Cant Sleep!! Getting Exhaust!

SLYXT · 23-09-2008, 11:32 PM

Call me crazy but i cant sleep.. its been a long time in the waiting lol..
i joined this forum back in 2006 hoping to slowly mod my XR8 like most the guys on here but i got crook and did a stint in hospital and came out on a tight budget but slowly getting there and tomorrow we get the exhaust done and im hoping for the best lol.. we couldnt afford to go twins and no one in town did custom jobs from the cat back so i got my local guy to get a 3" lukey cat back system in and his advice was to go with one box and a hotdog as this is the first time i have done this.
anyways it gets done tomorrow at 8am so im pumped and cant sleep lol.. im just glad to be back fightin fit and lovin fords

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RSgerry · 23-09-2008, 11:38 PM

good luck. i get the same way when some little improvement is being made to the car. glad to hear you are back on your feet too.

SLYXT · 23-09-2008, 11:43 PM

thanks bud..
im not just back im dangerous :P
had my first up for a while lol.. had a awesome night i reakon i will get a couple hours sleep :P see how we go

jaydee · 24-09-2008, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by XR8-2000

thanks bud..
im not just back im dangerous :P
had my first up for a while lol.. had a awesome night i reakon i will get a couple hours sleep :P see how we go

Hope it wasn't wasted and you were sharing it with someone special.
Goodluck with the exhaust.

SLYXT · 24-09-2008, 12:20 AM

yeah mate was special,
had a good night with my wife, dad and 2 brothers.
also the first time we have been able to knock a few down since mum passed away last month.

does anyone have a link to a 5.0L with a 3 inch cat back luckey sound file?

jaydee · 24-09-2008, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by XR8-2000

yeah mate was special,
had a good night with my wife, dad and 2 brothers.
also the first time we have been able to knock a few down since mum passed away last month.

does anyone have a link to a 5.0L with a 3 inch cat back luckey sound file?

Sorry, I misunderstood you, when you said you had your first up I was thinking of something else. Gotta get my mind out of the gutter.

SLYXT · 25-09-2008, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jaydee

Sorry, I misunderstood you, when you said you had your first up I was thinking of something else. Gotta get my mind out of the gutter.

Rofl! yer it delete P*ss on me hehe.
man i had some fun yesterday.. sorry no time for takin pictures and a sound video but i will get all that when the car comes out of the smash repairs.
couple weeks ago some bloke in a blue 1 tonne ford ute reversed out of the parking at my missus work and turned to early and swipped the rear quarter so it will be on over the weekend at the shop.
thing is he took off without saying a word or leaving a note (something i wouldnt expect from a ford driver) my missus boss got it on there security camera and we got all his details and i gave him a call and he said year i was going to call you and say sorry for scratching your car. i said you didnt just scratch it mate in the movie you shifted the back of the car about a foot.
i said why did you leave without saying a word anyway? he didnt tell me but i gave him the chance to do things right before i went to the police because i think he had a few schooners after work so he would have blew the bag im guessing.
anyway our insurance contacted his and all is good now

GK · 25-09-2008, 12:09 PM

It's great when security cameras actually do their job!

Glad it's all in hand.

GK

azaxr8 · 24-09-2008, 12:28 AM

ouch dude sorry to hear about your mum=) but with the exhaust on its way bud im sure there will be ALOT OF GOOD MEMORIES!!! in your best to come ohhhh and alot of mods:P

SLYXT · 24-09-2008, 12:56 AM

hopefully lots of mods in the future hehe.. when i got out of hospital the car wasnt in the best shape lol. 15 mths of the missus driving it dad only got to it ever few months to give it the once over lol.
7hrs to go :P counting down lol

Zed7fiddy · 24-09-2008, 01:03 AM

Dont worry mate, your gunna spend the next 24 hours taking any chance you can to jsut walk you rcar jsut to see that tip...

Then the next 18 months taking any chance you can to give the revs a punch as soon as anythign resembling a wall comes next to yo in the car so you can hear the sound bounce back to you ;) we all do it ;)

SLYXT · 24-09-2008, 01:10 AM

hehe!
so true.. cant wait tbh ;)

XR6_661 · 24-09-2008, 06:45 AM

Good stuff man!

Post up a sound clip when it's done so we can share the feeling!

prydey · 24-09-2008, 07:13 AM

personally i would leave the hotdog off. i have a 3" single system on mine (not by choice, bought it like it) and when i bought it it had a hotdog and single muffler. now it just has a single muffler and its much better. hotdog's make it quite droney inside.

broken_suave · 24-09-2008, 10:27 AM

He's out driving it already dude.

220XR8 · 24-09-2008, 11:42 AM

Here's a clip of mine, muffler+ hotdog. Sorry about the wind noise...

**Peuty** · 24-09-2008, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 220XR8

Here's a clip of mine, muffler+ hotdog. Sorry about the wind noise...

Blowing a bit of blue smoke there chief...

RG · 24-09-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Blowing a bit of blue smoke there chief...

Nah, looks like condensation to me Mr Peut.

**Peuty** · 24-09-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Russell

Nah, looks like condensation to me Mr Peut.

Upon closer inspection, you might be right.

220XR8 · 24-09-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Peuty

Blowing a bit of blue smoke there chief...

Hope not! only done 93K.....

It's condensation, can see it fog the camera lens...

RG · 24-09-2008, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by 220XR8

Hope not! only done 93K.....

It's condensation, can see it fog the camera lens...

I blew mine up @ 89k!

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220XR8 · 24-09-2008, 07:08 PM

I would hope a hand built 220 would last longer than that when maintained.

I had my fill of caning cars years ago, now it's more about seeing how slow the fuel guage goes down instead of how quick the tacho spins.

DBourne · 24-09-2008, 11:57 AM

hope it all went well mate, i bet you're in heaven right now

daniel_rossy · 24-09-2008, 02:13 PM

Oh i love getting new sports exhausts on my cars or mates cars, or any mods for that matter. But I always look forward to exhausts more.
the whole morning before i got mine done i was so excited i was bouncing off the walls haha.
It was all worth the wait for the note it puts out now

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XR06T · 24-09-2008, 03:33 PM

i didn't get much sleep last night. finished putting a twin plate in the car @ 12.30 only to find it is rattly as buggary.. couldn't stop stressing that the plates are now broken..

find out this evening i guess..

Hope you are happy with the exhaust mate, and im sure we all know the reason you aren't on the forums today haha

SLYXT · 24-09-2008, 04:22 PM

haha thanks guys for the posts guys but i have been out all day driving pretty much haha!!! i love it.
soon as i get the digi cam near her i will post a clip..
as for the hotdog i thought the same and asked the exhaust bloke and he said it wouldnt drone and i was suprised.. i srsly doesnt drone but im in love again omg! lol
seeya's soon missus needs some stuff from the shop lol

rosco426 · 24-09-2008, 07:35 PM

I think a nice balance is ideal. It does get frustrating when you want that tacho to spin like crazy though.

SLYXT · 25-09-2008, 02:30 PM

thats for sure, my missus was complaining about the cameras just a few days before hand.
Cos to be honest for such a small venue they have so many cameras lol.

Grechie · 25-09-2008, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by XR8-2000

thats for sure, my missus was complaining about the cameras just a few days before hand.
Cos to be honest for such a small venue they have so many cameras lol.

I guess she wont knock them again hey lol

SLYXT · 25-09-2008, 07:52 PM

nah she likes em now lol