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The best exhaust is the one you like best.

My xpower is out of its usual hiding place and cat nuts are off

So how about a brief description of all the exhausts all in one post so lazy folk like me don't have to read everything

At idle
At full throttle
At 3000 revs ( motorway speeds)

watt wrote: wrote:

Errrrrm so which is the best exhaust???? My brain hurts reading all of these words!

That would depend on what you want from an exhaust

Well I want an exhaust that is loud and deep at idle, loud at full throttle but quiet at motorway speeds.....does such a thing exist?

watt wrote: wrote:

Well I want an exhaust that is loud and deep at idle, loud at full throttle but quiet at motorway speeds.....does such a thing exist?

Go on a run n listen I like jans and a tt mk7 so far

TT's change their tone as they get older, Madam is a lot deeper and louder now when pushed, and seems quieter on normal pedal welly

I could however have lost a bit of my hearing in the last 2 years

watt wrote: wrote:

Well I want an exhaust that is loud and deep at idle, loud at full throttle but quiet at motorway speeds.....does such a thing exist?

OK I've fitted and run ;

1) Standard
2) Toyosport
3) Daytona
4) Magnex Quad
5) TT Mk4

Loud and deep at idle (Most suitable first)

5, 4, 2, 3, 1

Loud at full throttle (Most suitable first)

5, 3, 4, 2, 1 - Note TT may be too loud for a lot of people and the Daytona produces a bit of an artificial sound for my liking

Quiet at motorway speeds (Most suitable first)

1, 3, 2, 4, 5

You cannot get all your requirement at the same time from one exhaust

Just to add cost into this (cheapest first)

1, 2, 5, 3 - the Magnex, 4. The Magnex Quad went out of production many years ago and is almost impossible to find, if you find one buy it.You will not be disappointed.

PQD44 wrote: wrote:

Luckymarine, just to pick up on a couple of points. I am very aware of the TT and the problems experienced with the emission testing and the TT Mk7 in particular. The problem with the TT Mk 7 sucking in air was pointed out on page 2 of this thread and discussed at great length in this thread on the T-Bar .

The TT Mk4 cross over pipe also sucks in air at idle but as the revs rise there is positive pressure at the crossover pipe outlet. I did block the crossover pipe but found the sound produced was not as good as with it open.

The TT is produced by Neil Willetts of Surrey Labs, click here to view the TT website . Trevor Taylor was an engineer and MG enthusiast and developed the first version. After his untimely death from cancer Neil produces the exhaust now and the TT exhaust was named in his memory.

I was really hoping that this thread would be a considered review of the exhausts available for the F/TF and that people would be able to look at the pros and cons of each system without the knee jerk reactions witnessed on some other forums and be able to make their own conclusions at to the system most suited to them.

Trevor Taylor was also a respected member of Epsom Area MG Owners Club and one of our award Trophies is dedicated to his memory. He also designed and built a prototype of the independant suspension for MGAs, MGBs, MGCs and RV8s, now being marketed by Hoyle Engineering (John Hoyle is an Epsom member too)

we have our own F1 system that will be out early next year,its on a simular design to the tt mark 7 .it improves the bhp as well as a good noise,but until some are out there and we see what people like we dont know.As with exhaust people have firm views on what they like or dislike.
Our system was designed to sound very v12 race car sound.and people have said it does sound like this,But motorway its noisey.but you cant have everything.
We have tried every exhaust and cut them all up to see inside.But I built the exhaust for myself,other people have said they want one so we are going to be making more for next year.

mgf -reborn wrote: wrote:

we have our own F1 system ... was designed to sound very V12 race car sound... we are going to be making more for next year.

An MGF that sounds like a V12

Now that does sound interesting. Have you worked on reducing the volume at all? As you said previously that you needed to use ear plugs when on long journeys. It does sound like a better compromise could be met.

If you have a prototype I could fit temporarily I would love to do a review of this new exhaust.

Look forward to production, good luck with this new offering

we have one exhaust at the moment.And we are going to build one more in the form we will use for selling.my one isnt very pretty as it was done simply to test the exhaust.but I will check with Gina im sure we could arrange for you to try the system out and give your impression.I guess the best way to discribe the noise.it sounds very much like a 900 cc motorbike with a race exhaust racing .we heard some motor bikes in the valley this morning and gina said it sounds like your car.