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Confused · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:18

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

RIP

EddScott · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:18

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.

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.

Cryfreeman · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:31

Oh man bad luck

Fingers crossed that the manifold is ok for ya bud

Mind you sounds like my kinda luck, save for something then a problem like this comes along!

Hilly · 16 Jan 2006 at 16:33

gutted mate

you should really give me yer car, if you are just going to destroy it !

Bear · 16 Jan 2006 at 17:30

Gutted for you

I hate them too, I reversed into one and scraped my right rear quarter panel slightly

merlin · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:43

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

Gojira · 16 Jan 2006 at 21:48

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

Oh rude words!

I bet if I mentioned insurance you'd throw things at me!

Good luck getting it sorted.

Alan Woodford

eidolon · 16 Jan 2006 at 22:27

Ouch! Unlucky mate

I've had stupidly low cars for years so I'm always really cautious when driving over anything or parking too close to a kerb (head on). Neither the MR2 or the CTR have any problems but I'm still careful, force of habit I guess.

TripleT · 16 Jan 2006 at 22:31

Really gutted for you mate.

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.....

eidolon · 17 Jan 2006 at 09:57

30bhp? Does it come with a turbo attached to it??

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.

eidolon · 17 Jan 2006 at 11:35

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

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

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.

Jonnycoupe · 17 Jan 2006 at 12:01

Gutting a cat is not the way to make the exhaust flow better, big empty box = not good.

That is just engineering p0rn :cool:

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.

eidolon · 17 Jan 2006 at 13:08

Jonnycoupe said:
Gutting a cat is not the way to make the exhaust flow better, big empty box = not good.

It might not be as good as a proper decat, but it is better than having a standard cat in place?

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

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.