Don't panic for a VCT XR6 this sound like a normal stock exhasut system to me.

Yes they do look odd but it shouldn't look dodgy just overly complex for no obvious reason.

So what is the purpose of the second blocked off pipe then?

it's a resonator. works the same way as the ones you see on the intakes of the V8 falcons

it's a resonator. works the same way as the ones you see on the intakes of the V8 falcons

So it helps to quiten the exhaust down? How would the resinator in the V8 air intake quiten the exhaust down?

Hi guys,

Has anyone got pictures or links to AU XR6 exhaust setups. I have searched the net and cannot find.

The reason I ask is that my car was in a rear end smash a few years ago and allot of underbody work was done. I had my car up on the jacks the other day thought the set up of the exhaust looked dodgy.

I will try and explain the best I can:

From the extractors and cat, the setup separates into two pipes, joining two mufflers side by side. From the two mufflers back, the pipes come together with a H bracket weld. One pipe continues out to the tip and the other pipe curves around under rear bar and is blocked!

Is this normal? Seems funny to me to have the second pipe curve around and be blocked. This may be normal, and I am not an expert on exhaust systems, but can someone verify the norm for me.

Shugg

well a resonator in the intake would help to quieten down the intake noise duh

all i was saying is that they work the same, there is no direct flow throught either of them they are just resonence chambers.

But how does a bloked off pipe manage to quieten down the exhaust? I mean once the first bit of exhaust gas/fumes has flown into that blocked pipe, the rest are just going to go down the other one arn't they? meaning that it'd be the same as if that blocked pipe wasn't there? Or how does it work? How does the air intake one work aswell?

By the way Daniel, at Symons the other day I noticed that the Ford Brute Utes still had those pipes on there air intakes...