tdfive
New Member
Well i removed the rear section, supose its a start... Had to cut it off with a grinder... Wondered why car was a little smokey, was only full of water, Grinder got soaked, little blowhole on the rear box seam, opened it with a hammer, total mess... I can only assume my middle box is full of water aswell. Wouldnt mind but there is a reciept with the car for a full cat back system 3 years ago... Im sure its got a dodgy MOT, either that or the tester was blind.
Deacs
New Member
Just made an exhaust for mine using 2 Cherry Bombs I had kicking about, not really done any fabrication before, but I'm well pleased with the results
No power loss, great sound, but not too loud and no droning
I was just gonna replace rear box with one bomb, but it made sod all difference to it, and centre box was on the way out so...
Removed entire system, laid out on sheet of plain masking paper and marked the line of system, where the boxes, hangers and obviously where the ends are
Cut mounting flange off centre box, then laid the first bomb, then about a foot of straight, new 2.5 inch pipe, going to the old curved piece (over axle) to rear and another bomb there.
All cuts were allowing a bit extra for adjustment, I then tacked flange to centre bomb and mounted, then lose hung all other bits, trimming then tacking when correct before removing all again and properly (well my standard of 'properly' anyway) welding up
I slit the pipe where it joins rear of centre box so this could be clamped under vehicle to make installation easier
Ok it won't win Neatest Fabrication of the Year, but I'm chuffed to bits with it
No power loss, great sound, but not too loud and no droning
I was just gonna replace rear box with one bomb, but it made sod all difference to it, and centre box was on the way out so...
Removed entire system, laid out on sheet of plain masking paper and marked the line of system, where the boxes, hangers and obviously where the ends are
Cut mounting flange off centre box, then laid the first bomb, then about a foot of straight, new 2.5 inch pipe, going to the old curved piece (over axle) to rear and another bomb there.
All cuts were allowing a bit extra for adjustment, I then tacked flange to centre bomb and mounted, then lose hung all other bits, trimming then tacking when correct before removing all again and properly (well my standard of 'properly' anyway) welding up
I slit the pipe where it joins rear of centre box so this could be clamped under vehicle to make installation easier
Ok it won't win Neatest Fabrication of the Year, but I'm chuffed to bits with it
tdfive
New Member
Just made an exhaust for mine using 2 Cherry Bombs I had kicking about, not really done any fabrication before, but I'm well pleased with the results
No power loss, great sound, but not too loud and no droning
I was just gonna replace rear box with one bomb, but it made sod all difference to it, and centre box was on the way out so...
Removed entire system, laid out on sheet of plain masking paper and marked the line of system, where the boxes, hangers and obviously where the ends are
Cut mounting flange off centre box, then laid the first bomb, then about a foot of straight, new 2.5 inch pipe, going to the old curved piece (over axle) to rear and another bomb there.
All cuts were allowing a bit extra for adjustment, I then tacked flange to centre bomb and mounted, then lose hung all other bits, trimming then tacking when correct before removing all again and properly (well my standard of 'properly' anyway) welding up
I slit the pipe where it joins rear of centre box so this could be clamped under vehicle to make installation easier
Ok it won't win Neatest Fabrication of the Year, but I'm chuffed to bits with it
Pics ?
SnowmanV8
Well-Known Member
Pm info of where from that sounds nice.
Deacs
New Member
tdfive
New Member
practice makes perfect
I did it! Bought some flux cored wire and gav e it a crack, welded the flange from the stock midbox to a td5 stumpy backbox and bolted it up, pretty chuffed with some of my welds towards the end, they looked really good!
I have that distinctive noise, hedmans, decatted and round glasspacked silencer, a little resonating at certain rpm but its got the right sound, will replace the stumpoy box with a long glasspack in the future for a bit less resonance. Thanks for the help
The V8 man
Well-Known Member
Sounds good, what alloys are they, they look really nice ?
tdfive
New Member
Which glasspack did you buy ? I ran the 8" on my 300tdi and liked it
I didnt buy a glasspack, I used a genuine arvin LR backbox which i had lying round from my old Disco TD5, I cut the flange off the genuine V8 midbox and *welded*
it to the TD5 backbox and bolted it to the end of the Y section! Its a stumpy but largely round straight through thing. Its good for now, it gets rid of that loud thunderish racket and gives it the fruity V8 noise but its still a little boomy at low revs.
I'll probably buy this next week or something similar and do some more welding. I'll try and make a video of the sound.
Flowtech Red Hot Glasspack Muffler 2.5" I.D Hot Rod Chevy Ford Mopar V8 | eBay
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