Epick Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 So aswell as my service being booked for this week, is it worth getting a straight pipe fitted to try to make the car sound better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Yeah, I'm place of the backbox or in place of the midbo and then replace the back box with a midbox. Midboxes alone sound really nice, back boxes alone make you sound like a Corsa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epick Posted October 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Cheers buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Get it done you wont regret it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupoluke Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Just get an air filter, i put a sportex on my 1.0L which was basically a straight pipe from the mid box, and it just sounded loud an **** imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Sportex's will do they're for chavs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Sportex's will do they're for chavs.I would say the same about a straight through system on a 1.0 supermini Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 I don't have a straight through, I have a cat and a midbox. You haven't heard mine, I've heard mine and a sportex. Mine is not a chavvy sound, sounds just like it did before only a little louder and more low end. The sportex ones either just burble like a scooby or fart like a Corsa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 I don't have a straight through, I have a cat and a midbox. You haven't heard mine, I've heard mine and a sportex. Mine is not a chavvy soundApologies, that sounded wrong. I wasn't referring to your car, rather what the op was planning to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 It's coool, sorry dude, just had a lot of people give it the 'why bother its a 1.0' treatment which winds me up. Ill get a vid up soon but I like to think it sounds good 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Straight through on a 1.0 sounds hideous btw, I started mine with no exhaust, think chainsaw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epick Posted October 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 hmmm how much is this going to shag my insurance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epick Posted October 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 If i get a new backbox that is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 (edited) Couldnt tell you exactly. When you phone them tell them that your backbox fell off and was damaged so you had a pipe welded in. And also that its not really louder, just a nicer note Edited October 2, 2012 by joeadamou 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epick Posted January 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 I didn't get it done then, but I am getting it booked in the next couple of days. Does it sound noticeably nicer and louder mate? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobs23 Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 i have a straight through system on mine, it was custom made so when it came to the guy asking me how load, i told him to pack the silencers as much a humanly possible, so it doesn't sound chavvy as all, you would think it would be load on the motorway but actually mines really quiet but i have heard that putting a good filter on gets a good tone from the engine without the price of a s/steel exhaust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted January 20, 2013 Report Share Posted January 20, 2013 Literally just need a j shaped piece of pipe to replace the backbox. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycobain Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have also done this and i like it does make it louder doesn't sound like a corsa which is the main thing... I'd say go for it plus back boxes are cheap enough if you don't like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Interesting thread. On my green 1.0E, the OEM backbox and tailpipe fell off at about 80k (ridiculously high according to Staffordshire Tyre & Battery).It fell off midweek, which is a bad time for me, so it took something like 10-12 days before I actually got it fixed. In truth, I work office hours so getting it sorted was a bit of a pain. I have to be honest, I grew to like the sound of my 1.0 with no exhaust on. I'd disagree Joe and say that it sounded better than chainsaw although I wasn't the one outside.It certainly didn't sound Corsa'ish, which is a sort of high pitched fizzing noise (see McDonalds car park Friday nights). It was a lower pitched sound, although it definitely sounded a bit Barry boy which is why I couldn't keep it for long. To get around the issue of being caught, I kept the old exhaust in the boot lol, expecting to be pulled. I'd have just said, it fell off earlier and I've got the old one in the boot.The main reason I wanted to reply though, I do think it affected my MPG, only slightly though. There's a lot of hoo-ha about whether petrol cars truly scavenge and whether having a straight pipe reduces economy, well, just talking from experience, it seemed to in my case. I can get a very specific 4 trips to work and back on my green Lupo, at which point it's running on fumes. Well, that week, I had to fill up earlier than usual because I burnt more petrol.I can't tell if that's because I was putting my foot down a lot more to get the sound or the fact it wasn't scavenging, but it's just something worth considering if you use it as a daily.I did hear someone say that if it's the sound you are after, you could just cut the backbox in half, remove all the sound reduction material (like fur i think they said) and leave the baffles in and you'd get a much louder raspy exhaust, without losing the economy. Don't know though tbh. Edited January 23, 2013 by Skezza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 You lost the economy as your overall system length was shorter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 You lost the economy as your overall system length was shorter.See, that's what I needed to say Ta! haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeA Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 (edited) Mines pretty much the same mpg now i have the pipe welded in. Alot of it is down to the subconscious need to make more noise! Edited January 23, 2013 by JoeA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaycobain Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 I noticed no significant change in fuel economy apart from when being a child with the new noise pedal ;p mine does idle differently now though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted January 23, 2013 Report Share Posted January 23, 2013 Mines pretty much the same mpg now i have the pipe welded in. Alot of it is down to the subconscious need to make more noise!Yes. I do half consider that might be a possibility 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epick Posted January 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2013 Cheers for the reply, Bare in mind that my 'rosa is only 1.0 L and I took it to a generic tyre and exhaust company who told me that it is seriously unrecommended because apparently it loses the back pressure, lose hp, does the engine no good and will make it so loud its a 'Police magnet' They did seem really unfriendly but thought i'd just pass this past you guys aswell.. Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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