black-on-black
Junior Member
does anyone know of a way to gut the stock muffler out or do i just need to bite the bullet and buy 'em
aussiejules posted ages ago about drilling. I am going to do that to.i don't recall who but someone drilled a 1.5" hole down the middle of his exhaust and it sounded good on youtube...
aussiejules posted ages ago about drilling. I am going to do that to.
aussiejules posted ages ago about drilling. I am going to do that to.
Just the cans mate. Over hear the MOT (ministry of transport) checks carbon emmissions. If you fail that it would require a new system. All I want is a bit more noise.When you do it post pics. Also are you just going to drill the cans or the cat too?
Thanks for the input, I have found the link to the original question.i drilled mine originally, pushed a 15mm masonry drill bit down each outlet about 5 or 6 times
free flowing? yes, a little better
sound better? yes if your a fan of asthmatic vespa scooter.
seriously, sounded crap to my ears (this is an opinion, not scientific fact, my ear does not contain its own "shoundsshyteometer").
i like the quiet burble of the stock exhaust, its nice, once i ruined the overall sound of the stock exhaust i purchased the leo vince SBK system (a mate has the exact one, when i heard his i wanted it).
drilling it is all well and good, but dont do it unless your willing to accept the fact it doesnt sound beefy/meaty/impressive or like a replacement set of cans.
it will for all intents and purposes sound like you have a hole (or 12) in your muffler.
i was under the impression the fz6 can itself is a sealed unit made of stainless. cutting isnt the big issue, welding is the painful part (i still have nightmares of a stainless repair job on something else i tried 5 years ago... horrible stuff )
i might be getting long in the tooth, i feel there is a different between loud and better. (again, my ear... blah blah meter etc)
if budget is the issue, weld a joined set of empty pipes in its place and save your stock can for resale
say i were to cut the exhaust off where the header starts to collect and used a power commander, would it run fine or would i need more work in the fi system
how much does a dyno test custom map run and what kind of place could i go to do that
So what are the net results for your 300 beer tokens spent?not too sure in the USA, I paid $330AUD and left the bike with them for a day and half (as they had warned me, they couldnt devote the solid session to doing all 3 maps for me so they did the 1st one in the morning, the 2nd one in the afternoon and the 3rd the next morning as they had to fit me around existing bookings)
i think for mine it was more a time thing, they can do the tuning quite quick but then you need to run it on the dyno and take measurements and adjust etc for the fine tuning.
the linear map was apparently the bugger, they had never had anyone want one and while the theroy side was easy to work out, adjusting it to the fz6 torque curve took some playing with.