f124ncobarchetta
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Hi All
Just thought I would share one of my recent experiences with exhausts on my Barchetta.
I incorporated the services of an online Stainless steel exhaust manufacturer to make my custom exhaust.
My aim was to keep the downpipe and the CAT as it was still in good condition, and replace everything else after it using stainless steel.
Like many manufacturers/garages, they wanted the car so they could tailor the exhaust in situ. Of course this was impossible in my case as it was a non-taxed, non MOT'd and not road worthy at the time. So I thought how hard could it be to devise a custom exhaust from readily available parts. Anyway, I removed the old exhaust and after a few measurements of lengths and angles etc I discussed my requirements with the manufacturer, made a few sketches and sent to them via email.
You can see my results in the attached picture.
They quickly provided me with the parts I ordered and I proceeded to mount them. I must stress that I had access to a workshop to be able to fabricate my own brackets and methods to hold the exhaust in place. I appreciate that not all people can do this. However if you can, with a bit of out of box thinking you can utilise existing anchor points under the car to do this job.
The result is an exhaust that makes quite a loud noise. Not a Raspy rally type noise but definitely a worthy boy racers type noise. :slayer:
I may have to sell it due to unhappy neighbours though
I'm happy for any feedback or questions.
Just thought I would share one of my recent experiences with exhausts on my Barchetta.
I incorporated the services of an online Stainless steel exhaust manufacturer to make my custom exhaust.
My aim was to keep the downpipe and the CAT as it was still in good condition, and replace everything else after it using stainless steel.
Like many manufacturers/garages, they wanted the car so they could tailor the exhaust in situ. Of course this was impossible in my case as it was a non-taxed, non MOT'd and not road worthy at the time. So I thought how hard could it be to devise a custom exhaust from readily available parts. Anyway, I removed the old exhaust and after a few measurements of lengths and angles etc I discussed my requirements with the manufacturer, made a few sketches and sent to them via email.
You can see my results in the attached picture.
They quickly provided me with the parts I ordered and I proceeded to mount them. I must stress that I had access to a workshop to be able to fabricate my own brackets and methods to hold the exhaust in place. I appreciate that not all people can do this. However if you can, with a bit of out of box thinking you can utilise existing anchor points under the car to do this job.
The result is an exhaust that makes quite a loud noise. Not a Raspy rally type noise but definitely a worthy boy racers type noise. :slayer:
I may have to sell it due to unhappy neighbours though
I'm happy for any feedback or questions.