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Old 20-01-08, 04:10 PM   #11
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Cheers Richie. Looks like I have a project for next weekend! Do you happen to know whether it will make it an MOT fail just by making it stubby?
It's not the size that matters.................for once

It's whether they consider it too loud. Ours passed.
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Old 20-01-08, 04:13 PM   #12
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It's not the size that matters.................for once

It's whether they consider it too loud. Ours passed.
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Cheers Richie. Looks like I have a project for next weekend! Do you happen to know whether it will make it an MOT fail just by making it stubby?
As Lissa said.
I dought it very much... unless you take it to a very analy retentive MOT inpector.
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Old 20-01-08, 04:14 PM   #13
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It's whether they consider it too loud. Ours passed.
From what I've heard about the noise yours makes thats a miracle!!!
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Old 20-01-08, 04:16 PM   #14
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Very Sweeeeet.

Looks so much better than that Longy.

Does it sound much louder?
It's quite rude... shall we say...
I had to put the baffel back in as it was as loud without it in as it was with no end can fitted at all.
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Old 20-01-08, 04:16 PM   #15
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getting the endcap back in was a nightmere...
how so?

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Cheers Richie. Looks like I have a project for next weekend! Do you happen to know whether it will make it an MOT fail just by making it stubby?
+1

if it were a MOT failier just slip the original can back on, if you have it
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From what I've heard about the noise yours makes thats a miracle!!!
Just a sensible tester, that's all. Obviously a believer that loud cans save lives
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Old 20-01-08, 04:18 PM   #17
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Does yours have a baffle insert on it richie? Im just wondering if it does what effect it has putting it in...
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how so?


its an oval endcan not round so it was a bit out of shape...
we cut a few V notches in the endcap and finally got it home.
ps. point to note... don't push it in too far as extraction can become difficult
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i see, i am considering doing this along with a custom under tray
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Does yours have a baffle insert on it richie? Im just wondering if it does what effect it has putting it in...
It's quite rude... shall we say...
I had to put the baffel back in as it was as loud without it in as it was with no end can fitted at all.
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