[Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Wed, 3 Sep 2003 11:36:21 -0400
Yes, any muffler shop like that. I have had great luck with Midas over the
years, but I go to the Muffler Man near my house. The brand doesn't matter,
it all comes down to how good the folks are at what they do at that
particular store.
Are you saying the Y-pipe is bad, or the flange on the catback? I just had
my catback pipe replaced, as the flange was cracked. If that's your case
also, they should be able to bend up a new catback pipe and put in a
resonator. FWIW, I got a complete new catback setup from the Y-pipe to the
mufflers (my mufflers were already almost-new Dynomaxes), including a
resonator, installed for $263.
Forget the true dual exhaust, your torque will go out the window for the
minor increase in high rpm power. The stock type 2-1-2 setup works just
fine. Some of the 500+ HP blower SHOs still run the 2-1-2 exhaust.
Ron Porter
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Eric Keller
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 1:46 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe
Ron,
When you say "muffler shop" do you mean midas or
mineke? That's all I have around here. The problem
with the donut seal is that my cats were held to the
exhaust pipe with rust. When I did the rod bearings,
that rust was lost forever. The next time I floored
it, the donut joint seperated. Now I have one of
those repair flanges on there, but there really isn't
a lot of metal left on the exhaust pipe flare to keep
it together. I guess I could get that part replaced.
I have grandiose ideas about a custom resonator so
that I can have a dual exhaust. As an engineering
project mostly.
Eric
--- Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net> wrote:
> The Summit Turbos are fine. Sure, they may only last
> 2-3 years in the salt
> belt, but you can also spend $75 on a Dynomax
> muffler that also rusts out in
> 2-3 years. Nothing wrong with them. So what if you
> have to have them
> replaced every now & then? I had Thrush Turbos
> ($16/apiece, like the
> Summits) on my '99, and they were in fine shape
> after 1.5 years up here in
> Detroit. The car has been in Louisville for the last
> two years, but those
> mufflers are now 3.5 years old.
>
> The trick is to get the biggest, fattest
> resonator/glasspack welded in that
> will fit, or even get a couple welded in that space
> (where the stock
> resonator is at). My former '95 had VERY cheap
> glasspacks for mufflers, but
> with a fat resonator I had NO rasp at all.
>
> There's nothing "custom" about installing those
> mufflers on a SHO.....any
> muffler shop can do it. And basically, assuming you
> get a bigger resonator
> for $20-30, the labor for the resonator and muffler
> installation should be
> easily under $100. If not, shop around.
>
> Don't need a 3" pipe. Others may disagree, but I
> agree on keeping the donut.
> You can buy a lot of $7 NAPA donuts for the cost of
> a flex pipe and getting
> it installed. Just make sure to get the correct
> donut:
>
> FELPRO: 60641
> NAPA: 31372
> FORD: E6DZ-5E241-A
>
> Which is kind of a "cone" donut, and not a
> traditional exhaust donut.
>
> You must have a Gen 1 with the downturned pipes? Any
> muffler shop can
> replicate that with pipe if you want. That is not
> "custom" work.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Eric Keller
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 12:33 AM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] muffler shops and flex pipe
>
>
> 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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