wanting to remove center section

[airz182]

got to the bottom of my rattleing exhaust, turns out to be the centre section, done a little searching and a few have removed there centre section infavour for a straight through pipe, from the cat to the rear boxes, can anyone tell me how much louder it will be a what type of sound i can expect, i know its not going to be anything like a stainless, also has anyone made there own or where to have one made, i running standard rear back box and standard cat, cheers

 

[Sanders]

I did it on my old 172, made it 'slightly' louder, cost me 20 sheets mates rates at a local garage, just cut it out and sleeved it. Cant see it been much louder on the standard system tbh

 

[laberridge]

so in affect removing the silencer?

 

[airz182]

yes because its the baffles are just rattleing about,

 

[laberridge]

yes because its the baffles are just rattleing about,

then it will be louder, but with a standard backbox, you could only expect it to be a bit more deeper.

 

[Jon.G]

Done it on mine as a temp fix as the flange broke one the silencer. Cost me £70 for a stainless steel straight through fitted.

Not massively louder but a nice noise. Like I said it was a temp fix.

 

[airz182]

Done it on mine as a temp fix as the flange broke one the silencer. Cost me £70 for a stainless steel straight through fitted.

Not massively louder but a nice noise. Like I said it was a temp fix.

thats great not really looking for a noise increase, just to get rid of the baffle noise, you still have straight through on now or have you bought a new system cheers

 

[Jon.G]

Still got it now. Just bought a scorpion decat as well as the cat is in it's way out. I'll be getting an rs192 exhaust in the near future and run that with a decat.

 

[airz182]

ive been offerd a k-tec stainless middle section, i dont know whever to go for that or just make a straight through, making my own will cost nowt as my mates pritty niffty with a welder,

 

[clio_luke]

this is what mine sounds like.


http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...on-removed-matched-painted-inlets-)&highlight=

itg pannel filter, std airbox, modified cat (no difference to sound), no silencer, miltek exhaust.
post 10 is the better video

 

[airz182]

cheers mate, im going to be keeping my standard rear boxes though, looks and sounds well yours

 

[airz182]

Still got it now. Just bought a scorpion decat as well as the cat is in it's way out. I'll be getting an rs192 exhaust in the near future and run that with a decat.

where did you get your made up at mate?

 

[Cookson]

I have done mine this week and it is f**king AWFUL!!! Might put the cat back on to quieten it down a bit

 

[Andyman]

A centre section is straight through with or without the silencer

Cut the silencer open and re-pack it

 

[Jon.G]

where did you get your made up at mate?

TopGear Stockport.

 

[airz182]

I'm still keeping my standard cat, so shouldt be much louder, got to sound better than rattling baffles

 

[Andyman]

Just get the silencer refilled - Gonna be easier and cheaper

 

[Willlynch]

Hi guys I am looking to do something quite similar.. I have bought a 182 last month and have so far wanted a bit more grunt but on the cheap for various financial reasons! (Savings for a 3 week trip to Australia but want a quick fix for a year or so) Basically totally standard exhaust system and my friend who works for ford and owns a lovely 2011 focus ST thinks I should just get the silencer removed and get a straight pipe welded in. He got this done at a local exhaust garage for £30 quid mates rates and says I should be expecting to pay £40. Now I have read a couple of disappointed people's posts above and am unsure what to do.. Anyone else have any answers on this subject? Yay or nay?

Thanks
Will

 

[obcuz]

My 182 had standard back boxes with a straight thru pipe replacing the centre section, to me it seemed just as quiet and certainly was not loud, not sure if the centre section is just an expansion chamber anyway.

Replaced the above system with a stainless RS192 now and it is much louder/deeper sound, unless the centre box is rotted away, I wouldn't bother just for the sound.

 

[Willlynch]

Ah I see, I am having second thoughts now.. thanks for your help mate. I can't really think of any other ways to get more grunt on the cheap.. any ideas at all? I don't fancy spending 400 odd quid on a new system when mind is totally fine but just doesn't sound good.. hmm!

 

[mark smith87]

In my opinion you are better off getting a stainless cat back system. It will last a lot longer and improves the performance a lot as well. My 172 has a Scorpion system. It sounds good and acceleration is much better now