Most cost effective way to improve a 4200's sound

[Tom4200]

Any chance we can get some good videos of members that have done 'cost effective' exhaust modifications to their cars so we can all get a good idea of what works best, that would be awesome

 

[alfatwo]

Yea, but if your running 2K down to the south of europe and back, you don't want the car sounding like It's a Brands Hatch track day mup!

Dave

 

[Contigo]

Why would you want an Italian thoroughbred V8 to sound like an American pig-iron growler? IMO, Maseratis, indeed all Italian sports cars, should sound more highly strung and finely tuned.

Because the 3200 is different that's why!

 

[maverick]

This is my car

Second decat , xpipe and Puma rears. .

https://vimeo.com/118628924

 

[Spartacus]

gut the rear boxes and get an x pipe . it ll cost you about £250 . bargain . this is what mine sounds like :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpo43DiuOQw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edaUzOzTtMk

get your self a grinder , a bolster an big lump hammer and someone who can weld it all up for you .

 

[Contigo]

Surely would have been easier to remove the boxes and just use straight through pipes? That way you can revert back if needed come resales time and you save the weight of the back boxes!

 

[rockits]

Surely would have been easier to remove the boxes and just use straight through pipes? That way you can revert back if needed come resales time and you save the weight of the back boxes!

Agreed Phil. That is exactly what I have done & seems to make the most sense to me. Bit more expensive though as needs a bit of work to fabricate & include mounts/hangers etc. The gutting of rear boxes is a cheaper/easier & DIY alternative but not better in my book.

 

[Contigo]

You don't need hangers, mine hangs free from the centre section all the way to the back.

 

[Tom4200]

Spartacus that's perfect!

Link to x-pipe? I'll be making enquires to my local exhaust fabricator, any drone??

 

[Tom4200]

So what are we looking at for straight through pipes any pictures / videos? Price? Come on chaps as much info as possible!

 

[Neil Surrey Labs]

So let's get this right.

For a 3200 just cut out the centre cat and replace with 2 pieces of straight tube?

 

[Contigo]

Yes that is correct Neil.

Here's mine in the process.

Bracket and weld we made to secure the centre piece.

Finished job.

To Maintain the stock look two Y pieces were fabricated so that one pipe could go into the two Oval tips.

 

[Neil Surrey Labs]

Nice job, who did that? I presume you still have normal rear boxes?

 

[BennyD]

I doubt it, it looks like a straight through Y piece with two tips.

 

[Contigo]

Correct no rear boxes/silencers as it says

 

[Contigo]

Oh and note that the standard pipes go from 3.25 to about 3 Inch at rears so the problem we had us that stainless has a wider diameter than the stick pipes. Routing the metalwork over the rear subframe was difficult because it ran so close to the Cv boots and handbrake cables so a decision was made to run under the subframe instead.

 

[Spartacus]

Spartacus that's perfect!

Link to x-pipe? I'll be making enquires to my local exhaust fabricator, any drone??

talk to Benny D about an x pipe

and yes yu could just have straight through rear s . but i fancied modding my own

 

[Contigo]

Nice job too!

 

[CatmanV2]

Spartacus that's perfect!

Link to x-pipe? I'll be making enquires to my local exhaust fabricator, any drone??

Exactly what I'm doing to mine, although I'll have Maverick's boxes as without the cats it was just too loud for him. BennyD can sort your a x-pipe no problem. Just PM him.

C

 

[Tom4200]

I fancy doing the straight through but without centre silencer I bet that's loud as ****?

Don't want any drone really I'm all for getting a straight through what sort of cost?