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wrdiv (Rrovergb)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 10:11 am: | 
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Who sells a reasonably priced exhaust system for a RR classic? I'd like to replace my existing system with stainless steel, but don't want to spend lots of money. Has anyone purchased one from England? |
94Rover
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 10:58 am: |
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Just hit your local muffler shop- They can set you up with a nice stainless steel exhaust system and install a set of Flowmaster mufflers with a nice exhaust note for around $300.00-
Don't get taken by all the "For Land Rover" ads that you see trying to sale you an expensive exhaust system. If you really want to know more about this type of set up, do a search here, or over at EE(expeditionexchange.com)- But if you want to spend the loot, go with NRP, or Falcon...but shy away from the Borla cat back system...the tip on the Borla hangs to low, and may drag and bend whenever you meet a particular incline, or back into a parking space with curb blockers......Now as to who sales an exhaust system.....Try Summit Racing for the Flowmaster Cats and Mufflers, and visit your local muffler shop for the install....You want to pay attention to the Flowmaster series of mufflers that offer the correct exhaust note for your taste also...but order the High Performance Cats( Flowmaster)
And if you need some reaffirment* I have the Flowmaster Cats and they only set me back $120.00 for a set(2). |
wrdiv (Rrovergb)
| | Posted on Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 11:41 am: |
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Thanks for the info. I'll pursue it. |
Andy Nichols
| | Posted on Saturday, March 23, 2002 - 06:40 pm: |
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Yeah, I just had the rear resonator box removed and replaced with a section of pipe. Cost $40, took 20 mins, looks good and doesn't make the thing any noisier, either!
I'd try a shop before parting with $6-700 dollars, too |
p m
| | Posted on Monday, March 25, 2002 - 06:57 pm: |
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well, here's my lil' bit of experience.
when the cats completely melted down and plugged up on my 89, my rover mechanic offered me the pipes with cats from a disco with 20kmi for about $600. i thought i could do better than that, followed some advice and bought two cats made by Catco (sold by Summit Racing).
all shops i came by refused to put them in, for two reasons - too much of a PITA to install, and the cats' quality. Somehow, everyone i talked to told me they wouldn't last a year.
so off i went to another shop who put two CarSound cats. It cost me $500, I lost about 0.5" of ground clearance, there are still some minor exhaust leaks.
later on, i found that the substrate from the old cats made its way downstream into the rear resonator. Sure, hacksaw was handy. The completely plugged resonator was off in a few minutes, replaced with a piece of straight pipe. Cost - $6.
Now it sounds like a total POS, with narrow and loud resonance near 1100-1200 rpm, 2300-2400, and
3500 rpm. The second harmonic seems to occur right smack at highway speeds (with 245/75 tires). Very ugly. I guess I will pound the crap out of my old resonator and have it welded back in.
so much for exhaust mods.
peter |
94Rover
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 12:26 am: |
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Peter, I've had my cats from http://www.summitracing.com on my 94Rover for about 2years now- no problems getting them installed, and no problems whatsoever from the cats, and I'd swear by their performance....that I think the've improved my truck...-Sounds like you were getting feed with your ass sewn shut- Sorry for the expression, but it's what it seems was happening to you while you were trying to get your cats installed..
FYI, for anyone getting repairs, or any other type of work performed on their Rover- RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN WHENEVER YOU HEAR SOME FOOL TELL YOU HOW HARD AND DIFFICULT LAND ROVERS ARE TO WORK ON! AND NEVER THINK TWICE ABOUT CALLING THE PERSON WHO TELLS YOU THIS AN IDIOT.. |
doug james (Dgj95lwb)
| | Posted on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 04:33 pm: |
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Totally agree w/94R. They are straight forward devices, BUT they are not easy from a TIME standpoint to work on. My 95 consumes only one thing more than fuel and that's TIME. I've had MUCH experience owning (this is not a brag, just recounting for illustration) various Porsches, MB, Jaguars, several Astons, and a whole corral of other post-war European sports cars. Some were more time consuming than others, BUT the RR simply dwarfs them all, even Jaguars!
The engineering is elegantly simple, but ponderous, time-wise. Allow whole lotta' time for simple projects, and you'll enjoy every(well, not every)moment working on 'em. Cheers, doug |
PerroneFord
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 12:10 am: |
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Hey doug,
How much time did it take to do the valves on a 911? Did you pull the engine as recommended or play the "up/down" game?
-P |
doug james (Dgj95lwb)
| | Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2002 - 07:52 pm: |
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P:
I was in school when I had my first, note: first-yet to get a 993(C4S).. 911- and it was new so I didn't have to do the valves. On several 356's though, A/B, no C... the best was the 5th-to-last Speedster, but again didn't have to drop its' engine, ever. Did do 3 'B' motors though, engine out, split case, the works. 25 mins from running to outta' there. It takes 25 mins to drain the coolant outta' the RR !
Can do the XK and XJ sixes from memory...TOO many of those. This,as a hobbyist, not a wrench. Way too active in the club scene over the years!
What's been the most reliable of all? The DB6 Vantage and my 95 lwb. I love it. A fine mistress indeed...not meaning to get into the G-thing, but it is hard to beat MB/German eng'rng, though. |
p m
| | Posted on Monday, April 01, 2002 - 10:25 pm: |
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94Rover,
nicely put 
i am still holding onto my Catco $60 cats, will either use them on the disco or on the jeep (they won't live long on the jeep, that's for sure).
A thre-chamber stainless steel Flowmaster is a good thing, a straight rear pipe instead of a resonator - not.
peter |
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