Loudest Maserati !!

[Parisien]

Happens more often than it should........always such a tragedy........


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[hodroyd]

Not reading the charts, or no contact with a tower with radar to warn you, if in doubt....climb..!!

 

[CatmanV2]

I see so basically they had a nice flight through "low cloud" and hit a mountain side. Cool Story Bro

I suspect 'cool' was not one of concepts used to describe the event, but everyone has a different view especially when they are mates

C

 

[SimonCC]

Benny - have you had any issues with getting through the MOT with your raucous exhaust?

 

[RSM Masser]

And the loudest,you should have heard them taking from Heathrow in the 70's, deafening!

Dave

Built in a shed at Weybridge that was too low so the T Tail had to come off to get it outside.
Seats facing backwards, very comfy mind you.
Auntie Liz paid a lot of fuel bills when BA got rid and donated them with that other gas guzzler the Tristar to Crab Air,
I always asked to sit "with the driver" lovely view flying over London into Brize.
Why did they use the least economical plane as a tanker?

 

[JonH]

Myself and my young daughter at the time were invited on to the flight deck, many years ago of course, it was a pleasant experience watching clouds whizz by..!!

Long story, but I had the pleasure of playing in a Hawk last summer. Did some so called 'poor mans low level flying' i.e. flying upside down along the top of the clouds........absolutely awesome experience.....took controls for a bit and did a few loops, barrel rolls etc...pulled lots of G and didn't vomit.......an achievement.

 

[BANANA]

Think mine's Louder

 

[BennyD]

Long story, but I had the pleasure of playing in a Hawk last summer. Did some so called 'poor mans low level flying' i.e. flying upside down along the top of the clouds........absolutely awesome experience.....took controls for a bit and did a few loops, barrel rolls etc...pulled lots of G and didn't vomit.......an achievement.

Good fun, isn't it!

 

[BennyD]

Benny - have you had any issues with getting through the MOT with your raucous exhaust?

Absolutely none. However, the valves are always shut!

 

[VEDE]

Benny, is that video of your car in its current state of exhaust mods (i.e. modified GS boxes etc.)?

 

[BennyD]

Yes it is Luke. The whole current state is; Larini sports cats, unsilenced X-ppe and modified GS boxes. Too loud for some (I know), not loud enough for others but a nice compromise for me.

 

[SimonCC]

Would you say the x-pipe has the single most effect on sound? if you swapped this section only back to factory would the sound be severely blunted, although still improved over stock?

I ask as I have changed the secondary cats section and rear boxes, which makes a nice improvement. But yours sounds brutal so am thinking this is most likely down to the x-pipe. I know you and Matt believe it takes changing 2 sections to really make a difference.

 

[Chrisbassett]

I swapped my x-pipe last week from stock to unsilenced - it adds a rawness to the sound, and more volume. At the moment I think it's a bit raspy, and there's something I don't like at 2000 revs. Not sure if it's the fitting or just what this system produces. I did a video last night, I'll edit it down from 35 minutes to just the highlights and post it later.

 

[Contigo]

I think that the Xpipe makes it sound tinny. Simon's with the work done on the secondary still sounds rorty and not metallic or raspy.

 

[MAF260]

When I've done my mods I will have non-cat manifolds, Larini sports cats (1 each side) a Larini h-pipe and Larini valved rear boxes. It will be interesting to discover the difference between a h-pipe and a x-pipe. I'm hoping mine will be quieter than Benny's!

 

[hodroyd]

Why did they use the least economical plane as a tanker?

Because they knew it would have plenty of fuel..??

 

[hodroyd]

If you get the Larini Valved Rear Boxes, you can always tone down the noise when you need to, sound is epic..!!

 

[MAF260]

If you get the Larini Valved Rear Boxes, you can always tone down the noise when you need to, sound is epic..!!

I already have them. Not keen on the noise with the valves closed, but love it when they're open!

 

[BennyD]

Would you say the x-pipe has the single most effect on sound? if you swapped this section only back to factory would the sound be severely blunted, although still improved over stock?

I ask as I have changed the secondary cats section and rear boxes, which makes a nice improvement. But yours sounds brutal so am thinking this is most likely down to the x-pipe. I know you and Matt believe it takes changing 2 sections to really make a difference.

I've changed all 3 sections on mine and the sound is, er, refreshing but I wouldn't say the x-pipe made the biggest difference. If I had to, I would say the sports cats are the bedrock of a loud system, but you have to change another part to bring out the volume. (200 cell) Cats and straight through back boxes make for a good sounding system and then changing the X-pipe brings out the fourth horseman of the apocalypse.

 

[BennyD]

I swapped my x-pipe last week from stock to unsilenced - it adds a rawness to the sound, and more volume. At the moment I think it's a bit raspy, and there's something I don't like at 2000 revs. Not sure if it's the fitting or just what this system produces. I did a video last night, I'll edit it down from 35 minutes to just the highlights and post it later.

Alas, this, an X-pipe in a standard 4200 system, is one of the combinations I haven't tested. I don't know how the back boxes behave because I took mine off as soon as I got it. However, I would have though you will always get a bit of a rasp somewhere in the rev range because of the high gas flow through a relatively narrow pipe.