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[hb69]

Hi

I have recently bought a 1990 xr2i. It came with a 5" backbox (not sure who its made by) this makes the car very loud. I am looking to replace it with something smaller possibly a 3"/3.5" exhaust.

I am after something which is only slightly louder than the standard one when idling but sounds nice when at about 3000rpm. I have heard magnex are the best but i havent found anywhere that sells magnex backbox's for the 8v. has anyone had any experience of piper exhausts???

i dont want something that sounds raspy at high revs...

Has anyone got any ideas which type to go for????

Cheers

[Oranoco]

By the sounds of your description it will probably be a Rage or some tat like that (anybody say chive / McDonalds ).

Magnex do a backbox for the 8v 2i and when I got mine it was £113 iirc but this was some years ago. Mild steel Piper exhausts sound nice but tend not to last more than 5 minutes their stainless exhausts are sposed to be pretty darn good.


Amber Performance list:

Scorpion £298 FS
Mongoose £273 FS
Magnex £280 FS
Piper £313

R-Tec do mail order so it may be worth giving them a ring 01727 790100 don't let them talk you into some cheap chive rubbish though as they are well known for Lexus lights and neon washer jets

A good quality custom exhaust (not PowerFlow ) could be looked into but tend to cost a few quid. My old 2i one was about £600 and the custom box on my A4 was just over £200 (both made superbly with excellent materials and pipe work that is mandrel bended not welded in sections.



Not a great pic as the tailpipes need a polish but it looks sweet and is barely noisier than the standard pipe (cheaper than a proepr VAG one as well )

[hb69]

cheers for your help.

i ordered a 3" s/s piper backbox today so hopefully that will arrive by the end of the week and i can get rid of the 5" tin can.wehay.

[Faith]

Im also after a new exhuast (sorry for hi-jack) i currently have a Magnex 3'' backbox on my 2i and its too raspy and small, i would like a nice 4'' rolled out but the biggest for a 2i is a 3.5'' rolled in.

Mongoose do a 4'' rolled out, could this fit to a 2i straight on? or would it be a weld jobby? if anyone can recommend a nice exhaust then please let me know (i have roughly £260 to spend) i want a nice burble not rasp (like magnex)

Ashley sports exhaust system and manifold are £230 but its only mild steel, would that be a bad choice to go for?

Ade

[Oranoco]

8v or 16v XR2i? and where abouts are you? I know a place that will build you exactly what you want. They did the one on my A4 but they are in Hertfordshire which I appreciate may be a bit far to go for an exhaust. I couldn't find anywhere to do a 4" outwardly rolled exhaust so had a full system made from scratch from high grade stainless and the system was mandrel bent

No pics but here's a link to a couple of vid clips from the photoshoot with Performance Ford at Brunters

http://www.fordsport.org.uk/New/vids_members.htm



RIP

[Faith]

hello mate,

its an 8v xr2i.

i live just north of brighton so maybe a bit far lol, but will deffinate consider it! thanks very much,

car sounds lovely on the dyno

Ade

[Oranoco]

Brighton may be a bit far to go. Leave it with me and I shall see what I can find out for you

Really miss that old car. Was saddly written off when a kind chap in a BMW drove into the back of it.



Don't look too bad but it bent the pick up points for the beam so was crabbing like mad. Cheeky fooks at Adrian Flux tried to pay us £500 for it It took almost 6 months of fighting before we got a proper amount.

[Faith]

Ok mate thank you very much

Yeh she looked lovely, my first xr was a white one, also up in car heaven now

Ade