V8 Burble

[Goosey]

I have a year 2000 P38 4.6 Vogue and have always regretted how quiet it was. Such a shame to stifle the glorious

note of the V8. In search of an alternative to expensive systems (£500 +)I've done the following.

Removed both rear silencers, by cutting off directly at the rear, and replacing with straight stainless pipes. These need to be 600mm

I/D to match the old pipe and joined with 67mm couplers, cut from other pipe. The rear silencers are suspended both

at the front and rear but the new arrangement needs only suspending at the front, due to losing the weight of the silencers

(15kg each). A very simple bracket can be made from stock items, to attach to a standard exhaust clamp and bent to hang

from the rubber mounting.

The result looks very neat and sounds beautiful. Just loud enough to hear the V8 melody but not

enough to become tiring. I sourced my stainless pipe from scrapped Mini Cooper S system, for less than £5, so with the brackets

the whole mod came to less than £15!

[uksniper1]

hi mate,,i have a 1989 3.9 v8 classic,,i removed the huge middle box an replaced it with a straight through cherry bomb,then,took the old back box off and welded a evo big bore onto it,,looks the part and sounds great,,see pictures and video...

[GT6Steve]

hi mate,,i have a 1989 3.9 v8 classic,,i removed the huge middle box an replaced it with a straight through cherry bomb,then,took the old back box off and welded a evo big bore onto it,,looks the part and sounds great,,see pictures and video...

Sounds great!

You seemed to acclerate for the river crossing? Was that just for fun or a technique? I'd have thought you'd have crept to keep water from splashing the dizzy?

Waterproofed electrics?

[FridgeFreezer]

You seemed to acclerate for the river crossing? Was that just for fun or a technique? I'd have thought you'd have crept to keep water from splashing the dizzy?

Bumper deep most RR's should be happy with as standard unless the ignition components are rubbish. My dad's one would do that sort of depth happily with only an ice-cream tub for protection. Prolonged dunking in deep water (above the dizzy) is a different story.

[GT6Steve]

I remember living a few years in the Pacific Northwest US with rivers. The Chevy truck would go happily thru any river with the water over the hood because the dizzy was at the back. Fords (or Dodges, can't remember) would fail because the fan started flinging water onto the front mounted dizzy. I've ridden thru rivers where we had to roll the windows up quick to keep the water out in my friends Chevy pickup. I also remember abandoning that same truck and shivering for about six hours on the time he didn't make it! We finally got a fire going just in time for a logging truck to come by and give us a ride!! This desert boy learnt a lot in those three years in North Idaho

[uksniper1]

hi all,,i usualy accelerate to push a good wave in front of me as rule of thumb,plus i do loads of very deep river crossings(see my you tube vids)..the rangie is very water proofed,dizzy,snorkel,,all connectors and blocks water tight,lights,coil,anti spray plate for alternator,air box,ecu's in a box full wading kit e.t.c...ive had her in in water to the windscreen!! and kept on going!as lots of members of my 4x4 club have seen ..shes also fully undersealed,,i mean around a inch thick,as i spend a lot of time in water,(4 inch lift and simex clawed 265's help too)hope this answers questions e.t.c...chees wayne.