carmadmike Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 HiMy exhaust on my Vitesse is very loud and every one looks round when I put my foot down and bring the revs up.It is a canley classic stainless system but I have changed the back box for a mild steel one but it is still very loud.Is there a second box that can be fitted into the system has any one done it and which parts have you used. Is it a straight fit.Any ideas would be gratefully received.Thanks Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Standard manifold or something else? I found the CC stainless box sounded lovely at first and then got loud after a few long, fast runs. I added what is basically a "cherry bomb" in the centre section just forward of the diff, which helped a bit. In the end I took the CC back box apart and found that someone had used far too much tape when it was built and this had melted and sealed most of the rock-wool sound absorbing packing off from the exhaust path. With this sorted and a bit less packing in the box ('cause I could only physically force about 2/3 of what came out back in) I welded the ends back on and it is now pretty much perfect - though it still sounds quite cross at full chat..... as it it should really :)Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logicaluk Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 The stainless system on my vitesse was very loud wheen I got it, then I rebuilt the carbs and it ran alot quieter when I retuned her she was alot leaner.Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Mine is offensively loud and I have no intention of changing it :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davemate Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Just a cherry bomb on mine, :)http://youtu.be/7C5sTR7XuOA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I take your cherry bombed herald and I raise you a, erm, cherry bombed herald!http://youtu.be/2Hp0h6U9zigI'm curious to hear what a 2" straight through pipe and fuel injection will sound like. I'm hoping for flames... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon burrows Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I thought it was supposed to be that volume to cover the whine from the gearbox and the diff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT6 M Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 its easy to make em quiet, like Nick, I took mine apart, but in a diff way.sliced it open , alang the bottom,and half way up the side, so it peels backthis then lets ye get to the innards, an re packI gev it a few tak welds, but could also be done with 2 bits of metal,screwed to the casingthen seam sealed it with black silicon mastic.never leaked an quite quietdid it this way, just in case i wanted in agenthere a thread on it some where under Tech Chat,but as usual, I can never fin oot on that darn search thingyM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I ran my Moss (Vitesse engine) with only a stub pipe down from the manifold and out the side for a few years.Was loud, but no-one seemed to mind. Well apart from the owners of teh cars I "alarmed" at nightCheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAC Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I got stopped by the Police last week. I was driving through town on my way home and a Police car was next to me in the one way system, he then pulled in behind me. Having followed me for about a mile or so he put on the blue lights. I didn't know what I'd done wrong. I knew my brake light switch had failed recently but I'd put a new one in -maybe it had gone again?So, he walked up to me and said 'Hello sir, nothing to worry about, I just wanted to have a look at your car. Back in town it sounded amazing!'.We talked cars for about ten minutes. Now my stainless exhaust has the approval of the Police I took my eight year old daughter out in it and went into a multi storey car park and gave it few good revs! I don't know you giggled more me or her! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Vitesse on a tubular manifold, 2" pipe and straight through back boxhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCezqmqiuqg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferny Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Aren't we all meant to be getting more sensible as we get older? ;D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goody Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Getting older and or Growing Up, is not the same thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andybeau Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 You've got to grow old, but you can stay immature all your life!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpeedy Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I always say "growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMPUS Posted June 4, 2014 Share Posted June 4, 2014 Has your middle pipe got a silencer ? Mine does !A few weeks ago a friend with a spitfire said it seemed mine was louder then his, because he asked my if i had a center silencer :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmadmike Posted June 13, 2014 Author Share Posted June 13, 2014 Thanks for the reply's and sorry i haven't got back straight away.GT6M Had a look for the thread in tech chat but couldn't find it do you have pics of what you did.NickWhere did you get your cherry bomb from or can you recommend a center box that will fit. also do you have any pics of how you opened up and closed the rear box to repack it. Did you have to buy any more packing and where did you get it from.AllWhat is the difference between the Mk1 and Mk2 exhaust ?. As the Mk1 has a center box. Will the center box fit the Mk2 pipe or will the hole Mk1 exhaust fit a Mk2 vitesse.Thanks again Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jones Posted June 14, 2014 Share Posted June 14, 2014 Found my previous write-uphttp://sideways-technologies.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic/761-silencer-building/?p=9859&hl=silencer&fromsearch=1#entry9859Still using the same box now.Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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