So, last saturday, my mate says "fancy taking me to leeds to pick up some bucket seats?". He's banned for another 8 months now, and building a very interesting 205 while he waits, so of course i agree. We're doing about 80 down the A1 when the backbox just snaps where the pipe goes into the box at the front. Cue loads of swearing and funny looks from other motorists.



That's all that was left. After driving all over leeds to get the seats, and going to a gig with some mates, i got pretty sick of sounding like a WRC entrant
But, i don't get paid for another week yet, so i can't get a proper backbox. So i raid the shed, and come up with this as a bodge



Sounds a lot quieter now, but the custom ziptie mounts might be a worry! How much am i likely to pay for a backbox? They haven't been discontinued or something stupid like that have they?

Video here

I've just replaced my backbox.

Volvo have discontinued the part...

I bought a Bosal box off eBay for £30 inc. delivery. Bosal is crap accarding to Foggy and Steve (who has a Bosal system). But to be honest it seems pretty solid to me. This guy has a shed full of exhausts and may have more 360 ones:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... %3AIT&rd=1

Try messaging him.

also found this guy:

http://www.catalyticuk.co.uk/

Who said he's supply for about 50 quid inc. VAT and delivery - don't know what brand his stuff is, but he claims it's quality.

Foggy recommends walker.

The other option is a full custom s/s sytem for 250-350 quid!

Cheers mate, i'll message the guy. not bothered if it's poor quality, 250quid for ss is twice what i paid for the car!
just need something that makes it less annoyingly loud!

Might be worth checking the mounts too, from the middle box back (where it bolts to the torque tube on a 3 fold tin clamp) it looks very twisted...

i've a 360 carb exhaust going spare, that would proably be better than the one you've got on at the mo..

incidentally, thats the exact place the exhaust snapped on nessy

5lab wrote: incidentally, thats the exact place the exhaust snapped on nessy

and on the redline which is a 1.7

Same exhaust on the 1.4 and 1.7? I think...

You'd be wrong then Steve!
The mounts are comletely different for a start, atleast the system on that peco thing that adam sold me wouldn't fit to ray without some MAJOR work needed, hence it never got used

redline wrote:

5lab wrote: incidentally, thats the exact place the exhaust snapped on nessy

and on the redline which is a 1.7

And on our GL which doesn't even have got an original exhaust, but 2.5" system...

d3k4y0 wrote:You'd be wrong then Steve!
The mounts are comletely different for a start, atleast the system on that peco thing that adam sold me wouldn't fit to ray without some MAJOR work needed, hence it never got used

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SteveP wrote:

d3k4y0 wrote:You'd be wrong then Steve!
The mounts are comletely different for a start, atleast the system on that peco thing that adam sold me wouldn't fit to ray without some MAJOR work needed, hence it never got used

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... +tough+guy

If I knew where you lived in real life, I'd kick your ass for saying that

and also

5lab wrote:i've a 360 carb exhaust going spare, that would proably be better than the one you've got on at the mo..

incidentally, thats the exact place the exhaust snapped on nessy

Cheers for the offer mate, i'd have taken you up on it if i'd seen the post before i went to the motor discount. I should have one friday morning, until then i'll beef up the bodge job by replacing the zip ties with massive jubilee clips i 'borrowed' from work!
though i must admit i'm rather enjoying the noise this backbox gives, and the 'pop' noise changing from 1st to 2nd! I must look a bit of a wally driving about but i'm having fun all the same!!

A proper professional job this.





Surprised it hasn't fallen off yet!

Yeah, it wont be long before them zip ties wear through and snap, so keen an eye on it

I did it like this: you weld a little pipe that falls over the original in the sportdemper. Than you make a slide in the welded pipe. (like most original pipes)

http://forum.volvo300club.nl/attachment ... 1154625620

http://forum.volvo300club.nl/attachment ... 1154625757

Its been proved well

Its a bycycle pipe with a way to big (absorbtion) pipe.