exhaust help

[sambryant]

hi all. at the moment im running a milltek cat back on my lcr. its the non res. as some of you may know its very quiet and i prefer something a little louder but not chavvy. i was wondering if other back boxes fit the milltek cat back pipe. also what back boxes sound best, scorpion,blueflame ect.
any help would be fantastic.
sam

 

[BBoy82]

LCR's are a single piece exhaust from the outlet flange of the cat backwards.
i.e no separate back box.
Im also confused, as i thought the resonated version was quieter?

 

[sambryant]

nope the non res is the loud one. also my cat back system is in 2 bits. back box and the pipe that connects the back box to the cat.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Factory standard is in 2 bits most of the time just using a coupling sleave. Blue flame sound good mate. The only reason i can think why there so quiet is due to the large 90 degree bend in the system, as they say for an exhaust as streight as possible hence why most are louder.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX9yYgDjhJU

Unsure if its turbo back but they seem nicer than miltek.

Also look at the blueflame -

compared to standard which has a sharp 90 degree bend to the rear silencer. The exhaust system on the LCR is probably most restrictive thing on the car. Youd be better off with blueflame as there nicely made systems with decent gains, miltek have gone down hill on the quality factor imo.

 

[billyhas]

sports cat or decat, thats the way for more for more sound

 

[sambryant]

thanks guys for your input

 

[paul-murphys]

i got non res an when stuck my standard decat pipe on noise difference was good an when giving the car some beans got some nice pops an bangs, gone 3" downpipe an decat with miltek cat back an noise nows even better, try decat it an see what you think. reason i changed decat to 3" is because im going hybrid an need to lower egt.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Decat gives a nice burble on idle never had chance to drive mine on full chat to see like.

 

[paul-murphys]

here is my old decat noise, recorded on phone so not so good will do another one now got the 3" downpipe an decat fitted

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy7AFMdXQfI