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30th June 2015, 08:50 | #11 |
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Some time ago I asked for Longlife 'dealer' recommendations but unfortunately it met with little response.Personally I would travel anywhere in the UK to the branch/es found to offer the best prices,quality of workmanship and customer service.
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I hope you don't mind me getting in on this. Longlife have always had a good relationship with this forum so I do tend to check it from time to time. With regards the diameter of the pipe work - you are correct that the original pipe work on the MG is 60mm although that is with the O.E. restrictive chambered silencers. When we build a new system on a n/a car, we are mostly using free flowing silencers with the gas running straight through. Consequently the pipe diameter does not need to be quite as large. If the bore size increases and using straight through silencers, the exhaust gas actually slows down as there is more space for it to fill. As a result of the gas spending more time inside the tubing, the sound can be rather boomy which is not to most people's liking. For this reason, it's common to reduce the bore size by one step from the original size, speeding up the gasses. This won't affect your performance (in fact it would if anything help it), will help increase fuel efficiency and also get a sound that is better on the ear. If someone specifically requests a certain bore size then we would of course always strive to meet the customer's needs (within reason) and this would be detailed on our job sheet. We would however, always try and recommend an alternative if the customer has the wrong idea - we have heard all sorts of crazy ideas that people have read off the internet or heard down the pub and have subsequently taken as gospel. I certainly understand the original poster's concern but can assure you that Dan in Carshalton has done the right thing when he's built the exhaust. As someone else mentioned, it's not really a warranty issue here (although if a bore size has been specified and not used I may look upon this differently). We always stand by our warranty - it's what Longlife is built on. I've done warranty work from people who have had their vehicle over 10 years and were surprised that we were so welcoming of sorting it. Hope that helps clear things up and thank you all for your support over the years, we've had a number of jobs that have come to us directly from this forum. I'm more than happy to answer any questions or respond to anyone with PMs should you so wish. Regards Jason - Longlife |
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Also as Jason said, too larger pipe work and you will get the 'boom' or 'drowning' effect which will end up annoying you each time you sit on a motorway or dual carriage way. In my opinion, the person who made that exhaust was experienced and knew what he was doing dropping down 5mm and as you said you have been happy with the sound and performance for 5 years. |
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30th June 2015, 15:01 | #16 |
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What sort of increases did you typically see when a free flowing exhaust is fitted to a turbo'd car?
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It is not all about power gains, it is also how the engine reacts to the mods, the exhaust let it pull better and also the turbo seemed to spool up a little quicker. |
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Please stop changing my words I didn't say enything about performance, but I must say I really happy with my car also I can't compare to another 190 because I have only one 190 and thx to Jason I'll happy again with my exhaust, just person from this branch where I fix my system should star to talk with customers different way
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