Guess at what I found..., ... at the local Autozone Options

[shortydragon]

Ok, so a buddy of mine (who doesn't know much about cars) has told me about people who put mufflers on tuners that aren't actually designed for them. So, as curious as I am, I went on Youtube to see if what he was talking about is true. Sure enough, there's plenty of "backyard Hillbillys" that do random s*** to there domestic cavaliers and ghetto looking escorts. But, beyond the appearance of all of them, they sound pretty decent. So, as RiCeY as I was feeling today, I went to the local Autozone and bought one of these...





I know what you guys are saying, I'm a complete ricer.

But you guys can't deny it, Cherry Bombs FTMFW!

[Akirad1]

well when you get it on lets here a sound clip

This post has been edited by Akirad1: Jul 23, 2008 - 10:33 PM

[mneal2_92788]

it aughtta be interesting....idk haha. gl though.

[Akirad1]

its gonna be loud i bet

[cjh4l22]

I know what you guys are saying, I'm a complete ricer.

just quoting you... yea... x2

[Akirad1]

yeah rice but to be a complete ricer you need a type r or GTR sticker on your car cause we all know it adds like 5 hp lol

[Galcobar]

Congratulations, you just bought cutting-edge technology from the 1950s.

It's a glasspack. It's obsolete in materials and construction.

You see all those louvers inside? They stick into the exhaust flow, with the idea that they direct the exhaust gases into the fibreglass where the vibrations are absorbed. Slight problem: turbulence is bad. You want to get the exhaust gas out of the engine as quickly as possible, not force it to bounce off a hundred little obstacles and then into itself.

Furthermore, the insulation on those things is fibreglass. These glass strands eventually break down and blow out, leaving you with an echo chamber -- and a turbulence-inducing echo chamber at that.

Modern versions of this ancient straight-through muffler use a perforated pipe without the louvers, and wrap the interior pipe with ceramic mesh backed by stainless steel wool. Such straight-through mufflers, which are often mistaken for resonators by the uninformed, provide volume control with minimal impairment of the exhaust flow.

The simple fact is, there's very few pieces of exhaust equipment you couldn't manage to strap onto the underside of your car. The thing to consider is whether or not they'd be of any benefit. If you put that piece onto your exhaust in place of a straight pipe or even the stock resonator, it will reduce your car's ability to exhaust burnt fuel. You could use it in place of the stock muffler, which is a baffle design, but while you'd slightly improve flow, you'd end up with a truly obnoxious car.

[parriehunter]

Is this similar to a koby (not sure on spelling) exhaust?

I remember we put a koby on a $500 pub crawl car. It was very loud and tin canny. but that was on an old turbo galant that was dying.

[DEATH]

Not gonna lie - sounded good on my friend's older Prism GSI [1.6l 4A-GE] - very similar motor with a much better head design than your 7A-FE. It will be loud but seems to me that's kinda what you were looking for. Have fun with it I say.
You can always get a more "grown up" exhaust later.

[shortydragon]

jeez, gosh! nevermind guys. I decided to put it on the cherokee instead. I'll put an appropriate exaust (can't spell) on the celi later



and yes i knew it's old technology from back in the day, i just wanted to experiment a little bit

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6daGEn35HlM

This post has been edited by shortydragon: Jul 24, 2008 - 1:14 PM

[delusionz]

is that in place of the muffler? how the hell does it stay on with those tiny clamps? it looks as though that thing will flow alot better than any stock muffler but this one doesnt look as though it employs any swirl effect. the video doesnt talk about any turbulence so i guess it cant be any worse than the zig zag flow direction of the stock muffler?

[808celica]

yeah rice but to be a complete ricer you need a type r or GTR sticker on your car cause we all know it adds like 5 hp lol

so i have GT-Four on my car i would go for a diff. glass pack.