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Why does my suberu impreza sti exhaust sound so quite?
odollybird
Posts: 198 Forumite
in Motoring
can i do anything with the standerd exhaust to make it sound more throaty or have i got to change the back box
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Because its working properly and not been chavved up?0
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Wot do i have to do to chav it up0
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Change the back box to one that has at least a 150mm bore tail pipe
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Heard drilling some holes in your air filter box makes it more noisy. Also maybe removing the back box on the exhaust.I hate migraines.0
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cookie_monster wrote: »Heard drilling some holes in your air filter box makes it more noisy. Also maybe removing the back box on the exhaust.
you serious about these suggestions?
drilling holes will accelerate corrosion and render the exhaust useless - it'll fail an MOT and require to be patched or replaced meaning drilling the hole is/was pointless (and illegal)
removing the backbox????? another MOT failure. The system may be airtight but I thnk that could be another MOT failure. The volume of an exhaust may not be an MOT failure but the police may be inclined to pull you in if it's too loud and instruct you to get it fixed. A few years ago my exhaust snapped and i arranged a replacement at the local garage. the police pulled me in as i entered the garage premises because the exhaust was so loud - they were confirming that i was getting it fixed.
The legal way to make it louder is to buy a sports exhaust or sports back box.
Personally i think it makes cars sound like they're being driving by 17year old chavs who think their car is the dogs bo****ks. Most of the time their car is worth more as scrap than as a car.
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you serious about these suggestions?
drilling holes will accelerate corrosion and render the exhaust useless - it'll fail an MOT and require to be patched or replaced meaning drilling the hole is/was pointless (and illegal)
removing the backbox????? another MOT failure. The system may be airtight but I thnk that could be another MOT failure. The volume of an exhaust may not be an MOT failure but the police may be inclined to pull you in if it's too loud and instruct you to get it fixed. A few years ago my exhaust snapped and i arranged a replacement at the local garage. the police pulled me in as i entered the garage premises because the exhaust was so loud - they were confirming that i was getting it fixed.
The legal way to make it louder is to buy a sports exhaust or sports back box.
Personally i think it makes cars sound like they're being driving by 17year old chavs who think their car is the dogs bo****ks. Most of the time their car is worth more as scrap than as a car.
I was joking!!!
Doh.
If they are stupid enough to do this then I suggest the person doesn't drive.I hate migraines.0 -
odollybird wrote: »can i do anything with the standerd exhaust to make it sound more throaty or have i got to change the back box
What engine is it?
The new 2.5 doesn't sound anywhere as "throaty" as the old 2.0.0 -
it is a 2.5 but i want it to sound a throaty but not to much0
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Hope the wheels fall off.
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wot do u mean
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