Decat pipes?

[Dark Blue Mark]

Is it just Spoon who make a 2-1 decat pipe?

 

[DC5TU]

Js racing do one to match the 70RR i believe

But AFAIK spoon do the only 2-1 otherwise, dont quote me though

 

[AdrianK]

I dont think the J's is std size tho, so it cant be used with an exhaust other than aJ's can it?

Spoon is the option, but im avoiding it because of the 'ticking' noise people seem to say you get with it.

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Ticking noise?

Any more info?

 

[neil_integra]

I thought most stainless steel ticks when itcools down, especially scoobys

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Scoobs do tick as they cool, but none of the exhaust is stainless, its all mild steel. My Evo was all stainless and didnt tick.

 

[DC5TU]

I believe its a common occurence with the spoon manifolds, nothing to wory about

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Is it annoying though??

 

[Evs]

No. :roll:

 

[luffy]

it's not the 2-1 that "ticks" it's the 4-2 manifold. And at first it sounds odd but you'll be used to it in days mate and once in vtec you can't really hear it, especially if you have induction

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Thanks Luffy...

Evs - not sure what the rolleyes was for - it was a genuine question after someone above mentioned it was an issue to them!

Not impressed with Spoon after ringing 2 days in a row now. Monday I rang twice and was told the guy I wanted was busy. Rang today and was put on hold for over 5 minutes - gave up. Great service!

 

[Evs]

Two reasons: Already done to death, and 'annoying' is a pretty subjective concept.

 

[jonster]

I only had the 2-1 sectioin on a stock 4-2 and it sounded like water was washing through it to me when opening the throttle.

As a side note. When I had my MOT done recently and I had to drive with the stock header on, it felt like was driving a stock car again. All the power I had with my Toda had gone. Just shows how much work the Toda is doing for me.

 

[conoroneill]

Thread tangent here - just how lean would I be running with the Spoon 4-2 with no ECU adapatation but with the standard 2-1 and CAT?

Dangerously?

PS - Mark, Evs is a grumpy old man... Just like Victor Meldrew but he is also the oracle of this forum so you'll have to bite your lip at his constant use of this emoticon:

:roll:

and this one:

:xhuh:

He he he. That's his way of being nice.

 

[Evs]

xthumbup :lol:

:xhuh: :lol:

Difficult to say how lean, I personally wouldn't run an aftermarket manifold without doing the ECU. But then maybe I'm risk averse in that respect - I just don't think it's worth risking an expensive engine for the sake of a few bhp gain. :idea:

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Two reasons: Already done to death, and 'annoying' is a pretty subjective concept.

In retort

1) Im new
2) The search doesnt allow search by "title" which makes it almost useless to find stuff

On S2ki / MLR / Scoobynet I aways seach first but I find this one tricky.

 

[Evs]

In retort.... :roll: :wink: :lol:

I know you're new, I've noticed that

Search for 'spoon AND ticking' finds you five threads, here are two of them which discuss exactly the same issue. One actually has the keywords in the title.

http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/viewtopic. ... on+ticking

http://www.itr-dc5.com/forum/viewtopic. ... on+ticking

HTH... :xhuh: :lol:

 

[AdrianK]

I decided against getting the spoon in the end for 2 reasons..

1. I didnt want to take the risk with the dodgy noises people say they virtually always get.

2. I decided not to do anything about a manifold until i can afford a kpro at the same time.

 

[conoroneill]

A wise decision I think Adrian.

There are too many DC5s zipping around running very lean with headers unwittingly fitted by their owners without a proper ECU. Unichip is no solution either.

I think I may buy the Supersprint pipe from Unit-8. Stevie reckons it'll fit and it's the same boar as standard (so no probs with grazing it) but without the silencer restriction. Quality was a reservation I had but I've heard decent reports about the pipe from EP3 owners.

 

[Dark Blue Mark]

Is the running lean thing for real? I can quite see how it could happen in theory (although rarer on N/A cars) but I cant see any conclusive proof from dyno charts or anything?

What sort of AFR's were being seen with breathing mods?

Ta