Removing Capristo Exhaust

Has any one got any experience or tips on removing a capristo exhaust. I’m removing my existing capristo from my 360 to fit a new one, how ever there doesnt seem to be enough clearance to tilt the silencer forward at the top (towards the air box) to free the pipes from the cats. The pipes simply foul the rear cross member behind the grill.

Am I right in thinking this can be done with out detaching the cats from the manifolds.

Any pointers appreciated.

 

Yep bumper removed. Tail pipes removed.
Capristo sound one being replaced by sound three..

 

Hmm I think you might be right Mike. lot of the guides suggest you can just rotate the silencer forward and the pipes will pop off, but the shape of the capristo means it’s fouling the rear cross brace.

 

Yeah it won’t pivot forward off them.

 

Well exhaust is out, and you do indeed need to unbolt the cats from the manifolds, to move them forward and inch or two. That then creates enough space for the exhaust to be lifted out.

Annoyingly, it looks like the undertray will need to be removed to bolt the cats back in place.

 

I tried loosening them cats and there just didn’t seem to be enough wiggle room to free the silencer pipes from them.

I’m not sure if there’s been any updates from capristo over the years. I’ll compare the two exhausts together.

 

Got the 3 already. Don’t use the car that often and live in the country, so alls good

The valved 1/3 I’ve heard doesn’t seem to produce the F1 sound of the “standard” 3.

 

Nearly all back together. Does anyone know what the torque of the sprung bolts on the capristo bracket should be.

Presumably they should still be able to move in the slotted openings of the bracket to accommodate any thermal expansion.

 

Right almost there. Putting the bumper back on and the tips sit fine horizontally, however one is sat approximately 5mm from the top of the bumper exhaust aperture, whilst the other is pressed against the top of the bumper aperture.

the silencer is sitting centrally and perfectly level (even checked with a spirit level). Where’s the best point to adjust this from. The spring system on the capristo seems to absorb a lot of the adjustment.

 

I must be missing something here… no amount of fiddling seems to get the exhaust tips to sit lower and they’re touching the bumper.

Its almost like the spring supports are too tall.

 

Exhaust is all sorted now, and on the whole I’m pleased. However it doesn’t sound quite as F1 like as some of the videos I’ve watched on YouTube.

At lower revs or pulling away it sounds what I’d describe as very agricultural, but like a truck or tractor. I thought it would have more of a growl.

At about 4 - 5k rpm it does make more of a wail than the previous exhaust, but it doesn’t seem to extend up the rev range and it’s not quite as formula oney as I expected.

Does this sound normal.

Are the cars typically making the real formula one noise decatted or running sports cats.