Hi Dwayne:
I agree with Joe about the header:sport system sound. I have a 6:1 header on my
TR6. I liked the weight reduction. Compared to my old Ansa system it was a much
more bearable sound level. I noticed no performance issues in the Ansa vs.
Falcon. Eventually though, even the Falcon sound became irritating on the
highway, so I inserted a couple of motorcycle baffles in the midsection of the
piping to the mufflers. Really mellowed out the sound without making it sound
like a Honda Civic. Strangely enough this did not seem to hit the performance
perceptibly. The car still is very peppy.
The Falcon system is effectively a straight-through muffler. If not for the
angled tailpipes, you could see straight through the muffler. The piping
diameter is larger than the Ansa system. Actually there are a couple of thin
neck joints on the Ansa that gave me confidence to put in the baffles
(JCwhitney) on the Falcon that really helped the sound a lot.
There are a couple of tricks to installing the Falcon. You need to install a
cross-strut between the frame members to hold it. I believe the install manual
calls for drilling the boot floor. This is unnecessary. With a simple bit of
angle iron, or 90-degree bend holed flatbar from Home depot, the job is quick
and simple and uses existing holes in the frame to give a much nicer and
stronger installation. I can shoot some pictures if you need them for a
reference.
Cheers,
Mark
72 TR6
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-6pack@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-6pack@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Lizirbydavis@cs.com
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 7:23 AM
To: dc_bruin@hotmail.com
Cc: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: monza
Dwayne,
I have the falcon dual "sport" system that Shawn describes with the group 44
stainless header (also a falcon piece), If you order with a header, or specify
the header system (if you already have the falcon header) it bolts up
perfectly. When I had this system with the stock manifold, I really liked the
sound.
Shawn is right, it does improve with time, and the cruising sound is really
nice. With the header, it is a bit loud, and "blatty". One of the local
deputys said it sounded like glass-packs. I don't think this was meant to be
complimentary. I still think it is better than the Monza. I had the monza
system on a car without overdrive a while back. I couldn't bear to drive the
car
for very long distances. The exhaust sound was "exhausting".
Joe Davis
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