Exhaust Center Box

Hi Guys,

I took my 99 4.6 (Thor) in for a checkup the other day, and the entire exhaust system is in quite poor condition. (Although a clean bill of health for the rest of it apart from an ageing radiator!)

Luckily my friend who also has a P38 although a 96 model with single exhaust, had bought a twin exhaust system for his to retrofit only to find it wouldnt fit because of the brake line locations etc. Anyway long story short I have purhcased that from him.

Now the center box on mine is a fairly recent britpart exhaust, i've a receipt for it in the history but its pretty much ruined and rotten. Can I just simply straight pipe this bit purely to free up a bit of noise from the old bruiser up front. I'm not into a huge great exhaust system anymore but being able to hear some more V8 rumble would be appreciated!

Center sections appear to be about £50 or so, so its not going to be any cheaper etc will there be any implications of me doing this or should I stop being 6 years old and put a new center box on?

No be a 6 year old can't beat a bit of low down rumble that's what v8 r for

If you search through my old posts you'll find a picture of the one I did for my car. Sounded nice ;-)

Yeah ive looked at a couple of videos on youtube, some sound amazing some not so much but that could be the camera used to record it! Just spoke to the garage I use for odds and ends and although not enthusiastic (about the only mechanic in the world that hates cars I think!) says it should be no problem and he has the bits there... Might save me £20... I suppose I can try and and if its rubbish just put a £50 center box and sell my "delete pipe"

I've 3 V8's (the rangie, the M5 and my coffee table!), and all three are silent!

Well I finally got around to it. Apologies for the appalling video, I didn't actually notice there were a brace of local corsa/saxos camped on the other side of the carpark... which joined in with a 3 cylinder dawn chorus so I had to edit that bit out!

Other than that I'm like a cat that's got the cream, certainly the most effective for the least cash modification I have ever done to any vehicle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSwEOxZVYmw

quavey said:

Yeah ive looked at a couple of videos on youtube, some sound amazing some not so much but that could be the camera used to record it! Just spoke to the garage I use for odds and ends and although not enthusiastic (about the only mechanic in the world that hates cars I think!) says it should be no problem and he has the bits there... Might save me £20... I suppose I can try and and if its rubbish just put a £50 center box and sell my "delete pipe"

I've 3 V8's (the rangie, the M5 and my coffee table!), and all three are silent!

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Nah, when you've worked on them long enough you get to hate them.

quavey said:

Well I finally got around to it. Apologies for the appalling video, I didn't actually notice there were a brace of local corsa/saxos camped on the other side of the carpark... which joined in with a 3 cylinder dawn chorus so I had to edit that bit out!

Other than that I'm like a cat that's got the cream, certainly the most effective for the least cash modification I have ever done to any vehicle!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSwEOxZVYmw

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Sounds fruity

martynv8 said:

Sounds fruity

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Careful it will upset the doozle brigade

Sounds like a silencer is missing.

wammers said:

Sounds like a silencer is missing.

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And missing on at least one cylinder.

tomcat59alan said:

And missing on at least one cylinder.

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That doesn't matter all they want is the exhaust noise.

Well there's no point in it all being quiet is there

I'm sure it was meant in jest, its not got a miss as far as I can tell?

wammers said:

That doesn't matter all they want is the exhaust noise.

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Bet they had a piece of cardboard clipped to the frame of their bikes with a clothes peg when they were kids.

tomcat59alan said:

Bet they had a piece of cardboard clipped to the frame of their bikes with a clothes peg when they were kids.

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Didn't you

tomcat59alan said:

Bet they had a piece of cardboard clipped to the frame of their bikes with a clothes peg when they were kids.

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:hysterically_laughi:hysterically_laughi

quavey said:

Well there's no point in it all being quiet is there

I'm sure it was meant in jest, its not got a miss as far as I can tell?

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The diesel brigade love to snipe at anything V8. If you like the sound, that's all that matters. Some like a silent V8, others like to make a noise burning all that fuel. Engine sounds fine to me.

martynv8 said:

The diesel brigade love to snipe at anything V8. If you like the sound, that's all that matters. Some like a silent V8, others like to make a noise burning all that fuel. Engine sounds fine to me.

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Ahh I see... Dirty oil burners I'll probably get bored of it before long but a center silencer is easy enough to pop back in!

Hows it sound on a good run, motorway etc?

martynv8 said:

Hows it sound on a good run, motorway etc?

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Not really any different to be honest, its noticeable on startup and its quite loud below 2000rpm and at high throttle loadings. But beyond 60mph and a light throttle cruise its not much different than normal.

Good to hear, sounds similar to my Janspeed system but a little more throaty. Thought about this myself but didn't want to hear anything on a motorway run etc.