Exhaust Work - Help?

[ryan_r33]

hey everyone,

basically i'm from the central coast but i work in sydney and i own a '97 r33 gtst and i have a HKS Silent exhaust setup at 3.25 inch piping from the cat back with only a resonator and a cannon muffler. it's too loud and i wanna install a muffler where the resonator is (i think?) to quiten it down and i was wondering if anyone could give me some help as to what place i should go to and whether that would quiten it down a great deal?

being it a place from sydney or the central coast as long as they know what they're talkin bout. i work in silverwater so anywhere around that area would be good too.

also if anyone has opinions as to whether i should purchase my own muffler from an aftermarket muffler retailer or actually get the exhaust shop to do it for me?

cheers.

[fat-lad]

shame you cant travel to newcastle, lillfords exhausts in thornton do awesome work, weve had a couple of xr6 t's in work and i always check there work as im thinking about getting them to do the stagea. food for thought for ya man.

[Kujotk]

take this as you want, and depends on what you want from the car but i have 3inch from the turbo back, highflow cat and a fujitsubo 3.5inch catback and it is awesome sound setup.

It gurgles when it idles, but when driving normally it is very quiet compared to all other exhausts around, but it sounds even better when i push the right peddle down hard and it just sounds mean, its like a lion roaring.

It is due to the metal fujitsubo uses in their exhausts, it quietens down the engine noise enough to a gurgle and when cruiseing it isnt very loud at all even though it is pretty much unrestricted. If you still rather the sound of power when you want it and you have the money go for fujitsubo.

Hks and apexi exhausts seem to make the cars sound loud all the time, and some times its a bad thing....

i dont know who sells fujitsubos other than shift performance in lansvale, mine was done in japan before i got the car though....

There must be other exhausts like this because not all skylines with aftermarket exhausts are excessivley loud.

Got a friend with a NA supra with a hks cat back and it is rediculously loud (sounds awesome), but loud all the time...

[Kujotk]

or make up an exhaust that the expensive supercars are using, they have these valves that are closed when not reving high, but when it revs high the valves open up and the sound is tremendous (dont know how easy or cheap it is to make)

[ryan_r33]

yeah kujotk i love the sound of the exhaust but it's just the drone that i get when i am just cruising. it's very annoying. also i'm looking at not spending a great deal of money but at the same time will spend what i have to so i get the right job done.

fat-lad i'd be willing to travel to newcastle to get the work done. what are they like on price? and would they supply me a decent muffler or you reckon i should get one myself?

cheers.

[fat-lad]

give em a call man, there work is from what ive seen is second to none, i dont know what there prices are like though,

[ryan_r33]

ok mate will do. thanks for the help.

if anyone has any other suggestions that would be a great help too.

cheers.