Jimboxr4x4

Whats the best way to reduce the exhaust noise of my cossie? Just moved to a really quiet road and feel a bit self-concious with it sounding like a sherman tank!

Will changing from cone filter to standard airbox make much difference?

Also, will adding another silencer do much and will it knacker the performance? Its only a stage 1.

Cheers.

bud-weis

Airbox and silencer will definitely help you....if it's stage one then you'll be fine with an extra box, the magnex systems are fairly quiet, although hard to come by.

you can also get 'plugs' made up that reduce the size of the tailpipe, obviously they can be removed as and when you need to (they are held in place by a screw).

bud-weis

ps i'm in the same boat, my estate is so quiet i feel self conscious coming home late..but i can't be arsed to do anything about it lol.

Jimboxr4x4

Thats great. I'll get an airbox and look into this plug thing. Anyone know where you can get them?

RichieST

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I wouldn't have thought a filter would make any difference if your just pottering along, only when your giving it the beans will it be noisy.

bud-weis

not sure where, but you could have one made up, summat like this in the pic below (the grey thing at bottom of pic) adding a silencer may be a better solution though.

pete mcrash

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.....fuck em all...............................when u start launching it up the street pissed as a cunt, then start thinking about ur neighbourghs

Staffi

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That's the Blitz Nur Spec exhaust, i had one on my 22b, THE BUNG just screws inside of the tail-pipe, does make the car quieter for sure, but a little more raspy..

JohnnyB

Think of it this way Jim. I live in a quite street and my car makes a fucking noise.

the way i see it, they hear it twice a day for 10 sec a time. fook them

xr4x4rs

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i come home at around 1-2am in the moring most days lol

i live in a very very quiet street, my car will and always will sit there when i pull for a couple of minutes until im happy to turn it off

havnt had a complaint yet, if i do ill order anti lag and launch control and gove them something to maon about

my car uses the mongoose system and i think its quite quiet on tickover

pete mcrash

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.....they'll be used to the noise coming from ur house................what with all that humping.............

Jimboxr4x4

Trouble is i've been starting work at 3am lately and a cossie is pretty loud in the middle of the night in a really quiet road. Keep setting the bloody alarm off as well which ain't great

Rolls

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Thought i'd not seen your car about as late - where have you moved to matey? - still local?

CossieRich

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too loud? sort yourself out, its a cosworth, not a nissan micra. People are supposed to hear you coming

foreigneRS

put a standard exhaust on

Cossie Helen

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Mine was a bit loud when i bought her, had a scorpion without back box, so changed it for a mongoose, very big difference and i dont upset the neighbours now, well until we start up YUM

cozmeister

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I have a Magnex system on mine, and that's not exactly antisocial.

BRAMMER

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Mine really quiet with a mongoose with the one box system, it's Fiesta/Escort RS Turbo's that piss my neighbours off

stevecossy

I have mongoose on mine and its not real loud but im with the others what say fuck em its a cosworth its meant to sound good.
Theres plenty of chavs flying around in nova s etc with bloody louder exhausts.
Guy who lives in flat above me says my car sound vibrates all round his flat at 5am haha.

Twellsie

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same here, infact you can hear the induction louder than the exhaust

FletchCossie

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When I first moved to my new home the neighbours complained that I had the Esc Cos warming up for 10-15mins each morning around 8am... Some of them said it made their house rattle

I didn't let it warm up for so long and explained that the oil needed to warm up. Never had a complaint since cause I brought a daily runner

Jim Galbally

where you moved to, anywhere local?

you can get quieter exhausts, just ring up an exhaust place and tell them what youre after

Jimboxr4x4

Rolls - people kept trying to nick my motor off my drive so I gave up and stored it at my parents until we moved. We moved to Sevenoaks last Friday. Very nice but it is very very different to living on Mottingham Road. We don't even have street lights in our road.

Jimboxr4x4

Are you guys going to the Ravenswood car show on Sunday?

Jim Galbally

didnt know there was one, could do!

Staffi

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You should hear mine with the Anti-lag & Launch control on...

Jimboxr4x4

Jim - Heres the website: http://www.rwscarshow.org.uk/

Went last year and it was pretty good. Its only at Keston.

Jim Galbally

i know where it is i went to school there give me a ring on sunday and i might pop up

foreigneRS

that's one of the worst things that you can do to an engine

Jimboxr4x4

So did I! Does your current phone number still end 612? If not PM me and i'll bell you in the morning.

cossiegreg1

can you explain?