemZ180239051294QQihZ008QQcategoryZ29748QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-90-COUNTY-TD5-BLUE_W0QQitemZ180239051294QQihZ008QQcategoryZ29748QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) would this be your mates Ian?
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: Porny on May 07, 2008, 14:53:13
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-90-COUNTY-TD5-BLUE_W0QQitemZ180239051294QQihZ008QQcategoryZ29748QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2004-LAND-ROVER-DEFENDER-90-COUNTY-TD5-BLUE_W0QQitemZ180239051294QQihZ008QQcategoryZ29748QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem) would this be your mates Ian?

Indeed it is.....

Is a mightly fast example too!!


Ian
Title: Re: Exhaust too loud!
Post by: Boddle on May 07, 2008, 15:58:14

It will get quieter after a few miles when the inside gets sooted up, but if you still find it too load then either:


Wasn't to sure if I'd got use to it, but it would explain why it's quieter than when I change to straight through pipe.
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