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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Ian_D on 08 May 2008, 18:13:01
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MOT is due on my Miggy...
BUT:
The insides of the backbox has rusted away, and the silencing material (like fiberglass) keeps hanging out of it! (all the time) so I just keep pulling it out every other time I get out of the car :-[ (Get some strange looks! ;D)
Anyway, The cat / centre section was blowing on the join, and the rear join was also blowing. I noticed the flange was causing a problem, so I removed one of the centre pipes, and the back box so I could file a hole a bit larger and the replace it and seal the joints again...
While the back box was off the car, i got a bit carried away, and have pritty much emptied all the fiberglass stuff out of it.
However... Im now wondering how loud it will be (I dont mind it been loud - infact, I want it a bit louder) but could it fail its MOT on this if its too loud?
Has anyone ever had a back box with pritty much no guts! And what was it like as ive not got it fitted to mine yet :-X
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The loudness will not be a problem for the MOT, as long as its not blowing it will be fine ;)
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The loudness will not be a problem for the MOT, as long as its not blowing it will be fine ;)
REALLY???
Wooo!! :D
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Really :y
Have you ever heard a V8 with custom exhausts?????
Trust me, yours is quiet ;)
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Wished I had pulled all the stuffing out of my before I split it wide open. It sounds bloody awsome.
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mine went through fine without the wig inside.... ;D ;D
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My old one ran a lot better when I pulled the wig out of the tailpipe .. over a period of about 3 weeks !!!
:D :D :D :D
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Well its all back on the car... and it doesn't really sound any different... Having said that, I have got a cone filter on it which makes it sound nice :y
It could be a tiny bit more responsive, however that may just be in my head (wishful thinking! ::))
Will see what happens with the MOT, and if ive got some spare time + cash, I may have a go at some kind of custom exhaust... I want to hear the V6!!!
Im wondering what would sound better...
Different Backbox
De-Backbox (straigt pipe)
De-centre box
8-)
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Really :y
Have you ever heard a V8 with custom exhausts?????
Trust me, yours is quiet ;)
Yes, that is so true... Seen loads of Hotrods with straight pipes just a few inchs long last year camping the night before PVS! ;D
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YEY!!! :)
It Passed! :D :y
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Nice one .. another year of pleasure ahead :y :y :y :y
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Nice one .. another year of pleasure ahead :y :y :y :y
Hmmm... Pitty it comes with a Years worth of fuel bills! Oh, and the TAX is due at the end of the month :-/
Its worth it though, such a nice car to drive etc. :)
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Loud isnt a problem if the car is expected to be loud. My TVR has no silencers on at all, 121db , no problem with the MOT. BUT if you get a picky MOT place and the exhaust on your miggy sounds a lot louder than standard it can fail as its not to standard spec any more. You'd have to be VERY unlucky to have that happen though.
So just whip off the silencers, straight through pipes from the cat back and enjoy :y