Well, after my "new" Mr T steel Zorst rusted and fell to bits after 7 years on the truck and considering it cost me a staggering £1,000 or so way back then (I know, I know...) I decided to go for a SS replacement.
My beloved 80 is now at the Dr man and I'm nervously pacing up and down waiting for the phone to ring.
The team making and fitting it is headed by an English guy called Chris. I won't hold that against him despite him coming from Cornwall (are they really English from down there?).
Anyway, he did some chalking on a whiteboard and convinced me that a 3" pipe wasn't suitable for my aging normally aspirated HZJ. He recommended the standard pipe size (which I've forgotten already) and his sketches showed that this diameter was better suited to the slower revving diesel engines after I admitted that I rarely take the tachometer over 3,000 RPM even through the gear changes. It's probably a sign that I'm getting older (60th birthday this week
) but its true.
He seemed to know what he was talking about (convinced gullible old me anyway) so she's in for a full length system as an almost replica of the Mr T version. It will have 2 boxes, a smallish fire box at the beginning of the horizontal (just after the flexi under the manifold) and a biggish silencer box roughly in the same place as the old unit under the rear passenger floor. There'll be no tail box but the tail pipe will extend over the rear axle and between the chassis and the rear floor. And I told him I don't want it noisy. I also asked him for the thickest steel he could find, he said that would be 2mm.
We'll see what I get later in the week, and how much it cost. He guessed at €900 so time will tell.
If anyone's interested, I'll keep them posted with an update. I know the HZJ isn't popular in the UK with all you turbo boys, but variety is the spice of life someone said, probably another old fart like me!
It's taxis to work till then cos its too hot to ride the bike (36 degrees again today).
My beloved 80 is now at the Dr man and I'm nervously pacing up and down waiting for the phone to ring.
The team making and fitting it is headed by an English guy called Chris. I won't hold that against him despite him coming from Cornwall (are they really English from down there?).
Anyway, he did some chalking on a whiteboard and convinced me that a 3" pipe wasn't suitable for my aging normally aspirated HZJ. He recommended the standard pipe size (which I've forgotten already) and his sketches showed that this diameter was better suited to the slower revving diesel engines after I admitted that I rarely take the tachometer over 3,000 RPM even through the gear changes. It's probably a sign that I'm getting older (60th birthday this week
) but its true.He seemed to know what he was talking about (convinced gullible old me anyway) so she's in for a full length system as an almost replica of the Mr T version. It will have 2 boxes, a smallish fire box at the beginning of the horizontal (just after the flexi under the manifold) and a biggish silencer box roughly in the same place as the old unit under the rear passenger floor. There'll be no tail box but the tail pipe will extend over the rear axle and between the chassis and the rear floor. And I told him I don't want it noisy. I also asked him for the thickest steel he could find, he said that would be 2mm.
We'll see what I get later in the week, and how much it cost. He guessed at €900 so time will tell.
If anyone's interested, I'll keep them posted with an update. I know the HZJ isn't popular in the UK with all you turbo boys, but variety is the spice of life someone said, probably another old fart like me!
It's taxis to work till then cos its too hot to ride the bike (36 degrees again today).
