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Old 30-04-2006, 12:06 AM   #1
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I have a car, its not a V8 or anything, but what i want to know is what engine mods / upgrades can you put on a 6 to make it sound really nice?

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Old 30-04-2006, 12:09 AM   #2
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We had a old VB, And one day off i went to the exhaust place and got a 2" sports with single muffler, On idle it sounded like a 253. And Webber's make them sound good also.
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Old 30-04-2006, 12:24 AM   #3
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Probably exhaust mods are best.
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Old 30-04-2006, 12:55 AM   #4
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i have an xf too, mines a carb job so it has a nice little gurgle to it when i can get the money together i wanna get the exhaust done from redcliff dyno, they have the best package that ive come across so far
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Old 30-04-2006, 12:56 AM   #5
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lumpier cam, though that has its downsides

otherwise, good old exhaust mods and some extractors should do the trick
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Old 30-04-2006, 01:00 AM   #6
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its not for my xf. i have extractors, and im thinking of going dual exhuast, im just wondering what else i can do.
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depends on what you wanna spend as was said above a lumpier cam would be pretty cool
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Lumpy cam and a good exhaust system. Mine's extremely lumpy and sounds awesome. No downsides either although mine is AU and I do have the edit to take of gremlins. But yeah, that's what I'd be looking at if you're looking for some nice sound.
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Throw a V8 in it, they make the best sound you'll ever want to here.
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Old 01-05-2006, 03:08 PM   #10
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Real note, comes from cam and head. Plain and simple.

Exhausts alone give a hollow note IMO. Still sounds like a stocko, but through a didgereedoo (sp?).
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Old 01-05-2006, 03:57 PM   #11
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So where do i find decent ones to fit?
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Old 01-05-2006, 06:19 PM   #12
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its not for my xf. i have extractors, and im thinking of going dual exhuast, im just wondering what else i can do.
What's the car? If you wanna go with a dual exhaust, it's obviously a V6, right? Because I fail to see any reason why you'd branch out into twin pipes off a straight 6.
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Old 01-05-2006, 06:47 PM   #13
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Old 01-05-2006, 07:52 PM   #14
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I wouldn't be doing duals on that..
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Old 01-05-2006, 08:00 PM   #15
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Its not a racer, im not trying to get it to go fast, i just want it to sound half decent. Why would duals be bad? i want them mainly for the look.
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i would think twins on it would give you bugger all back pressure in stock form
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i would think twins on it would give you bugger all back pressure in stock form

agreed I don't think you would have enough back pressure. :gren:
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Old 01-05-2006, 09:18 PM   #18
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ok so if i go with stock i have 1, anything else??
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Old 02-05-2006, 01:44 AM   #19
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Running dual pipe on any car is not something Id do. I have a 351 in an XC and its a single. But that personal preference really.

On what youve listed, stick to 2" pipe, maybe 2 1/4 tops. Personally I had a 2 1/4 with genie strackies on a 250 Cortina over 20yrs ago. Sounded good for a stocko, just the right amount of back pressure and breathing ability.

Because yours is 170, Id stick to strackies, 2" pipe all the way and a resonator to suit. Or a muffler thats almost straight through, if you get those things that go straight through, its all noise and no note.

If you ran a split pipe to get dual outlets, then each pipe would be 1" to get a similar effect. Id say that more note will come from one side, than the other.
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