BrianCork
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Right, bear with me on this one please guys.
I'm looking into getting myself a new (to me) car, it's an 08 Mini Cooper S.
Now, the price of a cat back exhaust really is ridiculous considering what they are. Ive thought about fabbing up my own, but I want to keep the oem appearance at the back, but also want it to be interchangeable back to standard for the NCT test each year.
Now, the most restrictive part of an MCS exhaust (apart from the cat) is the long resonator at the front of the system.
Part no.1 on the system is the resonator I believe the car should have going by manufacture dates.
In terms of a simple diy job, how acceptable in terms of sealing would it be to cut out the resonator, weld on suitable flanges to the cut ends of the pipes, and create a replacement middle section, again with suitable flanges welded on. Would I need to create and inner sleeve on the replacement section to sit inside the old pipes?
I've only ever done full free flowing one piece systems before for rally cars etc, hence the question.
Cheers lads!
I'm looking into getting myself a new (to me) car, it's an 08 Mini Cooper S.
Now, the price of a cat back exhaust really is ridiculous considering what they are. Ive thought about fabbing up my own, but I want to keep the oem appearance at the back, but also want it to be interchangeable back to standard for the NCT test each year.
Now, the most restrictive part of an MCS exhaust (apart from the cat) is the long resonator at the front of the system.
Part no.1 on the system is the resonator I believe the car should have going by manufacture dates.
In terms of a simple diy job, how acceptable in terms of sealing would it be to cut out the resonator, weld on suitable flanges to the cut ends of the pipes, and create a replacement middle section, again with suitable flanges welded on. Would I need to create and inner sleeve on the replacement section to sit inside the old pipes?
I've only ever done full free flowing one piece systems before for rally cars etc, hence the question.
Cheers lads!