deleting suitcase silencer

[vw domo 0]

the suitcase silencer on my 2l 16v has broken where the pipe enters and its been blowing and making a right racket :gag:

 

was just thinking of deleting it completely seeming as the air flow is a lot better than it was (she flies :D ) and its cheeper.....

 

has anyone done this before? is it a bad idea/good idea?

 

thanks,

 

dom.

[davidwort 0]

quite a few aftermarket systems can be bought without this silencer, although generally it will make the car a fair bit noisier inside, you can either fit a generic straight through small silencer in it's place, which won't make a huge anount of difference to the noise, but won't affect flow either, or put lots of felt/dynamat under the rear seating area, or both :)

[Swompy 0]

If I replace the suitcase with a small box would it improve the performance at all or not :confused4:

[vw domo 0]

i did notice that the aftermarket systems didn't have this silencer which it what gave me the idea.

 

its costing me £35 quid so i thought i would just see if anyone knew of any problems that would arise although this is inevitable with a corrado :) .

 

will give an update on noise and performance....

[Jonny777 0]

I've full on cracked my one of these in half now from my ride height. :lol: 8)

 

I doubt getting rid of it would make it too loud. Mines going to be going for a full system though hopefully. But i reckon just a piece of pipe instead would work fine...

[davidwort 0]

Bally's valver ran a system with no suitcase, very quiet really, it's the tailbox design that makes the most difference but you will get more interior noise with a straight through pipe particularly if the rest of the system is stainless.

[dsilva 0]

hi there if you buy 2 90 exh bends from you car accessories shop and clamp them together so u get a s shape that will do away with the mid box and it does not go to load and is a cheap but good fix :norty:

[vw domo 0]

sorted it today, its not too loud but loud enough :norty: sort of inbetween standard and system.

i think its actualy quieter on the inside of the car!

 

would recommend as a quick fix as im sure suitcase silencers arnt cheep.

il post if it brakes :lol:

[Jonny777 0]

So what exactly did you do to fix it then? Just get a garage to make up a piece of pipe?

[vw domo 0]

yea, got them to weld a bit of pipe in the gap between the clamps so it removes as a section if i ever do need to put a silencer back on.

because the pipes where offset the fabbed pipe is like an s bend.

 

slightly better flow now aswell.

[Jonny777 0]

Cool.

 

Had thought about it, but just going for a full system now. 8)

[vw domo 0]

alright for some

:D

[Swompy 0]

sorted it today, its not too loud but loud enough :norty: sort of inbetween standard and system.

i think its actualy quieter on the inside of the car!

 

would recommend as a quick fix as im sure suitcase silencers arnt cheep.

il post if it brakes :lol:

 

Sound its not stupidly loud then.

 

I'm planning on getting this done soon as well 8)

[vw domo 0]

Sound its not stupidly loud then.

 

I'm planning on getting this done soon as well 8)

 

na not too loud.

 

kind of a low burble at idle and not a lot of noise whilst accelerating.

 

alltho my mate heard me pull up earlier 8)

[Jonny777 0]

alright for some

:D

 

:lol:

 

I aint spending a lot.