How can you fit a muffler under the floorboard? Do the tires still reach
the ground?
What kind of mufflers did you use?
Ulix
On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Christopher T Palmer wrote:
> Well...
> I took my Midget to my friend the muffler guy, and he did something he said
> was an 'old timers' trick (maybe the old timers on the list would like to
> comment on it ;)
>
> He put a large straight pipe from the header back and put on a small glass
> pack (12"-18") under the drivers seat and another in the standard position
> (behind the axle) which was longer (around 24", it's at my friends shop
> right now getting a new diff, otherwise I'd go get the exact
> measurements)...here's the trick: Many, if not all, glass packs are
> directional, they want to be installed with the exhaust flowing a certain
> direction. The forward, short muffler is backwards, the rear muffler is
> installed the standard way. I'm not sure exactly the physics involved, but
> it sounds awesome. People ask me what's in the car because it doesn't
> sound like a normal 1275, but deep, rich, and mellow. Just a suggestion!
>
> CTP
>
>
> At 9:22 PM -0500 1/5/98, Chuck Ciaffone wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >When it came time to replacethe muffler on my '72, I looked
> >at various solutions from the stock to the custom. Big Bucks!
> >And they all were made up of two cans with a 90-degree connector.
> >The second can ran across the back end, into a 90-dgree bend and
> >a short outlet.
> >
> >Instead, I opted for a MUCH CHEAPER muffler made for an earlier
> >Midget, perhaps a '70?, that has only one can, and exits straight back,
> >losing two 90-degree bends. This sounds really mellow, and cost
> >only about $30-$35. It ain't stainless, but then what on a Midget
> >is?
> >
> >chuck
> >
> >
> >
> >--
> >=====================================================
> >
> >chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
>
>
>
Ulix __/__,__
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