[Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe

[Eric Keller]

I still have the stock mufflers on after 13 years, and
they have finally started to rust through

I called the muffler shop today to set up an
appointment to have them put on my Summit Turbos.  He
wasn't happy about my choice of mufflers.  I picked
them because the shoforum guys seem to like them, and
they were so cheap I didn't have to think twice about
it.  In fact, they were so cheap I might get another
kind of muffler and forget about them.  I was just
going to have the summits installed onto the stock
tailpipe.


  The muffler guy said they would be rusted in a year.
 That only bothers me because I would have to talk to
this guy next year.  I have had previous dealings with
these guys, and they are competent.  Otherwise, I
woulda hung up on the guy, he was a jerk.  They're the
only people around that advertise custom muffler
installation.  

He also seemed to think that a flex pipe would cause
vibration, and recommended that I keep the donut seal
and hope that it doesn't fall apart again.
 

They advertise that they install 3" exhaust systems. 
Is there a respectable purpose for such a thing, or do
you just put one on your 1500cc honda to get that
lovely buzzing sound?  

Should I junk the Summits and get a better muffler? 
What muffler? Also, I was trying to find a 2 1/4
tailpipe that bent down like the stock one, and didn't
whistle or sound like a train.  Wooo-Wooo.

Eric "but I do like trains" Keller



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