Hooray - f**k Bill Gates and the new website - here's my new Mongoose:

 

 

Nice noise and not too loud (bit of a boom at 2,000 rpm so don't use 2,000 rpm )

Thanks to everyone who suggested one, Johnny who sold me one and Xoticar who fitted it.

(no politics - just thanks).

 

Cheers - Gio

 

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[This message has been edited by Gio (edited 31-05-2002).]

nice it looks good.

Next you have to get rid of those cats then they sound cool.

Thanks Warren - hope you guys realise all this dark-side modification stuff is your fault. Until I found this forum......

 

But no way can I get rid of the cats.

He he im a dog guy myself, Im sure everyone has seen this.

Excerpts from the dog and cat diary.

Day number 180

>

> 8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!

> 9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!

> 10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!

> 11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!

> 1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!

> 4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!

> 5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!

>

> Day number 181

>

> 8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!

> 9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!

> 10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!

> 11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!

> 1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!

> 4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!

> 5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!

>

> Day number 182

>

> 8:00 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 9:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!

> 9:40 am - OH BOY! A WALK! MY FAVORITE!

> 10:30 am - OH BOY! A CAR RIDE! MY FAVORITE!

> 11:30 am - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 12:00 noon - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!

> 1:00 pm OH BOY! THE YARD! MY FAVORITE!

> 1:30 pm - ooooooo. bath. bummer.

> 4:00 pm - OH BOY! THE KIDS! MY FAVORITE!

> 5:00 PM - OH BOY! DOG FOOD! MY FAVORITE!

> 5:30 PM - OH BOY! MOM! MY FAVORITE!

>

>

>

>

>

> EXCERPTS FROM A CAT'S DIARY

>

> DAY 752 - My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre

> little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh

> meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only

> thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and

> the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the

> occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat

> another houseplant.

>

> DAY 761 - Today my attempt to kill my captors by

> weaving around their feet while they were walking

> almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the

> stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these

> vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit

> on their favourite chair... must try this on their

> bed.

>

> DAY 765 - Decapitated a mouse and brought them the

> headless body, in attempt to make them aware of what

> I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their

> hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a

> good little cat I was...Hmmm.

> Not working according to plan.

>

> DAY 768 - I am finally aware of how sadistic they are.

> For no good reason I was chosen for the water

> torture. This time however it included a burning foamy

> chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could

> invent such a liquid. My only consolation is the piece

> of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

>

> DAY 771 - There was some sort of gathering of their

> accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the

> event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the

> foul odour of the glass tubes they call "beer.."

> More importantly I overheard that my confinement was

> due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this

> is and how to use it to my advantage.

>

> DAY 774 - I am convinced the other captives are

> flunkies and maybe snitches. The dog is routinely

> released and seems more than happy to return. He is

> obviously a half-wit. The bird on the other hand has

> got to be an informant, and speaks with them

> regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due

> to his current placement in the metal room his safety

> is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of

> time...

 

If you are dispensing with the pussy Gio, can I have the black one at the bottom with the really long arm? FFS it's longer than the rest of the cat.

 

Nice geese BTW.

 

Get mine soon.

 

 

 

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Warren - clearly you are a deep expert in the mind of the feline - and we've got three of the little furry killing machines (help).

 

Jezz - take the p*ss out of Sybil at your peril. The little black buzzsaw switches between "lady muck" as you see in the pic and "ok buster, who bleeds first..."

Gio and his Magical Cats!

 

Did your cats learn to fly Magic Carpets or did you teach em? Wouldn't surprise me as you strike me as a Sean Connery Highlander/Warlock type sort of person?

Is the one on the floor still in training, I would of thought the Black Cat would of had a natural advatage over the rest!

Is it true your Z is immortal, trapped in the time space continuim?

 

Reality kicks in, quickly reach for prozac!!

 

Well done on getting the mongoose, it seems like the best value Zorst on the market at the mo!

 

If you want a contribution for the DVLA search let me know?

 

Mark

 

 

HEY! WHAT A LOAD OF OLD BOLLOCKS! HAV'NT U GOT ANYTHING BETTER 2 DO THAN THIS ON A FRIDAY NITE !!!!!!!!!Fucking cats!!!!!!!

GIO, bought a mongoose not long ago myself,

TOP EXHAUST

Looks pukka bud, glad you're pleased with it! Nice one mate!

 

 

 

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Originally posted by THE HEDGE:

HEY! WHAT A LOAD OF OLD BOLLOCKS! HAV'NT U GOT ANYTHING BETTER 2 DO THAN THIS ON A FRIDAY NITE !!!!!!!!!Fucking cats!!!!!!!

 

you stupid muppet, what the fuck are you doing on here on a friday night, seems like oyu have nothing better to do muwhahahahahahahahahahahaha.

