Hi,
I had the exhaust fully replaced with a full 3” stainless steel system from http://www.powerspeed.co.uk/ and what a difference it has made to the cars acceleration.
The car revs far more freely and the exhaust note is a cross between the Audi 5cly and a V8, odd but quite satisfying. They utilised one of my 200cpi free flow cats I had fitted a few years ago, so at least I did not need to replace that and I can definitely say, I would never have any work done on my car again by ‘short death’ exhausts again. (I don’t name companies who do it wrong but see if you can work it out!)
I am now going to sell the stainless steel MTM cat-back I had fitted a few years ago, as it has done less than 10000 miles and is as good as new. It’s a shame that the free flow cats and the down pipe from the turbo I had fitted, after the MTM cat back, were not made to the same standard as the kit from Powerspeed or even MTM. You should have seen the standard of the welding and the way they cut ‘n’ shut the tubes into the down tube from ‘Short death’ exhausts, absolutely disgraceful and almost certainly caused the engine to not flow correctly. And that’s even if you ignore using smaller tubing than what the MTM bit had!!
But anyway, I take my hat off to Powerespeed and there team for sorting the exhaust out and I can definitely recommend them. Well done.
The following pictures show how it should be done!!
Just need to save up to replace all the suspension, engine and gearbox bushes!!
Oh the joys of an old car but I love it.
I had the exhaust fully replaced with a full 3” stainless steel system from http://www.powerspeed.co.uk/ and what a difference it has made to the cars acceleration.
The car revs far more freely and the exhaust note is a cross between the Audi 5cly and a V8, odd but quite satisfying. They utilised one of my 200cpi free flow cats I had fitted a few years ago, so at least I did not need to replace that and I can definitely say, I would never have any work done on my car again by ‘short death’ exhausts again. (I don’t name companies who do it wrong but see if you can work it out!)
I am now going to sell the stainless steel MTM cat-back I had fitted a few years ago, as it has done less than 10000 miles and is as good as new. It’s a shame that the free flow cats and the down pipe from the turbo I had fitted, after the MTM cat back, were not made to the same standard as the kit from Powerspeed or even MTM. You should have seen the standard of the welding and the way they cut ‘n’ shut the tubes into the down tube from ‘Short death’ exhausts, absolutely disgraceful and almost certainly caused the engine to not flow correctly. And that’s even if you ignore using smaller tubing than what the MTM bit had!!
But anyway, I take my hat off to Powerespeed and there team for sorting the exhaust out and I can definitely recommend them. Well done.
The following pictures show how it should be done!!
Just need to save up to replace all the suspension, engine and gearbox bushes!!
Oh the joys of an old car but I love it.
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