FTO AUSTRALIA

Hey everyone
I was just wondering if anyone has put a straight pipe on their FTO. If you have then how does it sound and have u gotten any significant power gains out of it?

Kind regards Mike

It sounds great but to high on the db's for street use.

I'll be testing this on the race car soon, mainly because I'm sick of having the quietest car on the race track when I race

I don't know whether I will see power gains or power losses. A lack of back pressure may actually equate to a loss of power. Only way to know for sure is to test

aza013 wrote:It sounds great but to high on the db's for street use.

so it would attract a lot of attention from the cops? does it sound good just on the stock exhaust when you straight pipe it? do u know of any place where i could find a video of it?
sorry for all the questions, i just cant find answers anywhere

you mean.. straight pipe like this?

MikeFTO wrote:

aza013 wrote:It sounds great but to high on the db's for street use.

so it would attract a lot of attention from the cops? does it sound good just on the stock exhaust when you straight pipe it? do you know of any place where i could find a video of it?
sorry for all the questions, i just cant find answers anywhere

the loud-ness depends on the muffler/piping size/silencer/resonator.

but what's your point of going straight piping but using back the stock restrictive muffler?

if you're afraid of cops then don't touch anything on your exhaust, coz the loud-ness on the stock exhaust is rated at 89db at 5000rpm or so.

legal/allowable loud-ness = 90db , anything more = defect!

Shane001 wrote:I'll be testing this on the race car soon, mainly because I'm sick of having the quietest car on the race track when I race

I don't know whether I will see power gains or power losses. A lack of back pressure may actually equate to a loss of power. Only way to know for sure is to test

there is no real power gain or loss tested on the dyno anyway.
Just makes a Fing good sound.

PS: When I talk straight pipe, I'm talking extractors, no cat, no muffler, no resonator, staight unobstructed pipe to a side exit

aza013 wrote:there is no real power gain or loss tested on the dyno anyway.
Just makes a Fing good sound.

Yep, don't care if I see no power gains, as long as I don't lose power.

I'm just looking forward to having a race car that sounds like a f**king racecar

So you want the same thing that I have for the track .

This is what you will be pushing out Shane .

All I've done on mine is remove the cat, and a small sausage resonator near the rear, and it's pretty damn loud...
The limit here I believe is 100db, and i'm worried that I may be over that....
it sounds damn nice though

Pretty sue the limit is 90db.

You can also use an Evo fuel tank and have a completely straight exhaust

Yep 90db. Stock the Fto is 88.9db.