all this exhaust stuff

[vnwpn1]

IM so curious to see what all this fuss is aboout it ive got the next 3 days off so im going to do it then then put my sports exhaust back on.

so ive got my original exhaust set up. my aim is to get the best sound going cheapo

i was thinking this

cut the 2nd muffler off punch the cat 2na half inch straight pipe or 3?

what u guys rekon

btw this is just to experiment i kno it will sound dodge

[wraith]

Is it an 8 or 6. Don't touch the cat unless your in NZ. Won't give much of a gain and will sound horribly tinny. Take of the rear resonator for pure noise. If not_an_abba_fan is lurking I am sure he will give you a better opinion.

[vnwpn1]

lol its a 6, do vns only come with 1 muffler?

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

Is it an 8 or 6. Don't touch the cat unless your in NZ. Won't give much of a gain and will sound horribly tinny. Take of the rear resonator for pure noise. If not_an_abba_fan is lurking I am sure he will give you a better opinion.

Reading his first post I don't think I'll bother....

[wraith]

Oh epic burn

[Rolla_Rolla']

IM so curious to punch the cat 2na half inch straight pipe or 3? i kno it will sound dodge

Prepare to be blasted.

[levymetal]

the guy is banned so there's no point pursuing it.

[Rolla_Rolla']

Did he get banned today ?

[Tim Smtih]

It's a VN. What you want to do before fudging with the exhaust is take a good long look at yourself. If you're under the age of twenty or are still on your P's wait until you're older and have more of an appreciation of money and cars before jumping on the zorst bandwagon. More or less you aren't going to impress anyone with huge exhaust and gutted cats and cannons (and if you do i think that says something about the people with whom you are associated). 125kW is all your ever going to get out of the 'ol VN unless you do some serious work to the internals of the engine. Refer to my post in your "punching cats" thread.

[neet_wagon]

few vn questions

^^^^ Is this not the same as his other thread??

Whats with people and gutting cats?

I had a gutted one, used it as extra weight when i scapped my old berlina, thats all they're good for!

[crazybiker]

It's a VN. What you want to do before fudging with the exhaust is take a good long look at yourself. If you're under the age of twenty or are still on your P's wait until you're older and have more of an appreciation of money and cars before jumping on the zorst bandwagon. More or less you aren't going to impress anyone with huge exhaust and gutted cats and cannons (and if you do i think that says something about the people with whom you are associated). 125kW is all your ever going to get out of the 'ol VN unless you do some serious work to the internals of the engine. Refer to my post in your "punching cats" thread.

Aye, that age thing is totally irrelevant.

I'm 17 now. I bought the car, with my OWN money at 15 for driving on my Ls. Put in the WHOLE exhaust with my own money.

But that doesn't mean I have no appreciation for money. If not, I've got more. I've had to earn the money for putting everything in.

[Tim Smtih]

Aye, that age thing is totally irrelevant.

Then you are unique and an exception to the rule. My post was aimed more at the young and naive and as you are clearly not naive this post does not refer to you and you can go on your merry way. The amount of "how do i get more power out of my VN for cheap, will painting the bumper bar and punching cats get me more killerwasps" threads that pop up here is annoying. Sticky time?

[crazybiker]

Then you are unique and an exception to the rule. My post was aimed more at the young and naive and as you are clearly not naive this post does not refer to you and you can go on your merry way. The amount of "how do i get more power out of my VN for cheap, will painting the bumper bar and punching cats get me more killerwasps" threads that pop up here is annoying

Well thank you..

...and I agree about the constant posts of punching cats.

[WogBoyz]

Well thank you..

...and I agree about the constant posts of punching cats.

i agree aswell, i think ive seen like 3 threads this week on it, starting to get annoying

[crazybiker]

i agree aswell, i think ive seen like 3 threads this week on it, starting to get annoying

I think I've seen 3 in as many days, actually.

They don't understand that they're there for a reason. You can find that VERY minimal gain somewhere else, pretty easy.

[sawychri06]

crazy biker my respect goes out to you i bought my car at age 16 i am now 17 and i payed for everything and i mean everything. i pay for petrol, rego, insurance, services, modifications and anythin that is done to the car i payed for the car it is 100% mine

my parents have always said you will respect money more if you pay for your car and everything and it teaches you about saving and spending although tim smtih is also correct to many kids are just sooked and babied by there parents..


crazy biker is right on the money although

[crazybiker]

Well, I've got it SLIGHTLY easier, dad said he's happy to pay for the insurance and rego up until I turn 18. After that, I'm on my own.

But repairs, extra's, and petrol all come out of my pocket.

[tmerivale]

gutting the cat will give you as much power gain as pulling the air con out and using wind up windows instead of electrical and pulling out the back seat lol, just not worth doing it. but i suppose people are willing to try. bloody silly cants. ah well

[crazybiker]

Removing the aircon will probably give you a much better gain.

If you remove the WHOLE lot, I think Morton said it was something like 20kgs at very minimum.

That's a very handy weight loss.

[neet_wagon]

There is a far bigger gain to be had from removing the air-con (or at least running a non-a/c belt) as oppossed to 'punching out' a catylic converter. (though it is still not a great amount seeing as the a/c has a clutch)

The hollow cat brigade all need to be shot.

[NZVK308]

Thread bump.. not trying to high jack just a legitamate question..

I have to basicly redo the exhaust on my VN...as the rear half was ... well putting it bluntly F....KD after being butcherd by previous no brainer owner before me...was seemed like a easy simple fix to me has ended in a major...

Question is..from the Y pipe in the front its 2 flanged sections...then to the main belly muffler.. the rear muffler and over diff pipe sections all ****ed...

Is any gains to be had by using a free flow muffler and 2 1/2 inch pipe or stick with 2 1/4inch??? The noise isnt too bad just a anoying drone,,abit on the loudish side..

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

2 1/4" is the best size, but there isn't anyone that does an off the shelf 2 1/4" sports system. Over here you can get the tail pipe section in 2 1/4" without the resonator, don't know about there. I would chop the front muffler out and weld in a straight through muffler and use the tail pipe only rear.

[crazybiker]

So a 2.5" loses power?

I thought anything after the tune length extractors doesn't make a difference anyway, aslong as anything after the extractors isn't creating a huge resistance.

[Not_An_Abba_Fan]

It's all about how fast you can move the exhaust, not how much. The bigger the exhaust, the slower it actually moves as each pulse has to take up more room.

Even extractors aren't designed for optimum exhaust velocity, they are getting better with merge collectors, and as technology gets better, the designs will also improve.

[crazybiker]

Ahh k..

So I went the wrong way by going the 2.5" exhaust