Good morning Andrew from a lovely morning here in central Florida. Have my cuppa in hand and just completed watching your recent episode. The car now sounds as good as it looks!! Superb. Going back one video I felt for you as you endured the water pump leak....been there, done that in mine.......thrice!! All good though in the end. Looking forward to seeing your next installment. Safe travels.
I think you achieved the perfect balance between the old system and the open megaphone. I was thinking along the same lines as George Dreisch if the baffles were held in place with multiple screws it would allow for easier modification. Anyway your project is proof that attention to detail gives way to the finished product falling into place very nicely.
I think as I'm happy with the sound I wouldn't mess around trying to alter the amount of wadding. It's like the reason I made the rear gurney flap non-adjustable.... I wouldn't ever alter the amount it projects, I set it to a level I liked and left it as that :-)
Saw your car on the club stand at the NEC Andrew and thought what a beauty it is, well done, it was in great company with the original MkIII and the other GT40s there. I'd dearly love one some day, if I hadn't spent the last thirty odd years faffing about with '60s Mini Coopers, Jags and Rover P5Bs I'd probably have one by now, possibly even a factory built car!
Ooh, that sounds mean. Granted, I liked the way it sounded before the baffles went in but unless you're at track day, that isn't exactly practical. What a huge difference over the original silencers. Can you imagine what that's going to sound like once the Weber's go on? Pure heaven. Well done, sir! Bravo on the NEC gig too.
V8 rumble is nice , but at some point in time u can have an over dose of it , and on a long trip u may find that u will get noise fatigue , not to exclude heat and comfort issues , but I did enjoy your work , well done and enjoy your car
Interesting design for the megaphone silencer. That its really neat indeed but I would strongly recommend a second opinion from a MoT tester! The "bundle of snakes" was introduced by Lotus (powered by Ford) at Indianapolis.
I have to say, I worry about the rear clamshell pivot mount. You need a third leg from the pivot down to the main chassis leg to triangulate the structure. I’d hate for it to bend or fatigue and fail. The rear spoiler puts downforce on the trailing edge of the clamshell. If the pivot mount flexes downward, it can bend that weak mount structure, transferring force to the forward clips, eventually cracking the fiberglass.
Would love to see the car in the flesh (and meet you). If I make the NEC I'll be sure to look up the GT40 Enthusiasts stand 👍 Sounds glorious by the way, big improvement!
Unfortunately here in Oz I'm not likely going to achieve the same sound when were forced to include catalytic converters in the system. Still, I expect high flow cats and a little play with the cans should result in some sweet tunes. As for the show, I'm struggling to find anything here in Sydney to go have a look see. Congrats on your slot, I wish I could be there to shake your hand Andrew, well done!
Oh I'm sure you'll still be able to make all of the right sounds one way or another with your build :-) perhaps some valves to bypass the cats, I've seen that done before
Hi Andy, Loving the sound, proper V8 now. Something completely unrelated, how do you find the gear change n your car, I'm in the process of doing my car as be said before like you I've brought one and torn it apart and in speaking to others I hear that the gear change can be problematic.
Can’t think of much that’s more annoying and distracting then a header primary tube leak. I personally feel you should have moved the vehicle out of the garage and stood the microphone off 8-10 meters to get a better representation of the note. Instead of riveting the baffles, I would think that 3 #10 machine screws would allow easy removal of the baffles, and allow experimentation with different amounts of fiberglass stuffing, as glass pack mufflers will change note considerably as the fiberglass packing degrades. Thanks for including us and sharing your journey.
It was raining when I was fitting so I couldn't put the camera outside of the garage. I think the amount of miles this will do it'll take decades for the fibreglass to degrade :-)
@@RatchetRebuilds more to my point, is that by your being able to tailor the density of the glass pack, by adjusting the amount of fiberglass in the pack, you can affect the amount of attenuation to your liking.
10:27. Glorious.
Gorgeous car! 😍 Great videos too. Thank you!
Paul 😎
Thanks
Beautiful sound that marries up with an awesome car 💪💪💪👌☘️
Sounds amazing!
Good morning Andrew from a lovely morning here in central Florida. Have my cuppa in hand and just completed watching your recent episode. The car now sounds as good as it looks!! Superb. Going back one video I felt for you as you endured the water pump leak....been there, done that in mine.......thrice!! All good though in the end. Looking forward to seeing your next installment. Safe travels.
Glad you enjoyed the episode James :-) yes the leak was a mild annoyance to say the least!
Great sound!
The new iteration sounds excellent 👌
I think you achieved the perfect balance between the old system and the open megaphone. I was thinking along the same lines as George Dreisch if the baffles were held in place with multiple screws it would allow for easier modification. Anyway your project is proof that attention to detail gives way to the finished product falling into place very nicely.
