Daryl

Standards cats an my unresonated Scorpion were not even 90db. My friend has an Elise that is totally mental noise wise, we had to put the cat back in it during the lunch break to get ut through the noise limit. That thing was stupid, and that was 106db. Christ knows what 115 is like!

Iv just fitted a pair of Invidia HFC's, and a Stillen y pipe. Tone is now deeper, but wouldnt have said louder. Iv got a non resonated Scorpion, and with a cheap Y pipe and standard cats the car was just under 90dB. Id say it possibly a little closer to 90 now, but not much. The Invidia's are really well made, quality bit of kit, and i havnt got a raspy sound,iv got a kind of hiss that i love and sounds like im running booooooooost.

Forgot to mention that there is no need for the bracket that supports the cats, it bolts up where the O2 sensors plug in. Guessing this is pretty standard. Had not check lights or anything come on either which is good news. Never know with things like this when you start moving and replacing other bits.

This sounds excellent. Il have a chat to the wife and see if she wants to come or not, and go from there. Probably wont camp though, as just turned 30 and i like my luxuries! lol

Ah ok fair enough. Suppose there are lots of options on things, and like you say, just depends what you want and what you use the car for.

Looks awesome. What diffuser is that?

FIRE IN THE HOLE! In all seriousness, glad nobody was hurt. One of the reasons F1 banned refuelling

Jesus! Is that at China or somewhere where there is an F1 race, really hungover, so cant remember exactly what track, but recognise the bridge thing over the track in the background

Absolutely amazing effortt there lads, and with all that you achieved, you still didnt manage to fit silver indicator bulbs! lol Great weekend by the sounds and looks of it, what a great place the forum is! Am i allowed to ask the total cost of the conversion including parts etc?

All fitted up Will be needing a new W brace at some point. This isnt new, i knew about this a few weeks back. I stadled a kerb in a car park late one night, and it was hooning it down and there was no lights on that area of the car park.

Will look good. The trouble with that design, is that the wheels look smaller than they actually are, but thats not always a bad thing. What colour car they going on?

First thing I do when iv turned the car on is switch the lights on, i now drive everywhere with them on. I agree, they help you be seen as much as help you see, not to mention their effectiveness on the motorway of clearing the outside lane. My Polish friend got me into driving with the lights on, as its what they do over the water.

Well, it all went rather well yesterday, as these things have a habbit of taking ages when bolts snap etc. Everything lined up perfectly, the only small issue was that the bolts supplied for the Y pipe were not long enough, so had to find some different ones. Mechanic was a little worries as the Y pipe had no flexi's on, so was a risk of something not lining up, but even the nuts and bolts came off easily, (one on each cat snapped) but the manifold bolts were fine as were the lambda sensors, and I didnt even need the gaskets that i spent £38 on, so they can be returned! Exhaust note sounds a little deeper now, and clearer too. There is no raspyness to them either, but there is a gorgous hiss that appears around 4k, (may not be everyones cup of tea) that makes the car sound turbo'd, (its really addictive) Be interesting to see if it remains after a few more miles. Over all experience and oppinion is great, and very happy with them

I wouldnt be surprised if the dampers and springs were changed slightly, its not uncommon for a manufacturer to tweak the car along the way, look at the GTR. At the end of the day though, as long as your happy with the car, thats the main thing, change is not always for the better.

This is just incase my current ones are buggered when the cats are removed. Just trying to makesure iv got everything covered and Saturday goes as smoothly as possible.

As mentioned in my Previous thread http://www.350z-uk.com/topic/77899-invidia-hfcs/, these do not come with header gaskets. Will I be able to pick these up from Euro car parts or something, or will I have to get them ordered in? Need them for Saturday AM, so ASAP. If anyone local to Milton Keynes has a pair, please PM me.

I got the Y pipe end chap, as there are only 2 holes in the gaskets. Yes they are a little more than the Berks, but the quality I think is alot better, so well worth it. Iv got bolts, just need to see if i can get the gaskets from Euro Spares or something

Well my Invidia HFS'c arrived today from Chris at Tarmac Sportz, and have to say im really impressed with them. Working as an inspector, im a tad fussy, and these really are great bits of kit. Well worth the small amount extra over the Berks i think. Looking forward to getting them fitted on Saturday with a Stillen Y pipe. Will post up a review when iv got it all done. One small note, is that the Berks come with every gasket and bolt, and the Invidia's only come with 2 gaskets and bolts for one end of each pipe. Not a big deal, just thought it was worth mentioning. Cant wait till saturday to get it all fitted now, car currently sounds like a bag of spanners

Cheers chaps, may see if i can get this sorted this week.

I was going to get the tyres swapped off the rims yes, and everything that iv seen on the tyre says that its directional, but not sided. Iv had a new one delivered, and wanted to put it on the front left, as that one is more worn than the front right, so can even the wear out, same with the rears. Living in a town full of roundabouts has its disadvantages and its advantages

Anyone got any idea if this is possible or not?

Would you really say there is on an open forum if you knew otherwise I dont think you would say anything different to the above buddy and i mean absolutely no offence by this, if there "is" anything different about Vettels car, the staff arent going to know anyway and yes i do like a conspiracy theory Fair point, but people at Ferrari are very open about their Number1. We dont have that attitute, we manufacture enough parts for both cars, exactly the same, and its only when the parts get to the track are they allocated to the car in no particular order. I work alongside manufacturing, so know that the parts are the same. We have no reason to have a number 1 and 2, if peoples perception are that Vettel is number one, then that is because he is a better driver, no other reason. The only incident was Silverstone a few years back, which was an unfortunate incident, and hasnt happened since.

Im sorry, but there is no way id take my car to Halfords Autocentre for anything.

I know in an ideal world with loads of money to burn id just swap all 4 tyres, but i dont have money to burn,and just wondering if its safe to swap the lefts for the rights so that i can get more life out of them and then swap all 4.

Look sexual. Guessing your son works in a machine shop