XRfury Member 13 Member For: 21y 2m 19d Location: Townsville Posted 20/10/05 01:39 PM Posted 20/10/05 01:39 PM HowdyFinally got round to removing the centre muffler today and replacing it with pipe, and also replaced the oval tip with two round tips. Looks great and sounds bloody great too. I know a lot of the guys on this forum have had it done but I didnt expect the car to sound this good!!! Goes to show how much that centre muffler does. Would recommend it to anyone looking for a cheap mod. Total cost $150
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 23y 7m 13d Location: Toowoomba Posted 20/10/05 04:46 PM Posted 20/10/05 04:46 PM It does sound good huh, got any pics of what the new tip looks like.Dazza.
nang3 12" member Legacy Donating Member 2,107 Member For: 21y 3m 14d Location: Perth WA Posted 21/10/05 12:21 AM Posted 21/10/05 12:21 AM so you just replaced with it with straight piping, no hotdogs or anything???is there any droning because im thinking of doing this to my phoon tomorrow!!
dswiders Member 398 Member For: 22y 10m 12d Gender: Male Location: Boronia, Vic Posted 21/10/05 02:41 AM Posted 21/10/05 02:41 AM so you just replaced with it with straight piping, no hotdogs or anything???is there any droning because im thinking of doing this to my phoon tomorrow!!<{POST_SNAPBACK}>There shouldn't be any droning, unless you replace the cat with a highflow one.
nang3 12" member Legacy Donating Member 2,107 Member For: 21y 3m 14d Location: Perth WA Posted 21/10/05 02:54 AM Posted 21/10/05 02:54 AM oh ok, I got the impression that by replacing with centre muffler with pipe instead of hotdogs, it cause a bit of a drone .... what would be the point of hotdogs then, just to quieten it down even more?
IH8TOADS Legacy Donating Member 3,618 Member For: 21y 3m Gender: Male Location: OZ Posted 21/10/05 03:03 AM Posted 21/10/05 03:03 AM Give me a yell nang when you get it done and I'll do mine at the same time!!! (or just after in case yours sounds like a datto 1000!!)
Bain Member 827 Member For: 21y 7m 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/10/05 03:23 AM Posted 21/10/05 03:23 AM Theres a small amount of drone even with the hotdogs.. But its nothing to be worried about
turb06 Dark Knight Mafia Member No. - 666 Member 3,667 Member For: 23y 7m 13d Location: Toowoomba Posted 21/10/05 03:32 AM Posted 21/10/05 03:32 AM It drones a little when in a hiher gear accelerating from a relatively slow speed, eg. 3rd gear doing 60kmph up steepish hill, apart from that it doesnt drone at all, the hotdogs are to quiten it down, it is much louder outside the car than what it sounds from the drivers seat, the cabin is well insulated and dulls the exhaust sound down to the driver, but everyone else in the outside world cops it pretty loud.Dazza.
Flukey Seriously Flukey Member Legacy Donating Member 4,354 Member For: 22y 6m 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/10/05 03:35 AM Posted 21/10/05 03:35 AM Theres a small amount of drone even with the hotdogs.. But its nothing to be worried aboutBut you cant hear it inside the car. I have the hotdogs and it sounds good.
nang3 12" member Legacy Donating Member 2,107 Member For: 21y 3m 14d Location: Perth WA Posted 21/10/05 05:08 AM Posted 21/10/05 05:08 AM Give me a yell nang when you get it done and I'll do mine at the same time!!! (or just after in case yours sounds like a datto 1000!!)hehe my GF used to have a datto and if my phoon sounds like that, im going to take it out the back and shoot it.... or just bring michelle round to yours to distract you while I steal your stocky centre muffler hahaha
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