customising an exhaust for rasp

[dark_sounds]

right, my exhaust is beginning to annoy, just not my cup of tea,, tis loud and deep, sets of occasional alarm,, sound alright in higher revs though not so much in lower.

basically going to go back to powwe flow to get them to change it around abit.

i want it to sound raspy and tinny, more so in the upper revs as thats when the power kicks in on the IS, what specs should this be? how do i achieve this?

cheers

[stuartgallafant]

sets of occasional alarm

indeed...

ali, i did have an E46 M3 back box sitting by my toolbox at work, which i was gonna cut open to see how they acheive the sound, but some f*ck*r took it! bloody cleaners!!

i assuming, that the bafflers inside the box wobbly, or rattle, kind of like the bit of plastic inside a kazoo (the toys that kids have that sounds like a constipated duck when you blow into it!!) but im not sure!

i'd be interested to know though. we were talking about this a while ago wernt we?!

[dark_sounds]

oooo my cousins got a spare e46 m3 back box he replaced with a AC schnitzer one! (sounds even more the dawgs!!)

ill ask him if i can borrow though does anyone know if powerflow even make this style of sound?

[dark_sounds]

thuogh the back box along is pretty darn big!

[stuartgallafant]

powerflow reckon they can achieve anything, so....

[dark_sounds]

well they fucked up with mine didnt they! it sounded good when they first made it,, but now it wore in,,, meh!

e46 exhausts on ebay,,, 25£ lol no e46 owner needs a standard exhaust do they! hence dirt cheap,, i remember i advertised my cousins on ebay,,, for 10£,,,, got no bids (about a year ago!) lol might just buy one and rip it apart.. or try and fit it! lol!!!!

[maxfield]

Heres some E46 sound clips i'm not the biggest fan off the rasp but some sweet videos on here

http://www.klangford.com/gallery.asp

[Dan318-is]

powerflow reckon they can achieve anything, so....

Powerflow can suck my dick. the only thing they can achieve is a rusting exhaust in under a year. cocks

[stuartgallafant]

true say dan!

[dark_sounds]

powerflow reckon they can achieve anything, so....

Powerflow can suck my dick. the only thing they can achieve is a rusting exhaust in under a year. cocks

they changed supplier and acknowledged this problem,,, and tbh mines coming to 6 months and looking fine... so maybe not so much anymore....

[hammoj28]

Mines a powerflow back box and it sounds really raspy and rattly in a good way. Ask 320touring. Will try get a sound clip if you want.

[stuartgallafant]

yeah, get a sound clip hammo

[dark_sounds]

yeah cheers fella!

[dark_sounds]

just took a clip of my exhaust,,, though been cooling down, so its a bit quiter, didnt take over 4 k cos its not warmed up,, warming up now....

[hammoj28]

Ok. The solund on my camera is not too great but i have a clip. How do i host it. Its a video of me taking off and that.lol.

[dark_sounds]

lol im louding mine using photobucket u can select video and upload the link

[dark_sounds]

from coolish,,, car warming up now,, and will et one then ;)

[zaust]

One that some of the older fellas will remember.

Buy 1 cheap metal ref's whistle and weld it inside one of the exhaust tips.
sounds awesome with a deep rumble.

[hammoj28]

Cool. Loading it up at the mo.

[hammoj28]

Heres the first one. Got a better one comin so please be patient as these things take bloody ages!lol The sound is much better on the one comin.

[hammoj28]

And heres the better one.

[oze30]

Thats what mine sounds like... and its stock with a walker middle box. When i did blow my other middle box apart, it sounded wicked wot, but crap at low revs. the kazoo thing might work, as thats the kinda effect that happened with mine

[georob]

And heres the better one.

Is this the Wallace P exhaust? Is it just a 4 pot you have?

[hammoj28]

Nah its not the wallace one. That was on my old car. This exhaust came with the car. Just a back box i think. why? Yeah mines a 4 pot but its an IS hence the 16v rattle.

[Simon13]

when i had my 318is! seems a long time ago......

but she was still sporting the factory exhaust system right through and it sounded well raspy especially at high rpm. Back then i always thought there was something wrong with it! but thats how they sound!

so sell the powerflow and buy an original system! not a cheap option

[georob]

No reason dude

Just wondered

[hammoj28]

Cool. Was up at wallace on sat. its lookin well rough!

Yeah most 16v seem to have a rattle, the redtops do and focus zetec s do.

[georob]

Yeah, had a redtop cali and cav sri, theres the same

Not been up past Wal P in a while, i might have a squiz past 2mrw as i work up near there anyway

[hammoj28]

Yup, my mates redtop nova sounds similar. Well i haven't been up for about a year but it looks worse to me.

[dark_sounds]

thats pretty decent sounding hammoj,, and ur area good enough to leave a camara around! though it seems you live in middle of no ware!

do you have the powerflow reciept? should say on their what spec it is,, box size, amount of piping etc,, could you post a pic of it or pm me it cheers mate

[hammoj28]

Its not too bad yeah. Think it has a slight leak at the manifold but it still sounds good. And yup, i live in the middle of nowhere!lol


Nah i dont have a receipt. The last owner bought it second hand off a zoner but i dont know who. All the boxes are meant to have a plate with a code on em so i will have a check tommoro and get some piccies of it for you.

No bother.

[cliffybabe]

ali just hsove ur boxer up the exhaust rather leaving them above it

[dark_sounds]

then it wil be quiter,,, and rattle like a btich,,, hmm you may have solved my problem. lol

[hammoj28]

Cant find a plate on it. Dunno how to identify the box.

[dark_sounds]

no worries! will just ask them,