Security posts

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 14:22

Thinking of getting one for your drive?

Well DONT!

They suck. Especially when you've had your car lowered, you drive up to your garage and the security post stump rips your exhaust off.

<- Soon to be £600 poorer, or £1400 poorer if manifold is creased too :mad:

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 14:44

All the money I've saved for cams is going to have to go on this now, which I'm "slightly" pee'd off about, cos I was close to having enough to book the car in.

Basically, I had the car on new suspension a month ago - and the guys said be carefull because it'll take a while for it to settle down and "sink". I've driven over the security post carefully ever since but it's always cleared it fine.

Today maybe the springs sank just a couple of mm more and I drove over it - car lurched back and I thought ****! Flanges are twisted, I can see a bolt has sheered off too. Exhaust is pretty much hanging off the rubbers looking sorry for itself lol

tbh if it's just the cat back I'll be happy(ish), but if that manifold is creased I'm going to cry. The manifold is £800

It sounds like a John Deere. What was the noise limit at Donnington again?

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 15:05

Simon said:
Bit of weld and youll be fine

Hmm, wish I shared your optimism, the back box is presently 4 inches deeper into the bumper than it should be after I reversed back and hit it again for good measure.

Still, every cloud has a silver lining, time to go shopping :-

http://www.todaracing.com/products/honda_k20a/exhaust_system.html

Yummy.

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 15:17

Kanye - I have the stock manifold and stock catback still, so come selling time - those will go back on the car and the Toda Manifold & HKS catback will be sold in a matter of minutes on the DC5 forum.

Paid a lot of money for these items but I'll get at least 80% back on the manifold and at least 70% back on the HKS.

If I bought lower quality stuff I'd struggle to shift them.

Of course thats all gone **** up today, but that was the plan.

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 15:33

R220 said:
Unlucky though mate, not nice thing to happen... im currently looking for a new downpipe due to ripping the flexi part on a speed bump

Lovely aint it?

Always comes at a bad time too - I really need the car atm & can't borrow the Mrs. car because she works Mon, Tue & Wed each week.

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:21

ConfusedTA said:
In a time of mourning, and rememberance of merlin's exhaust, i have just watched Noisy.wmv and exhaust.wmv

RIP

LOL, you nutter.

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:25

EddScott said:
Have the same problem at work. Smacked the exhaust on the pole driving in, smacked some other expensive part reversing in. Lost my temper, drove home, came back with 3 foot breaker bar and 17mm socket and ripped the blighter out the ground!!!

We now have a tamed clamper don't bother with the poles and the locals soon get the message after being £120 lighter.

Hope it doesn't cost you to much bud.

As for security poles, the spaces are being changed to flush fit poles that you pull out the ground.

When I get home I am going to go into the garage and find my lump hammer.

At 6pm, the security post will be neither secure, nor a post.

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:43

Manifold is badly damaged, cat back is ok, what a surprise :rolleyes:

merlin · 17 Jan 2006 at 09:23

System-R have a new manifold in stock, so just trying to get a day off work to limp up there to get it fitted.

As for the old one - I'm sending it away to Hayward and Scott packaged with a new Toda flexipipe, they'll weld the new one in place and send it back then I can sell it for decent money on the CTR or DC5 forums.

If any CTR guys here fancy a 30 bhp increase.....

merlin · 17 Jan 2006 at 11:33

eidolon said:
30bhp? Does it come with a turbo attached to it??

It's a race manifold and a decat all in one.

merlin · 17 Jan 2006 at 11:46

eidolon said:
Does a decat really make much of a difference to an otherwise standard CTR though?

Yep, nice power increase removing the cat.

eidolon said:
What would happen if my cat just happened to fall off and whilst off the car I accidentally removed the internals?

I've heard of these things happening on stock UK CTR's, parts just fall off.

Fortunately help is at hand in locating "equivalent" replacement parts, that come from Japan, not Swindon.

merlin · 17 Jan 2006 at 13:06

Jonnycoupe said:
That is just engineering p0rn

No, it was engineering p0rn untill I came along.

It's simply the best made component I've ever seen and it must weigh no more than a bag of sugar.

merlin · 17 Jan 2006 at 13:21

eidolon said:
(I doubt my gf would even notice if I decatted the CTR unless it's noticably louder)

She'd not notice, up to the point where 6,000rpm came along.

Then she may suspect something's afoot.