Exhaust break- in
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Exhaust break- in
Hey Guys,
I just got my exhaust and I am wondering how long they take to "break-in" and sound their best. People have told me anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. In one day my exhaust sound has already started to change for the better, but I want to know how long I have to wait to get the "trademark sound"
Thanks for any answers!
I just got my exhaust and I am wondering how long they take to "break-in" and sound their best. People have told me anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. In one day my exhaust sound has already started to change for the better, but I want to know how long I have to wait to get the "trademark sound"
Thanks for any answers!
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be careful!
An improperly broken-in exhaust can lead to pipe constriction and therefore increased back pressure, and can also disrupt the pulse-tuning aspects of a good exhaust. On top of it all, you may not pass emissions!
Not properly managing your heat cycles in the first 47 +/- 2 hours of operation may ruin the heat treatment of the pipes. They can become soft, or worse, brittle and crack-prone.
Make sure you let the exhaust come up to temperature and then cool completely at least 20-25 times before exceeding 25 mph. Any additional airflow under the car will make it cool too rapidly.
guess i just feel like a smartass this morning.
Not properly managing your heat cycles in the first 47 +/- 2 hours of operation may ruin the heat treatment of the pipes. They can become soft, or worse, brittle and crack-prone.
Make sure you let the exhaust come up to temperature and then cool completely at least 20-25 times before exceeding 25 mph. Any additional airflow under the car will make it cool too rapidly.
guess i just feel like a smartass this morning.
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Re: be careful!
Originally posted by reen
An improperly broken-in exhaust can lead to pipe constriction and therefore increased back pressure, and can also disrupt the pulse-tuning aspects of a good exhaust. On top of it all, you may not pass emissions!
Not properly managing your heat cycles in the first 47 +/- 2 hours of operation may ruin the heat treatment of the pipes. They can become soft, or worse, brittle and crack-prone.
Make sure you let the exhaust come up to temperature and then cool completely at least 20-25 times before exceeding 25 mph. Any additional airflow under the car will make it cool too rapidly.
guess i just feel like a smartass this morning.
An improperly broken-in exhaust can lead to pipe constriction and therefore increased back pressure, and can also disrupt the pulse-tuning aspects of a good exhaust. On top of it all, you may not pass emissions!
Not properly managing your heat cycles in the first 47 +/- 2 hours of operation may ruin the heat treatment of the pipes. They can become soft, or worse, brittle and crack-prone.
Make sure you let the exhaust come up to temperature and then cool completely at least 20-25 times before exceeding 25 mph. Any additional airflow under the car will make it cool too rapidly.
guess i just feel like a smartass this morning.
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Originally posted by supra crazy
i never knew there was sutch thing as exhaust break in
i never knew there was sutch thing as exhaust break in
All the same I am glad I gave the smart-asses a chance to do their stuff
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Honestlly though, I've never heard of exhaust break-in, except maybe for how the cats smell like *** for a couple hundred miles. Nothing about the sound though. You've actually noticed this?
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I'm not saying the break in is a huge thing , I have just heard people comment in person and on several msg boards that the exhaust note does change somewhat after a few hundred miles. For example joust75 and his Borla
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yeah, but
That makes sense.
One question though. Do high-end exhausts (or our stock one for that matter) still have packing in them these days or are they a system of baffles?
One question though. Do high-end exhausts (or our stock one for that matter) still have packing in them these days or are they a system of baffles?
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Since most of the aftermarket applications these days are "straight through designs" I would think packing. Flowmaster is the only muffler I have actually seen inside though... It is not straight through (obviously).
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Well, my 2000 Eclipse GT sounded different than just about any other 2k Eclipse GT on the road, and the sound changed a lot over the first few weeks/month. I had people asking me all the time what aftermarket exhaust I had. The packing on stock exhaust is susceptible to tone changes depending on how you run it. Not sure as to the specifics though.
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Does anyone know FOR SURE what is inside the 350Z factory exhaust? I am so very temted to cut it open, and "gut" it. That is, only if it has packing. The Subaru WRX has a series of internal baffles and tubing (I have seen pictures) and trying to gut that would be immposible.
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Originally Posted by reen
An improperly broken-in exhaust can lead to pipe constriction and therefore increased back pressure, and can also disrupt the pulse-tuning aspects of a good exhaust. On top of it all, you may not pass emissions!
Not properly managing your heat cycles in the first 47 +/- 2 hours of operation may ruin the heat treatment of the pipes. They can become soft, or worse, brittle and crack-prone.
Make sure you let the exhaust come up to temperature and then cool completely at least 20-25 times before exceeding 25 mph. Any additional airflow under the car will make it cool too rapidly.
guess i just feel like a smartass this morning.
Not properly managing your heat cycles in the first 47 +/- 2 hours of operation may ruin the heat treatment of the pipes. They can become soft, or worse, brittle and crack-prone.
Make sure you let the exhaust come up to temperature and then cool completely at least 20-25 times before exceeding 25 mph. Any additional airflow under the car will make it cool too rapidly.
guess i just feel like a smartass this morning.
The forced induction guys always talk like that all the time.
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