Advice on Hayward and Scott Downpipe... Does it sound tinny/raspy un-lagged?...
 

Just wondering if it's worth lagging the new downpipe I have just received for my UK MY98?...

I'm just a bit worried it might sound a bit tinny/raspy and I know lagging the pipe normally gets rid of this.

What do you guys think?...

Can't wait to get the damn thing fitted Monday along with my de-cat centre pipe, extra driveability here I come!.....

Matt.

it is a bit tinny, certainly louder, personally i love it

Yes I noticed it is now slightly tinny when on part throttle... its not loud though.


Willy

can someone please explain what lagging means, do u wrap the down pipe in something?

Is there any danger to lagging the downpipe? ie. excess build up of heat in the downpipe near the turbo?...

My H&S sounds a bit tinny from cold - but the sound seems to change or become less noticeable when it is warmed up. Not sure about the lagging - thought of it myself but never got round to it.

Ok, I fitted an H&S downpipe, then took it off and lagged it :rolleyes:

The benifits of lagging are;

• Quietens down the noise generated by the downpipe. The standard one fitted to the Scoobs is made of cast iron and has a heatshield around it, when going to a decat you have a single stainless steel pipe, so they are a lot noisier from the outside. The lag does a good job to deaden some of this sound.
• Keeps 'under the bonnet' temperatures down.
• People say that the downpipe is kept hotter and so the gases move quicker and so more bhp - if this is the case then it's so small that's it's not noticeable
• Oh, and it helps promote banging from the exhuast cos the down pipe is kept hotter :D

If you are about to fit you down pipe then I'd definately recomend wrapping it cos if you decided to later then it becomes a pain.

Where's the best place to get the lagging material from?....

Probably the danger of lagging Cinders is just that - your car may end up in Cinders?!? Hahah hohoho lol.

OK, wasn't that funny, just wanted to use lol in a posting!

Cinders - I recently went down the decat d/p route and used this company for some Cooltek Exhaust Wrap and metal ties www.proven-products.co.uk

Good prices and very good delivery service - oh yea I went for 10 metres of the stuff and just had enough :)

cinders If I was you I'd go for 20 or 30 metres otherwise you have to space it out too much. I used just over 20m but bought 30m with vat and del cost £56 but definately worth it.
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