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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:24 pm 
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you need 2 more Pistons to make it sound good BEN , just like what you heard yesturday here :P


Plus a dual system is a waste on a 6cyl too mate :mrgreen: Nothing beats the sound of a cammed V8!

Tomorrow will be a big one, bending the rest of the system from the mufflers back to the rear bumper. I cut out the LH side exhaust hole on the rear bumper before the rains hit. I need a big shed!!! I'll be also building heatshielding brackets for the fuel stuff and hopefully weather permitting, I'll have it completed.

Under acceleration it has a slapping thong sort of sound which is typical of a unmerged system. I'll cut a H pipe for the future should I change my mind.

More photos and sound tomorrow :)

 

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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:24 pm 
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you need 2 more Pistons to make it sound good BEN , just like what you heard yesturday here :P


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Plus a dual system is a waste on a 6cyl too mate :mrgreen: Nothing beats the sound of a cammed V8!


Now then Fellas, what is the point of all that V8 noise if any old 4L taxi can embarrass you at the lights, eh? LOL

In reality, I love the sound of a healthy V8, but I also love the sound of a health six. Now, don't you think that a single pipe to the diff then split into two over and out the back would sound good? And it would look sweet.

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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2009 11:54 pm 
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I have been around a few cars with dummy pipes before and sound wise in all honesty it makes no difference. It does look cool but.
I know the old 2V 250 running a full duel system used to sound awesome. Very much like a stockish windsor with a twin system.
Wonder if the extractors on the six could be split into two branches of three with the correct firing order to get a nice note?

 

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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:00 am 
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holden did that on the LH torana ' 6-Pack' model from memory ,
and it did sound qwite unique in a nice way if you know what i mean

 

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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 5:40 pm 
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Well I progressed a little bit today. I've made up the heat shielding for the fuel tank, lines etc which was the easy job. The hard job was trying to get some decent bends on the passenger side outlet. I anticipated some bending miss-haps hence the reason for buying 2.5" pipe, but even with the sand packed in, the bends where the passenger pipe has to go are pretty nasty but good enough for 4cylinders worth of flow. It's actually the size of the pipe which is proving to be the hardest to bend given the limited space. No doubts though, it will flow enough given the low revs that the car does and should look the goods too(from the outside)

I'll post some photos of my progress tonight.

 

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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:39 pm 
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Here are the photos:

Dual cutouts on the rear bumper:

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A view of the fabricated heat shield underneath:

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Another view from the wheel arch, I made some aluminum brackets to hold it in place so it won't fly off at 100km/h:

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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:35 pm 
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holden did that on the LH torana ' 6-Pack' model from memory ,
and it did sound qwite unique in a nice way if you know what i mean


Yeah it was unique, but not in a good way, it sounded worse than a bumble bee on roids.


Nice work there Mark, after we finish painting and move in I will take a short trip up to see her, you are doing what I wanted to do, that is if I had a V8 wagon.

 

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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:07 pm 
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MRE-50L wrote:
holden did that on the LH torana ' 6-Pack' model from memory ,
and it did sound qwite unique in a nice way if you know what i mean


Yeah it was unique, but not in a good way, it sounded worse than a bumble bee on roids.


Nice work there Mark, after we finish painting and move in I will take a short trip up to see her, you are doing what I wanted to do, that is if I had a V8 wagon.



Cheers macca, I have a few little things to do to it now that I have taken the thing for an extended test drive. These are:

- Lose the bodgy bracket straps ASAP and replace with some small round bar where the mufflers are supported onto the body;
- Fix up some small annoying rattles and
- Burn in the mufflers as they are pretty green.

Here is a sample of the nearly finished exhaust. Add a standard windsor 5.0L, add a cam, add some pacemakers and then add some compression. After listening to Mick's Fairlane, I wanted that clapping thong old school sound that he has but with a little more depth that mufflers give over hot dogs. So the final ingredient was a couple of supercat straight through mufflers.

Now turn up your speakers and tell me what you all think!

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 Post subject: Re: banarcus' ED Fairmont V8 wagon
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:27 pm 
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the duel pipes look sweet..
but im only getting 7 seconds of that clip? all i get is you walking to the car.lol
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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:30 pm 
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very nice, sounds the part and looks the part. Good stuff, i was wanting to give the lane dualies very shortly actually.

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:06 pm 
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You might me trying to download too many things Troy, I'm not sure, perhaps give it another go?? castle, I thought you already had them on your Fairlane?

Here's another video but please excuse the stupid watermark in the middle:

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I have dualies, but was thinking about on each side, sorry didnt explain myself real well there. too many beers :D

sound good on the go champ!

 

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Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:15 pm 
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i dont know whats happening with the first one but the last one works for me..

it does sound sweet though.....
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Man that does sound good

 

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Yep, it does sound great!

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