New Muffler Sounds Um.....

[JRBAMATEX]

Well I took the truck out for a spin today to check out the new muffler while driving. It is great how quite it is but there is now a new twist. It's wierd but I miss the old sound it made. Seems like maybe I castrated my truck. Also I can now hear every loose panel and vibration. Good news is all the drive train sounds great. Now I have to go through the body panels and put in weather stripping and what not. Well onward and upward. New muffler works better than I thought it would.

 

[OD_Coyote]

JR - Do you have anyway of recording how your deuce sounds with the muffler and posting it?

Thx,
OD_C

 

[houdel]

While you are at it, how about some part numbers, specs, and pictures of the new muffler?

 

[JRBAMATEX]

Yes. I will have my wife video me driving off and then I do one from inside the cab as well so you can hear it both from inside and out. Sorry I don't have a recording of it from before with the straight pipe. I'll try to get it done tomorrow and post it during the game.

 

[Pinkie]

Two JRs on this site, what is the world coming too????

 

[maddawg308]

Yes, JR, but you're the only PINKY!

 

[JRBAMATEX]

Sorry for the delay in getting this back to you guys. I got kinda busy. Anyway here is a clip of me starting up the deuce with the new napa muffler. Wife has been ill so I don't have a good shot of how it would sound driving off. If you have a straight pipe today though you will notice the difference even with the reverbaration fronm the garage in this clip. I used hight temp barbeque grill paint to paint it. I went about 70 miles in it yesterday and the paint was not phased at all. So I recommend the rustolem high temp barbeque grill paint for muffler painting.

Enjoy and let me know what you think

JR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itzObnq4pIw

 

[OD_Coyote]

JR - I can sure hear the turbo whine, but I would have to say I prefer the sound w/o the muffler. Thanks for taking the time take the video and post it.

 

[houdel]

Sounds pretty good, you can still hear the turbo but the exhaust sounds considerably muted. Do you have any dB meter readings to measure the actual sound pressure levels with the muffler installed? Judging from the sound of the cab door slamming shut vs the exhaust sound, it seems pretty quiet. Is the muffler small enough to "stealth" install it, i.e., mount it between the battery box and frame rail like a N/A M35, so you have a quiet exhaust but a stock appearing M35A2 exhaust system? What is the NAPA part number/price for your muffler?

 

[JRBAMATEX]

The part number is NAPA P/N 21470. I think you probably could tuck it in behind the battery box. Worst case would be that you would need to extend the exhaust pipe on back to the rear axles and tuck it up above the axles. I don't have a meter with which to monitor the decibels but it is better. When you run down the road wide open though you still know you are in an M35. However you can have a conversation.

 

[JRBAMATEX]

The part number is NAPA P/N 21470. I think you probably could tuck it in behind the battery box. Worst case would be that you would need to extend the exhaust pipe on back to the rear axles and tuck it up above the axles. I don't have a meter with which to monitor the decibels but it is better. When you run down the road wide open though you still know you are in an M35. However you can have a conversation.

 

[JRBAMATEX]

Oh yeah. the muffler costs $69.95

 

[mo-mudder]

Are you wearing khaki pants and a dress shirt? You look so precious jumping into the deuce wearing business casual attire!

 

[Autocar]

I have heard that mufflers rob a lot of horsepower. Did you notice any drop in power, especially at higher speeds?

 

[JRBAMATEX]

Our model is sporting carhardt work pants. They are a little tougher than blue jeans and work great for sliding in and out from under the truck. The shirt is a Browning denim shirt crisply starched in true Texas style. The shoes are Redwing work boots which sport evenly worn soles and appropriatly scuffed toes and uppers. Our model had his hair cut at the Main Street Barber shop just before this shoot. These fashions can all be found at the nearest Cabelas and are all the rage in 2007.


Maybe just a touch of power loss but nothing that a small adjustment of the boost and maybe an adjustment of the pedel stop on the floorboard wont cure. I used to go 56 now I go 55. So nothing major.

 

[OPCOM]

the pedal stop won't get you anything unless someone has messed with it. The turbo sounds like a cyclone whistle. I'd like to hear it going down the road accelerating at 50 MPH wide open.

 

[tjcouch]

Hee hee hee . . . it looked like the mod-ed exhaust makes it blow smoke rings at idle.