Got my new exhaust - lovely TTE.....

[Carolyn]

Would it be in poor taste to mention that I can hear the valves?  Yes, it probably would, so I'll say nothing.

[shnazzle]

Would it be in poor taste to mention that I can hear the valves?  Yes, it probably would, so I'll say nothing.

You have said something!! ....

and if you think they sound bad there...you should hear them now

[Enjay]

Gotta be honest, when I picked up my MR2 it had what I thought was a nice sounding twin exhaust.

After a 550mile drive home, with the exhaust note droning and seemingly amplified by the hard top almost the whole way, I was glad to swap the twin onto my lesser used MR-S and put the standard exhaust on to the MR2.

Yup, getting old.

[StuC]

...and seemingly amplified by the hard top almost the whole way

I found the opposite. When the HT is on I almost can't hear the exhaust on mine. It's a refreshing spring time event to remove the HT and hear the exhaust in all it's glory.

[Enjay]

I found the opposite. When the HT is on I almost can't hear the exhaust on mine. It's a refreshing spring time event to remove the HT and hear the exhaust in all it's glory.

It could easily have been specific to this particular exhaust.  It wasn't so much that I could hear the exhaust itself.  It was more that the note of it seemed to drone through the entire car.  I guess that it was at the resonant frequency of the bodywork or something.

[The Other Stu]

Gotta be honest, when I picked up my MR2 it had what I thought was a nice sounding twin exhaust.

After a 550mile drive home, with the exhaust note droning and seemingly amplified by the hard top almost the whole way, I was glad to swap the twin onto my lesser used MR-S and put the standard exhaust on to the MR2.

Yup, getting old.

I don't find the TTE drones. That's the beauty of it. It pops and burbles when it needs to and it's a bit noisy at 6,000 RPM, but it's very comfortable in the 2.5-3.5k range.

[Enjay]

My one is definitely not a TTE.  I don't know what it is (no obvious identifying marks) but boy did it drone.  I was sick of it by the time I got home.  I thought it might not be so bad on shorter runs but even on my 30-40 minute commute to work it was getting on my wick by then end of the journey.  It was especially bad at motorway cruising speeds or when planting the foot going up a hill.

The sound might well suit some people, but it wasn't for me.  I might look at getting an alternative at some point but I will approach with caution given my experience with this one.  I'm hearing lots of good things about the TTE though so I might look into that at some point.

[tom256]

I don't find the TTE drones. That's the beauty of it. It pops and burbles when it needs to and it's a bit noisy at 6,000 RPM, but it's very comfortable in the 2.5-3.5k range.

I assembly my TTE 1 month ago.  It's loud when engine is cold, but when it reach temperature is getting quieter. Noise level is similar to stock one, but sound is much better. It getting to be noisy after 3,5k rpm, but stock one was also loud at high rpm.
I notice that with TTE exhaust car is like more responsive, it goes to higher rpm a bit quicker.
"Must have" improvment in MR2.

[BahnStormer]

Anybody know where to get the 2nd hangar for a TTE? I'm not having any luck finding one

The only time I've noticed mine droning is when motorway traffic opened up and I realised I was doing ~80mph in 4th.

Might be an issue on a V6 or a 5 speed, but even 80mph on a FL 6 speed and it's fine!