I just installed a spiffy set of flared tailpipes. Something I've wanted for a long time. But when I fired her up, I was surprised at how much noisier the exhaust was! Is this normal with trumpet-type pipes? Or have I broken something (again)? The exhaust system is stock otherwise. :-\
Hi John, Yep the tailpipes are part of the exhaust silencing system. Brand new ones go fwwwt fwwwt fwwwt with the engine running. I haven't seen a pair of flared pipes that were anything other than pipes so the noise is going to increase by probably 50 percent. Thats the price of those glimmering chrome trumpets ;D
John,
I've got a set, more bullet shape than trumpet. I can see the absorption baffles in them and I'd say they are about 30% louder than stock. But...take that with a grain of salt as my hearing is totally rubbish anyway ;D .
Regards
Sean
Whew! Thanks guys! I guess I can put up with the noise as I like the looks of the pipes. I had my first VW
(1955) as a teenager and put straight pipes on it, no muffler! Sounded like a Harley. This isn't nearly as bad. ;)
Quote from: johnr on 23 September 2009, 04:31
I just installed a spiffy set of flared tailpipes. Something I've wanted for a long time. But when I fired her up, I was surprised at how much noisier the exhaust was! Is this normal with trumpet-type pipes? Or have I broken something (again)? The exhaust system is stock otherwise. :-\
Hi John
I had to search over here in Australia for a while to find the flared tail pipes
with inbuilt mufflers.. so they were very quiet....
only used them on long distances....
I now have a new exhaust system with a quiet muffler out the RHS...
cheers
LEE
I wish I had known, Lee. The old tailpipes of course have baffles, but the flared ones don't.
Quote from: johnr on 29 September 2009, 17:16
I wish I had known, Lee. The old tailpipes of course have baffles, but the flared ones don't.
Hi John,
Here is a photo of My muffled/baffled pipes
I suppose they should be called mufflers.. lol
I did have two straight pieces of stainless steel I normally used
but found them a bit too noisy on long trips...
plus My Wife wouldn't drive My beetle because of the noise...
cheers
LEE