Short version: my wife complained about the Tiger being so noisy (this
after one ride), sold Tiger, bought Pantera, took wife for top-down ride in
Tiger . . . "This isn't so bad, I kind of like it!"
Two suggestions: 1) Try top down springtime ride in the country. B) Park
next to AA/Fuel dragster.
>
> I've run mufflers under the trunk of one of my Tigers since the early
> 70's. It definitely changes the pitch of the exhaust note if
> not the total
> amount of noise. One thing you need to consider is the heat
> given off from
> these mufflers. Under the car, the heat is bad enough, but
> in the trunk,
> you can melt, warp, overheat and potentially start fires with
> this heat
> load. I've always used a sheet of asbestos-cement to
> insulate this heat
> path, but that stuff is impossible to find these days. You
> will also have
> to beef up the supports as the OEM mounts are insufficient
> when you get
> that much weight back there. I use an angle iron bar that
> goes the width
> of the trunk with cutout notches for the exhaust pipes.
> U-bolts, upside
> down attach the pipes to the angle. That way you can use the
> same type of
> rubber isolators but add as many as you need to support the
> increased load.
>
> Tom
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