Gio, looks the biz mate. Friend of mine has just put one on his 200sx and sounds real nice.

I'll be upgrading my exhaust soon, and have been thinking about the mongoose. can you tell me where you got it and how much they are??.

 

Cheers.

Altho Craig will probably kick me for not doing this in Price Check Forum, I'll get away with it by not quoting any actual prices!

I got mine from Johnny at http://www.grasshopperprosport.co.uk/ but I hear good prices also available at http://www.cybercraft.co.im/ and http://www.lightman.co.uk/mjp/

 

I've bought stuff from all of these guys - if you buy, just make sure they are going to support the forum / send money to Craig & Nico

 

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just got a mongoose fitted myself, though it sounds pretty loud. this I don't whant . Could this be cus the cats hav collapsed? one completly and the other half, although it still passed its emissions for the M.O.T

cheeers

rob b

Gio - nice mongoose and the car is looking good. Had mine 2 years now and the decat pipes are being fitted today.

 

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"Polished on drive"

"Dirty at 156mph"

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Z first and anything else is secondary!

John Newcomb (NukeEm)

www.geocities.com/jn300zxtt

Originally posted by rob29:

just got a mongoose fitted myself, though it sounds pretty loud. this I don't whant . Could this be cus the cats hav collapsed? one completly and the other half, although it still passed its emissions for the M.O.T

cheeers

rob b

 

In my experience removing the cats makes little difference to the exhaust noise, although I do have the decat pipes with those sort of half arsed silences in place of the cat. It's the turbo that seems to remove a great deal of the exhaust noise.

 

Pingram. i removed my cats and my exhaust went from 91 db to 104.2 or something like that. Put cats back on and back to 91 db. So im pretty sure cats have alot to do with the sound of an exhaust.

(although this could be down to the type of exhaust)

Originally posted by AndyP:

In my experience removing the cats makes little difference to the exhaust noise,

Andy Thats total bollocks,ask DaveW the difference in sound between his and mine .

 

 

 

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Well maybe you should all listen to mine. Couldn't tell the difference between cats and no cats and I have a Mongoose same as Macca.

Originally posted by AndyP:

Well maybe you should all listen to mine. Couldn't tell the difference between cats and no cats and I have a Mongoose same as Macca.

Well Andy you should listen to mine,It will blow your balls off trust me .Hope DaveW reads this.

 

 

 

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I have to agree Iain, a Mongoose fitted to a de-catted Z is much louder than one with the moggies intact, as I found when I met up with Mac in my catted Z.

A new Mongoose (in fact probably any new exhaust) will sound louder than an older one, due to it not having a coating (yet!) of carbon deposits, which will reduce the resonance within.

On the subject of resonance, I found that my Mongoose sounds louder since having a Wings West rear bumper fitted- suppose its the same effect as putting a speaker in a box

Dave

Originally posted by DaveW:

I have to agree Iain, a Mongoose fitted to a de-catted Z is much louder than one with the moggies intact, as I found when I met up with Mac in my catted Z.

 

Dave

Now Andy,go get your ears hoovered out LOL

 

 

 

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OK had decatt pipes fitted yesterday to my Mongoose exhaust. No real diference on tickover but raise the revs above 1000rpm and oh yes mucho growling, and over 4000rpm holy shit it sounds great. Also the turbos spool up a lot faster so power delivery is more agressive from low end through the mid range, damn car feels like its had a whole new engine not just some pipes. Best £££'s I spent for ages but I wish I had done it earlier in the upgrade stages. Just prayign for a dry Sunday at Santa Pod this weekend.

 

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"Polished on drive"

"Dirty at 156mph"

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Z first and anything else is secondary!

John Newcomb (NukeEm)

www.geocities.com/jn300zxtt

Hi

 

I must admit the mongoose sounds and looks about the best value going. I am probably going to have to get a new exhaust soon, but I have a problem.

I have a Kakimoto exhaust and downpipes with no cat and this looks ok but the backpart of the exhaust is going. Now I am doubting whether I can get something off the shelf to bolt straight on to a SWB with these downpipes, unless anyone of you know otherwise. Somebody posted something about a firm who was reasonable and did custom exhausts can anyone remember who it was?

 

Cheers

 

Mark

Originally posted by TopLess:

Hi

 

I must admit the mongoose sounds and looks about the best value going. I am probably going to have to get a new exhaust soon, but I have a problem.

I have a Kakimoto exhaust and downpipes with no cat and this looks ok but the backpart of the exhaust is going. Now I am doubting whether I can get something off the shelf to bolt straight on to a SWB with these downpipes, unless anyone of you know otherwise. Somebody posted something about a firm who was reasonable and did custom exhausts can anyone remember who it was?

 

Cheers

 

Mark

http://www.tubetorque.co.uk/

 

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