Now you cant tell me THIS is a hairdressers car!

[RodLeach]

i got what i think is a 5"x3" oval tailpipe which exits right next to the towbar bar, i thought it'd be protected by the bar but it's still been squashed, side exit is the way to go.

Ive found some 'inline' noise making pipes Thinking about putting one of them on an then running more stainless out the side, My Dad has a hydrolic pipe bender, So all i need is some stainless tube.

[nero279]

If we want the exhaust as unrestricted as possible for the turbo to work at it's optimum, what would happen if you was to get an old box, cut a hole each end and slide the pipe straight through it, then weld the box in place, effectively leaving a completely straight through exhaust, but looking as though it had a silencer box fitted.

What would it sound like?
And would it do anything for the performance of the engine?

[Apache]

Ive found some 'inline' noise making pipes Thinking about putting one of them on an then running more stainless out the side, My Dad has a hydrolic pipe bender, So all i need is some stainless tube.

Get thee from this forum!!!

You want a device that makes noise for noise sake?!?!

Get yourself a Saxo and fit a dustbin under the rear bumper!

Wash your mouth out boy!!!

[RodLeach]

If we want the exhaust as unrestricted as possible for the turbo to work at it's optimum, what would happen if you was to get an old box, cut a hole each end and slide the pipe straight through it, then weld the box in place, effectively leaving a completely straight through exhaust, but looking as though it had a silencer box fitted.

What would it sound like?
And would it do anything for the performance of the engine?

Good thinkin!!! Ive got a straight though system. I think.... One pipe coming down from the turbo all the way to that big bin on the end



Is that straight? or is that a 'end box'?

[RodLeach]

Get thee from this forum!!!

You want a device that makes noise for noise sake?!?!

Get yourself a Saxo and fit a dustbin under the rear bumper!

Wash your mouth out boy!!!

well, Personally fitting that exhaust would NEVER have EVER come into my Plans.... Full stop!


But as it was on there... i never decieded to remove it... an im hooked on its noise. Its loud but not too loud!!





























Gunna start lookin at Saxo's i guess! Or maybe a lowering kit for my truck

[Apache]

What would it sound like?
And would it do anything for the performance of the engine?

Very little I suspect. I'm absolutely sure that air filters and exhausts do next to nowt. The ECU is god basically, because it controls the important stuff (OK, there are ways of fooling it) and is therefore the place to go to change stuff.

However, Toyota have spent billions of yen making the Surf as good a COMPROMISE as it can be, so all we're doing with our £200 a month budgets is tweaking slightly what Toyota wanted it to be.

If you want big power, fit a V8. Will it be more impressive? Goddamn YES!!! Will it be better off road - no.

[nero279]

Good thinkin!!! Ive got a straight though system. I think.... One pipe coming down from the turbo all the way to that big bin on the end



Is that straight? or is that a 'end box'?

That's a silencer box, lump it off with a hacksaw leave an inch or three of pipe on it and stick it on ebay for some mug to buy. Run around for a few days with the exhaust like that and if it's ok then make up a dummy box and see if it goes through the next MOT, get the MOT done a few eeks early incase it don't go through then you can get it sorted whilst still driving the truck.

[Apache]

Gunna start lookin at Saxo's i guess! Or maybe a lowering kit for my truck

Rod, ooooh you're gonna get such a smack!

[RodLeach]

Rod, ooooh you're gonna get such a smack!

ohh So hostile these northeners!


I dont have any intention of lowering my truck! Its only going up!!


If i cut the thing off wont it bark like a ba*stard?

[nero279]

i honestly don't think it will, but it might

[Apache]

i honestly don't think it will, but it might

Nah, psychosomatic. You spend so much time farting about getting dirty in the cold and skinning your knuckles, you HAVE to BELIEVE its had an effect - so it HAS - for you...

Stick it on a dyno and it shows no difference (maybe 5bhp - which in the testing trade is well down in the measurement uncertaintly area)

[nero279]

sorry andy, that was a reply to will it howl?

as for performance who knows, it's a 2 tonne truck i got used to it now, i can drive it gently and get 10 miles to the gallon or i can drive it leadbooted and get 10 miles to the gallon but make more noise - I still don't seem to go anywhere quick.

[Apache]

sorry andy, that was a reply to will it howl?

as for performance who knows, it's a 2 tonne truck i got used to it now, i can drive it gently and get 10 miles to the gallon or i can drive it leadbooted and get 10 miles to the gallon but make more noise - I still don't seem to go anywhere quick.

Pretty much hits the nail on the head for Surf ownership mate!

[RodLeach]

sorry andy, that was a reply to will it howl?

as for performance who knows, it's a 2 tonne truck i got used to it now, i can drive it gently and get 10 miles to the gallon or i can drive it leadbooted and get 10 miles to the gallon but make more noise - I still don't seem to go anywhere quick.

Im in the same boat as you mate. My 1st truck the accelerator was the "smoke" pedal, an now in the 2nd one its a noise pedal!

[RodLeach]

Pretty much hits the nail on the head for Surf ownership mate!

Dont hold me to it, but i hear if you put 36" tyres on it.... that makes it pretty quick.

























Me? Talk bo**ucks! Dont know what you mean!