Alanivanhoe Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi everyone, I'm looking at replacing my current single bean can system on my Spitfire Mk2 which is way too noisy and I’ve upset the neighbours enough now! Can anyone recommend a twin silencer system that allows me to keep friendly with the neighbours but still has a nice tone to it? Erring on the side of quieter rather than a sports system is really where I want to go with it. Thanks very much in advance looking forward to lots of advice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi, have you got the mid main silencer installed in your current system or just a straight through link pipe? This would make quite a difference and be a cheaper fix than twin back boxes which Ive never thought of as a means of making things quieter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanivanhoe Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Hi, thanks for the reply. There is a “kind of” mid silencer but it looks really small. This leads to another very small / can sized silencer at the rear. I’m hoping for some advice as I don’t want to invest in a good looking system (single or twin) but find it’s still noisy. It may be that a single pipe system with “proper” silencers would be ok but I don’t have experience of anything other than the system that came on the car. Has anyone had a similar quest or been satisfied with a particular system that they’ve bought? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I think, glang, that Alan's saying he's only got one box - no centre box - and that he wants a system with both, like you suggest. I don't think he was ever deluded into thinking a wheelbarrow system would be any help! The original Mk2 exhaust is quite rorty because both boxes are un-baffled straight-through types. However, it's not offensive if in good condition and with both silencers present. The problem is that a lot of the exhaust systems available - especially the stainless ones - omit that centre silencer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thats funny I take both answers the opposite way😂 Theres mid and back boxes but theyre small so its probably the usual MK2 system but we dont know if its stainless (noiser because thinner metal can be used) or a sports system. As were agreed a twin back box system wont help I think the choices are: Mild steel system, stainless standard system or, if it'll fit, use a MK3/4 backbox as they look beefier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanivanhoe Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 I Quoted from glang- Thats funny I take both answers the opposite way😂 Theres mid and back boxes but theyre small so its probably the usual MK2 system but we dont know if its stainless (noiser because thinner metal can be used) or a sports system. As were agreed a twin back box system wont help I think the choices are: Mild steel system, stainless standard system or, if it'll fit, use a MK3/4 backbox as they look beefier... Quoted from glang- Thats funny I take both answers the opposite way😂 Theres mid and back boxes but theyre small so its probably the usual MK2 system but we dont know if its stainless (noiser because thinner metal can be used) or a sports system. As were agreed a twin back box system wont help I think the choices are: Mild steel system, stainless standard system or, if it'll fit, use a MK3/4 backbox as they look beefier... I definitely do have two boxes, one in the mid section and one almost at the end but they seem very small and this, coupled with the loud effect had got me thinking...maybe a twin system (larger silencers) but it sounds like I’m over compensating a bit. Maybe a regular Mk2 system (non twin pipe) would do the trick. Do I sense a lack of enthusiasm for twin systems? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Apart from the looks (wheelbarrow handles😁) they have a reputation of being louder as thats usually what the twin system buyer wants. Yours could still be a sports system even with two boxes (see Rimmers site) but maybe you need their standard system which is also available in stainless... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Quoted from glang- Thats funny I take both answers the opposite way😂 Well, in my defence, I posted my answer to your comment before Alan's response showed up. As glang says, the wheelbarrow systems are normally loud because that's their target market, but even without that there's no reason to think that adding a second source of noise would ever make it quieter! Multiple silencers in series along a single pipe is always going to be the option for quiet. The Mk3 rear box is a baffle type, which are generally quieter than the straight-through type of the Mk2 but the difference is mostly in the spitting end of the spectrum, for which the tubular manifold actually helps a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanivanhoe Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Thanks for all your help. It looks like a standard system should do the trick for me after all, maybe with a nice chrome end fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Pity theres no actual MK2 experience on here as it could get expensive trying different exhausts! Basically the bigger the silencers the more effective theyll be and, as Rob says, the baffle type would be even better.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Well, I do have some experience of a Mk2 with standard exhaust (my brother's first car)... but it was a long time ago when I was young and liked a bit of noise. That said, I wasn't a hooligan or boy racer. The Mk2 was certainly louder than the Mk1 Vitesse I drove at the time, but then so is my current Mk1 Vitesse with allegedly standard exhaust. My questionable memory suggests that Mk2 was probably quieter than my 1500 Mk3 with tubular exhaust and Mk1 GT6 single-box system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glang Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yes we really need someone who can say Ive got a Rimmers (for example) standard stainless steel system on my MK2 and its nice and quiet although, of course, even thats always a bit subjective.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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