Late on Sunday night crawling over a speed bump driving out from where the missus lives my exhaust tone changed from barely audible to dragster like.
Upon jumping out of the car to investigate what happend I find my backbox dangling 1" lower. Clean snap at the inlet pipe weld, corroded through. Well it's only managed 48k miles but I suppose it's getting on 7 years old in summer.
I've been meaning to put a CAT back system on the car but haven't got around to it, so destiny made the decision for me. I popped along to Mr. Tyre on Aylestone Rd. in Leicester - the local PowerFlow distributor just down the road from my workplace. Considered BlueFlame but they are supposed to be on the loud side, still I couldn't find a local place so thought to give PowerFlow a go.
I've had the centre box removed and 2.5" pipe run from the CAT to a new backbox with a 6"x4" oval tip. It fills the cut out in the rear bumper nicely and looks good I think. I've had one of the bigger size backbox put on so that it's not too loud. It's still a bit louder than I wanted but I'm getting used to it. You can tune this to a degree as they have a range of sizes.
From the outside it's actually not too bad but when in the car the body acts like a big resonance box and sounds louder. Nice deep note and it pops and crackles a little when you lift off. It's very quiet on the motorway at constant speed but goes very mental when you boot it or when you lift off (curiously, to do with rate of change of flow).
I'll take some pics at the weekend, car's filfthy at the mo though. Needs detailing properly as I haven't washed it in a few weeks. I recorded a sound clip but my digital camera's mic hasn't done a great job. Will try again.
Feedback regarding Mr. Tyre in Leicester: Well I had to go back to get it readjusted as I wasn't happy with how the box sat with respect to the bumper and I had a rattle in the centre section. Took it back following day and they sorted me out straight away in 30mins. Good service, try to get bearded James to do yours, top chap. Got mine installed in 2hours first time, the next day from my first query and all for £320 (2.5" SS pipe and backbox with tip fitted).
It will have made next to no difference to the power, but the reduced backpressure does make the engine pickup more lively. Definately notice it. Happy with it, thumbs up.
Upon jumping out of the car to investigate what happend I find my backbox dangling 1" lower. Clean snap at the inlet pipe weld, corroded through. Well it's only managed 48k miles but I suppose it's getting on 7 years old in summer.
I've been meaning to put a CAT back system on the car but haven't got around to it, so destiny made the decision for me. I popped along to Mr. Tyre on Aylestone Rd. in Leicester - the local PowerFlow distributor just down the road from my workplace. Considered BlueFlame but they are supposed to be on the loud side, still I couldn't find a local place so thought to give PowerFlow a go.
I've had the centre box removed and 2.5" pipe run from the CAT to a new backbox with a 6"x4" oval tip. It fills the cut out in the rear bumper nicely and looks good I think. I've had one of the bigger size backbox put on so that it's not too loud. It's still a bit louder than I wanted but I'm getting used to it. You can tune this to a degree as they have a range of sizes.
From the outside it's actually not too bad but when in the car the body acts like a big resonance box and sounds louder. Nice deep note and it pops and crackles a little when you lift off. It's very quiet on the motorway at constant speed but goes very mental when you boot it or when you lift off (curiously, to do with rate of change of flow).
I'll take some pics at the weekend, car's filfthy at the mo though. Needs detailing properly as I haven't washed it in a few weeks. I recorded a sound clip but my digital camera's mic hasn't done a great job. Will try again.
Feedback regarding Mr. Tyre in Leicester: Well I had to go back to get it readjusted as I wasn't happy with how the box sat with respect to the bumper and I had a rattle in the centre section. Took it back following day and they sorted me out straight away in 30mins. Good service, try to get bearded James to do yours, top chap. Got mine installed in 2hours first time, the next day from my first query and all for £320 (2.5" SS pipe and backbox with tip fitted).
It will have made next to no difference to the power, but the reduced backpressure does make the engine pickup more lively. Definately notice it. Happy with it, thumbs up.
