advice on a loud exhaust system for 1.6 si

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advice on a loud exhaust system for 1.6 si

Postby dan.si on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:08 am

advice on a load exhaust system for 1.6 si. wot are powerflow like
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Postby adz on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:22 am

load or loud?

powerflow will make one up to how you want

the bigger the backbox the quieter the sound, then they do backboxes that are about the same size as a biggish tailpipe and they are the loudest.

u can also choose the tailpipe and they will weld it all up and fit it while you wait.
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Postby Oranoco on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:53 am

Powerflow are utter tug! Very poor grade of stainless steel used and their build quality leads a lot to be desired. If you want to show off outside McDonalds that you have a pair of 5" tailpipes then go for it. If you want a decent exhaust don't bother
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Postby turbodaily on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:55 am

why not buy a proper exhaust system like scorpian?? very good quality exhausts and probably the same price :)
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Postby Oranoco on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:59 am

turbodaily :why not buy a proper exhaust system like scorpian?? very good quality exhausts and probably the same price :)


Magnex, Scorpion and Mongoose are all very good exhausts
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Postby RS1800pec on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:41 pm

Power flow do custem zorts so you can actually get them made to your liking. You could have a 5inch back box but they could change the silencers so it isnt to loud or you could get a 3" pipe which is loud as fook.

My old SI had a 4" pipe and it was fricking loud. You could hear me a mile away. It did have a nice rumble but got on my funlumps after a few months

Give them a ring tell them what you what, how loud you want it and what sort of sound you want and then will build it to your liking :)
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Postby RS1800pec on Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:46 pm

Id personally go for Magnex. There by far the best in my book. All my mates have dealt with them and never had any probs.

Some people slat Power flow but there not actually that bad. If you like loud zorts then there the one but you can still ask for a quiet back box. and they do come with 10 years warranty.

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Postby Oranoco on Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:06 pm

As I said

Oranoco :Powerflow are utter tug! Very poor grade of stainless steel used and their build quality leads a lot to be desired. If you want a decent exhaust don't bother


You'd have to be a complete numpty to even consider going to them for a performance exhaust.

10 year warantee isn't worth the paper it's written on. Predator built the system for my old 2i and it had a lifetime guarantee on it and was mandrel bent not bodge welded to fit and the stainless steel used was a high grade (which was why the system cost me almost £600 in total)
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Postby Fezzy Turbo on Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:44 pm

yeah Powerflow are rubbish, i had one on my FRST and it fell to bits!!
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Postby Growler on Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:49 pm

make up yur own or atleast decide what yu want out of it

when i was running my mondy V6 i had a standard system split to 2 5 inch Rage Backboxes

Noisy but satisfying!

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Postby chicken_eyebrows on Thu Jan 19, 2006 5:36 pm

I've got a powerflow 3" system on mine. Can't complain about the quality, it's fine. It's so loud though it was fun at first but 10 months later is annoying the hell out of me.

When they took it off the ramp after they fitted it I was in the office and thought a Scooby had pulled into the carpark, turns out it was my Si :lol:
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Postby Oranoco on Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:14 pm

Get under the car in another 10 months and I'd almost put money on it going manky (usually round the welds). I've seen 2 systems drop to bits after 2 years

They ARE bad exhausts built using poor quality low grade stainless steel.
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Postby RS1800pec on Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:50 pm

OK ok there crap :lol:
But I bought my si with the powerflow already on. In total it was on the car for about 2 & half years and as far as i no there was never a problem with it. Just to bloody loud for my liking :P

Saying that the day i sold the motor the zorst came away from the manifold :lol: But that was due to scrapping over speed humps every day. Luckily it fell off next to a exhaust garage. i still sold it that night :Q

AND thinking about it my mate was convinced that the exhaust was holding the car back :rolleyes:

So yeh fook Powerflow lol
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