exhaust back box - lack of

vanvliet · Post by **vanvliet** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:45 pm

My exhaust back box fell off the day before our trip to Cornwall this summer . I junked it and fitted a length of stainless steel flexihose I had in the garage and reused the rear chrome tip .A couple of thousand miles later ,it is still working fine with no appreciable noise increase.
Last week, much to my surprise , the van sailed through its MOT with this set up.It feels a little bit nippier to drive but there has been no change in fuel consumption

dandywarhol · Post by **dandywarhol** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:32 am

Jayzus van, you'll be blackening oot the windaes, fitting 20" allys an' a body kit next.................

vanvliet · Post by **vanvliet** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 1:03 am

You cheeky b-gger

Think of it as a Bongo chopper .No namby pamby extras like exhaust silencers .I might get a sleeping bag roll for the bonnet .

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 4:39 pm

So you will not be interested in my old exhaust then?

vanvliet · Post by **vanvliet** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 5:59 pm

Appreciate the offer . What condition are the various parts in now that you have removed it? The rest of the exhaust might well fall appart around my stainless bits at some stage! I am inclined to leave it all be at present and replace the lot with a stainless system when the need arises.
If anyone local has their back box fall off I have a spare length of stainless flexitube which they can have for free

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:22 pm

It's surprising how good a turbo is at silencing a engine.

vanvliet · Post by **vanvliet** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:26 am

There is a convenient bracket mounting point hole in the chassis just where the back box usually breaks off and the flexitube is held firmly in place there and at the rear on one of the original bracket mounting points