Flinty
12-12-2005, 10:48 PM
Being only a mild fan of the standard fit Oval tailpipes on my 96, i've had a custom CatBack box built and fitted by Hayward & Scott of Basildon. £705 incl VAT.
Spliced tail pipes (4.5") and twin round boxes. Unbelievable noise at all revs, probably a little noisier than i'd hoped if i'm honest, but getting used to it. Certainly get some glances when you blip the throttle whilst parking - plus a 'sounds nice mate, what is it?' comment this weekend. I think it's a little anti-social compared to the standard exhaust note (except on Vtec), but lets face it, so are most cars above a Nissan Micra. Sounds like it should be on a track, even at low revs and has a nice burble at tickover.
The only irritation so far is slight resonance through the cabin between 2,000 and 2,500 rpm. H&S may be able to tune that out - will see if i can live with it.
(Will post some photos of the system shortly - can i send some pics to anyone who knows how to shrink them down - sorry i'm rubbish at IT)
Hope to deafen you all at any forthcoming meets :shock: .
Cheers - Flinty
Spliced tail pipes (4.5") and twin round boxes. Unbelievable noise at all revs, probably a little noisier than i'd hoped if i'm honest, but getting used to it. Certainly get some glances when you blip the throttle whilst parking - plus a 'sounds nice mate, what is it?' comment this weekend. I think it's a little anti-social compared to the standard exhaust note (except on Vtec), but lets face it, so are most cars above a Nissan Micra. Sounds like it should be on a track, even at low revs and has a nice burble at tickover.
The only irritation so far is slight resonance through the cabin between 2,000 and 2,500 rpm. H&S may be able to tune that out - will see if i can live with it.
(Will post some photos of the system shortly - can i send some pics to anyone who knows how to shrink them down - sorry i'm rubbish at IT)
Hope to deafen you all at any forthcoming meets :shock: .
Cheers - Flinty