I think as I'm happy with the sound I wouldn't mess around trying to alter the amount of wadding. It's like the reason I made the rear gurney flap non-adjustable.... I wouldn't ever alter the amount it projects, I set it to a level I liked and left it as that :-)
Saw your car on the club stand at the NEC Andrew and thought what a beauty it is, well done, it was in great company with the original MkIII and the other GT40s there. I'd dearly love one some day, if I hadn't spent the last thirty odd years faffing about with '60s Mini Coopers, Jags and Rover P5Bs I'd probably have one by now, possibly even a factory built car!
Thanks Nigel, it was a great show with lots on interest on the stand :-)
nice trumpets !
Ooh, that sounds mean. Granted, I liked the way it sounded before the baffles went in but unless you're at track day, that isn't exactly practical. What a huge difference over the original silencers. Can you imagine what that's going to sound like once the Weber's go on? Pure heaven. Well done, sir! Bravo on the NEC gig too.
Thanks Charlie, I'm over the moon with how it sounds, I was out in it yesterday and it made all of the right noises through the entire rev range :-)
V8 rumble is nice , but at some point in time u can have an over dose of it , and on a long trip u may find that u will get noise fatigue , not to exclude heat and comfort issues , but I did enjoy your work , well done and enjoy your car
Interesting design for the megaphone silencer. That its really neat indeed but I would strongly recommend a second opinion from a MoT tester!
The "bundle of snakes" was introduced by Lotus (powered by Ford) at Indianapolis.
Take it to the MOT tester so he can tell me how awesome it sounds too? Haha
@@RatchetRebuilds 😀 No, to have a quotable dB reading at hand to present to "interested parties".
I have to say, I worry about the rear clamshell pivot mount. You need a third leg from the pivot down to the main chassis leg to triangulate the structure. I’d hate for it to bend or fatigue and fail. The rear spoiler puts downforce on the trailing edge of the clamshell. If the pivot mount flexes downward, it can bend that weak mount structure, transferring force to the forward clips, eventually cracking the fiberglass.
The lack of weight to the rear clam, I'm comfortable with my design. If something should break then I'll fix it :-)
It's amazing how you must stay on gas a bit to keep these beasts running.
Just love the new sound, well done Andrew 👍
Many thanks!
Would love to see the car in the flesh (and meet you). If I make the NEC I'll be sure to look up the GT40 Enthusiasts stand 👍
Sounds glorious by the way, big improvement!
Thanks Ralph, appreciated as always
Unfortunately here in Oz I'm not likely going to achieve the same sound when were forced to include catalytic converters in the system. Still, I expect high flow cats and a little play with the cans should result in some sweet tunes.
As for the show, I'm struggling to find anything here in Sydney to go have a look see. Congrats on your slot, I wish I could be there to shake your hand Andrew, well done!
Oh I'm sure you'll still be able to make all of the right sounds one way or another with your build :-) perhaps some valves to bypass the cats, I've seen that done before
Hi Andy,
Loving the sound, proper V8 now.
Something completely unrelated, how do you find the gear change n your car, I'm in the process of doing my car as be said before like you I've brought one and torn it apart and in speaking to others I hear that the gear change can be problematic.
Problematic in what respect? It's not the most razor sharp accurate click-click between gears but I've not had any issues with it at all :-)
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Have you done a noise test on this new system?
Nope I've not
Great videos. Interesting exhaust paste. What is it? Silicon or other? Brand?
Hello where I can buy the megaphone pipe ? Do you Know thé web site?
Tornado Sports Cars
Sounded very angry with the baffles in, brilliant. Have you apologised to your neighbours? LOL
Haha, I prepped them by saying I was straight piping it so having these baffles in they should actually thank me!
It's sounds like like she's saying vroooom vroooom 🤣😂
How much were the mega phone pipes ?
It's best to get in touch with Tornado Sports Cars to get a price from them
Can’t think of much that’s more annoying and distracting then a header primary tube leak.
I personally feel you should have moved the vehicle out of the garage and stood the microphone off 8-10 meters to get a better representation of the note.
Instead of riveting the baffles, I would think that 3 #10 machine screws would allow easy removal of the baffles, and allow experimentation with different amounts of fiberglass stuffing, as glass pack mufflers will change note considerably as the fiberglass packing degrades.
Thanks for including us and sharing your journey.
It was raining when I was fitting so I couldn't put the camera outside of the garage. I think the amount of miles this will do it'll take decades for the fibreglass to degrade :-)
@@RatchetRebuilds more to my point, is that by your being able to tailor the density of the glass pack, by adjusting the amount of fiberglass in the pack, you can affect the amount of attenuation to your liking.
@@georgedreisch2662 oh absolutely, that's what I was explaining the in video 😄 I'm happy with the sound of the full wrap 😀
351 internals would be great
Why would you want to increase the stroke at the cost of revs?
@@johngibson3837 More power and torque at the same revs......