Chopped Mufflers..I Finally Did it..Sounds Good..
Today, i call up a couple shops, all to see how much $$$ to simply chop off my 2 mufflers. I finally found a place, American Muffler, which charged $25 no tax.
I had them cut it (they used a saws-all with a fine tooth blade) right after the muffler housing/back. Nice and neat. The two guys comlimented me on the car, lol, everyone says they never seen this kinda car in such good shape :-)
SOUND...........
I'm walking back to my car (cars like 70ft away) and i'm like, oh man, it's not loud. Then i realize my car aint running.. Once i start my car, i was like DAMN..this shit sounds sick-my exact words. At under 1800rpms, it is LOUD, pretty much Mustang GT loud. Once you go over 3K it sounds alittle droney. But when you floor it from a stop-INTENSE.
Power Loss......
I've read so many thing about back pressure, if you keep everything stock, as in catalytic converter, and resonater, there is slim to none loss. I've noticed no torque loss at all, and because of the exhaust sound, it makes you feel as if the car is faster...lol..
Weight......
Both my mufflers together weigh 22.8lbs, the two chrome straight pipes i put on, weigh a total of 4.4lbs together, thats 18.4lbs gone.
Install......
Do NOT just slip on the two straightpipes, and use a round clamp. You only have like 3/4 of an inch to play with if the mufflers where cut close to the muffler. What i did was go to home depot, and got 3 inch 1/4wide stainless nut/bolt for each pipe. Drilled a hole directly through the 2 pipes and the exhaust, and slipped them on, and bolted them in place. USE LOCTITE.. This alone is good enough to hold them in place-more then enough.
Inspection.....
Thats the reason i didn't have them welded on, first off, the nut/bolt connection is more sturdy anyway. AND when i have to get it inspected, all i got to do is take the pipes off, sleeve the exhaust pipe then connect the sleeve to my mufflers-and hang them up with those rubber hangers. KEEP YOU MUFFLERS.
Now, just when everything was good, my freaking radiator fan said BYE BYE.. Anyway, if you have any doubts, DON'T, DO IT. I have a 4.6 V8, if you have the V8, do it.
Long thread, yeah, got nothing else to do :-)
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