Spitfiget owners:
The best sound I have heard from this engine is my buddy's Spit 1500 on
which we installed a Sprite muffler for an early 1275 (single muffler
system -> my car). This muffler is available from SICP for next to
nothing. It has small diameter piping, but is a straight through design.
It sounds great on my car, but due to the added displacement of the 1500,
the sound is brutal. I believe that it is the thin piping causing high
flow rate that makes it sound so good. Where aftermarket systems often
produce a low rumble, this setup sounds more "trumpet-like".
I never got tired of following his car and listening to the music :)
He took it to Midas and the mechanic was happy to do some custom work for
a change. He adapted the muffler to the thicker Spit pipe and made a
hanger for it.
Ulix, exhaust sound connoisseur
On Mon, 23 Feb 1998, Eric Mumford wrote:
> > 1) Pacesetter Header.... What are peoples thoughts... Is there a
> > better one out there ???
>
> Yep. Get a Pierce header. The guy at Pierce said that he found
> Pacesetter to not be a great fit, and he's been making headers for
> foreign cars for years. I bought my intake for my DGV and exhaust
> header from him. I did have to shave a little off the intake to get it
> to fit, but my alignment shafts were a bit bent so that was probably my
> fault.
>
> > 2) Monza exhaust ... Looks nice but from what I have heard,
>
> It is loud ... but it's so cool. See pics on my web page for shots of
> exhaust and the engine bay w/the DGV and headers.
>
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