Muffler - help, please!

[tom4bren]

Rekin I'm one of the lucky ones. The kid that does exhaust work at one of the local tire shops is GOOD. All I need to tell him is the basics of what I'm looking for ... he corrects me on a few minor details ... I come back in 4 hours to an installed muffler.

Scott - you shouldn't have to worry about the tail pipe. Walk in with the muffler of choice & they should be able to take care of the rest.

As far as back pressure - that's just the amount of force required to push the exhaust through the entire exhaust system. It's not a number that they typically publish but more of a general statement if the muffler was designed to minimize it.

[NYScott]

Scott - you shouldn't have to worry about the tail pipe. Walk in with the muffler of choice & they should be able to take care of the rest.

That sounds like something I can handle - thanks!

[BigSwede]

Call the smaller shops around the area and ask if they do custom exhaust work, in other words bend their own pipe. The shops that just install pre-bent pipes aren't going to be able to help you. Or look for a specialist, around here there is a shop called "The Wonderful Muffler Man" (not a chain AFAIK) that can do anything you want.

Get a 17748 for 2.5" pipe or 17747 for 2.25" pipe...I suggest 2.25" for your situation.

[newthings]

I wanted the smaller inlet and outlet at 2 1/14". I wanted a 2 1/2" tailpipe. It took 10 seconds to flair up the outlet to 2 1/2" on the muffler man's machine. Best of both for me. I also went with stainless for the tail pipe.
Roy

[PittVXr]

Scott - you shouldn't have to worry about the tail pipe. Walk in with the muffler of choice & they should be able to take care of the rest.

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