Dumb luck with new muffler
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:40 am
Well my bobbed lifted brat finally started to annoy me with its lack of a muffler... so after 2.5 years of having it... its finally quiet! I bought what I thought was a universal muffler... like 6 inches around, offset in and out and 1.75 inch pipe...
Turns out it had mounts already welded to it.... I thought ok no prob, I can fab that.
Slid it on this morning... slid over the existing pipe... good my calipers worked and measured it perfect... rotated it a bit... hmmm this muffler hanger matches!
pulled a bit... Woa... #2 matches too!
What I thought was a univeral kit... turned out PERFECT!... even the tailpipe comes out RIGHT below the rear angle iron piece that I used where the rear bumper used to be (its a roll pan I guess)... its got a 9 inch shortened tail, so I used some beefy stuff back there when I rebuilt it.
All I had to do was weld a seam around the pipe and it fit like a puzzle piece.
I wish everything else on this project woulda gone that smooth.
Turns out it had mounts already welded to it.... I thought ok no prob, I can fab that.
Slid it on this morning... slid over the existing pipe... good my calipers worked and measured it perfect... rotated it a bit... hmmm this muffler hanger matches!
pulled a bit... Woa... #2 matches too!
What I thought was a univeral kit... turned out PERFECT!... even the tailpipe comes out RIGHT below the rear angle iron piece that I used where the rear bumper used to be (its a roll pan I guess)... its got a 9 inch shortened tail, so I used some beefy stuff back there when I rebuilt it.
All I had to do was weld a seam around the pipe and it fit like a puzzle piece.
I wish everything else on this project woulda gone that smooth.