Exhaust cans.... What you guys using ?

[John A. Rippingham]

Hello Richard,

Think theres a pair of silencers on my carrier. How can i help? there is an exhaust manufacturer near us, could see if i can get some made, would there be enough demand to have a batch done?

John

[RichardT10829]

I have managed to work out the rough dimensions, I was just curious as to what people were using.... The original cans are hard to get hold of, and there are plenty of us around the globe now who have carriers... I could fab up stainless cans and Tig weld them but it would be time consuming, I know Citroen Saxo cans have been used in the past but the ones I have seen online would need some hefty mods.... Again time consuming

Pending on costs I may be interested in some being made exact repro... It would save me the hassle of modding, or making some (means that time could be placed elsewhere on the carrier)

[John A. Rippingham]

Why use stainless? I've been told stainless runs hotter and may cause trouble with the manifold cracking, and exploding. I've been told this happened to a gmc that had a full stainless system.
Back in my mk2 golf days you couldn't put a full stainless system on without changing the manifold for stainless too, so i guess this was for the same reason.

For that reason i stick to steel pipes on my exhausts.

[RichardT10829]

Stainless for the cans and the pipes under the carrier, the down pipes are mild steel onto the manifolds.... The exhausts won't get hot enough to cause issues... I have ran stainless on performance engines that used cast manifolds without issue. And that was mounted to a T3 turbo running 20 psi.... The thing used to glow !!!

It's just a thought at this stage matey

[John A. Rippingham]

Ok mate, will have a go at getting them off intact and see if i can get a price.

if anyone else reading this needs silencers let me know so i can get a feel for the numbers and hopefully get a better price

john

[kevin powles]

Hi, rich, if you like I can visit motor factors to see if they have the same style as before, buy them then post them up to you?. As you know I have the receipt with part numbers.

Regards Kevin.

[RichardT10829]

Kev don't put yourself out, but if you are passing that way, it is an option too.