Exhaust

[HAZZA-VN]

Dunno if i should be posting this here or not,

But i have a cat back 2 1/2 sports exhaust on my Vn, i think its just got two mufflers and a hot dog, have been told if i remove the hot dog i will loose some power but have a nice lumpy idal(however its spelt)

Anyone know any if thats right or not, i want it louder, story basically is when i got the exhaust put on my dad picked me up got out n said to the bloke make sure its nto to loud after i had told the bloke i want it loud n beefy, he did wat dad said cause my dad had been going to him for years, so yeah its not as loud as i want it to be.

Any hints tips would be appreciated,

Cheers Aaron

[Morton]

I think if you remove the hotdog it'll sound a bit nicer. I don't think you'll lose power though, and I doubt you'll get a lumpy idle out of the V6 unless it's missfiring

[Joey_21]

wouldnt lose power it would be louder but not lumpy unless u got a cam but it will drone more aswel

[Stan003]

yeah you wont loose any power and it will sound much better, but u wont get the lumpy idle unless u get an extra 2 cylinders installed lol

[HAZZA-VN]

yeah you wont loose any power and it will sound much better, but u wont get the lumpy idle unless u get an extra 2 cylinders installed lol

Lmao, cheers. how bad do you think it would sound sitting on 100km in over drive?

[Morton]

If you've got two mufflers still, it'll be fine. I had one straight-through muffler on my VP's catback and it didn't drone 'till 110.

[padrickz88]

you "should" be fine with drone at 100..... mines still fine at 110, all depends on what muffler you have....
you will get a better sounding exhaust, i also doubt u loose power since a straight bit of pipe has no restriction?

but seriously, do it... car will sound so much better
(ive also heard of taking out the middle muffler and leaving the resonator/hotdog on the rear.... apparently has heaps less drone but its louder.... maybe look into that? i was going to but decided not to due to ride height)

[Bz Kn33z]

Should see if its a straight thro muffler, ditch the hotdog get a straight pipe, if u want abit more beefy sound pacemakers recommended, and if you want it meaner again convert it to manual

[VT-565]

I have done a bit of R&D with systems, if you want it a bit louder but not to sound like crap, remove the most restrictive muffler and leave the hotdog and other muffler. Although this is a bit weird because they usually run either two mufflers or one and a hotdog. Hotdogs are definitely worth keeping, they take the raspiness out of the note.