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I supported Toymods
Location: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: December 2002
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Re: 4AGE Exhaust Technicalities
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Wed, 03 December 2003 14:47

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Thought I'd chime in with my exhaust observations too!
On my turboed Celica I run a mandrel bent 3" system without a resonator or cat, and a Dynomax 3" Straight Through Stainless Steel Muffler. With the turbo helping to keep the exhaust note down, I still find it a bit droney, my remedy in this situation would be to use an identical 2.5" system next time.
I have also had a full 2" system on a Sprinter. Motor was only a 4AC, however I ran the "header like" 3A interference style exhaust manifold with it. The system had no resonators or cats, and only one 2" Lukey Offset Muffler at the rear. While the exhaust was more raspy than a standard Sprinter, it was still fine on the sound level front, to the extent that the cop following me off a set of lights never even thought about pulling me over for the exhaust note. I actually want to sell this system, it's only downfall - it has no "bling bling" chrome or polishing, unless you want to add it (system is around four months old and has only done 400Kms).
I have also used the same style of offset muffler on my V8's, the only difference being the degree of pipe offset (the units on my V8, could still pass a small amount of clear daylight through the two opposing sides of the muffler, and were packed with fibreglass). The resulting sound from a twin 2.25" system each with only one muffler, was more trumpety than I had imagined, but also has drawn no action from the law.
My advice is to look at the Lukey Performance range of mufflers for naturally aspirated engines, and the Dynomax range for forced induction mills, I have had excellent results with both brands in the two applications. And no, neither muffler will cost $600 as you feared earlier in the thread, the lukey's are around $200ish depending on model and style, and the Dynomax was also only $200 approximately three years ago.
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mrsoopra | Mon, 01 December 2003 23:55 |
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Simon-AE86 | Tue, 02 December 2003 23:37 |
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Julz | Wed, 03 December 2003 04:48 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 07:23 |
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nomuken | Wed, 03 December 2003 08:49 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 10:04 |
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nomuken | Wed, 03 December 2003 10:16 |
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Simon-AE86 | Wed, 03 December 2003 10:26 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 10:37 |
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rollawagon | Wed, 03 December 2003 11:59 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 13:56 |
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rollawagon | Wed, 03 December 2003 14:14 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 14:27 |
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rollawagon | Thu, 04 December 2003 13:15 |
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CLG | Wed, 03 December 2003 14:47 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 15:12 |
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CLG | Wed, 03 December 2003 15:22 |
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ae86drift | Wed, 03 December 2003 15:26 |
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demuire | Wed, 03 December 2003 21:04 |
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shindeokure | Thu, 04 December 2003 06:19 |
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Klint | Thu, 04 December 2003 06:25 |
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shindeokure | Thu, 04 December 2003 06:32 |
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Klint | Thu, 04 December 2003 06:13 |
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demuire | Thu, 04 December 2003 06:44 |
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shindeokure | Thu, 04 December 2003 07:22 |
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demuire | Thu, 04 December 2003 12:57 |
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ae86drift | Fri, 05 December 2003 00:26 |
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ae86drift | Fri, 05 December 2003 00:51 |
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CLG | Fri, 05 December 2003 01:26 |
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