Exhaust for the T/D 80 series

[Sea-Dog]

G'day guys,

I put a post on the site a while ago now asking about the turbo diesel 80 series cruiser smoking when I drive... I got a heap of advice on what the cause of it could be etc and one of the topics was to put a 3" exhaust on it to reduce the back pressure of gasses on the turbo!

I went to the local exhaust guy who had a look at my truck and said that the 3" system was the way to go! cost $900

Being that I don't have $900 I asked for alternatives and he can do a 2 1/2 " system from the flexi pipe with a hot dog or resonator and a straight through truck muffler (apparently they have fibreglass baffles and don't restrict the flow too much??) for $300....

My question is basically would it be worth it?

I was told that the standard mufflers were quite restrictive in nature and add to that the squashed pipe over the rear axle and I am thinking it would be $300 well spent.

I am expecting that this exhaust would give the car more low down torque and a quicker wind up on the turbo..

What do you think?

[HDJ105]

What do you think?


3" is the way to go, but they aren't cheap to do properly. If you're not going 3", I wouldn't worry about the 2.5" route.

You could probably remove the front resonator and change the main muffler for some performance gain.

Try calling Beaudesert Exhausts in QLD, as they do a off the shelf turbo back system in 3".

[Sea-Dog]

Gave em a call $840 plus fitting ($100)... I am on the Sunshine Coast and they said that they could freight it up to me.

Supposedly get about 20 - 25% more power out of it down low. Good for in the sand etc...

I will have to save my pennies up for a while for that one!

[hux]

Gave em a call $840 plus fitting ($100)... I am on the Sunshine Coast and they said that they could freight it up to me.

Supposedly get about 20 - 25% more power out of it down low. Good for in the sand etc...

I will have to save my pennies up for a while for that one!


Make sure you get the fabricated dump pipe as well. I got mine through Stones Corner Muffler Shop for $880 fitted with dump pipe although it was part of a 3 unit buy. He got them straight off Beaudesert.

You will love it.

[Sea-Dog]

What sort of performance increases did you get there Hux?

I am not real keen to spend a grand if I am not going to be getting a reasonable return as the car has a fair whack of grunt as it is.....

Cheers