Yes I'm getting old!

I own a '62 bug and need some help with getting a new exhaust. For the last 6 years I've had a tuck away system (bought from Big Boys Toys in the UK where I used to live) but now I'm putting in a sound system for the first time in my green machines life and wanted to quieten things down a bit, I've already applied dynamat and sound deadening material on the inside which has helped but it's the exhaust note that has to change now.

I used to have a bugpack single quiet system on it about 7 years ago and wouldn't mind something like this again.

Any opinions on whats available here in Ozzie?

regards,

Eug.

Hi

I have an average stainless 4 into 1 system that I fitted a muffler to that Westside Mufflers (aka Westi on here) supplied, he may have some more of them, they are twin pass 2 inch muffler.

Steve

If its a stock engine, a stock exhaust will quieten it down a bit.

Yes, forgot to mention its a stock 1300.

I'd like something that looks a little bit better than stock, although I see CVD has stainless pea shooters might not be too bad..

I dont know if its too big. but, thunderbird!

http://www.pertronix.com/prod/ex/thunderbird/default.aspx 

I have been told micks has them. find out if you can still run the system with 1300 heater boxes... but i know you can with 1600

Talk to ben(esevwbits)on here,he sells new systems at a good price and is good to deal with,you should also put this up in the spare parts section???? cheers shane.

The thunderbird quiet pack muffler is quite a low quality muffler, I had one on my Baja. It was quiet but got louder with age as the internals rotted out.

Just go to an exhaust shop and ask them to put a nice quiet muffler on it. Anything will do the trick. If money is tight ask them to put a second hand muffler on. Most shops throw out perfectly good mufflers all the time, because they take them off new cars to put a performance exhaust on it.

At Uni (no money) I used to go to exhaust shops and ask if I could dig through their exhaust bins. They always said yes, and I got some good muffler bits out of those bins I used to make my exhausts myself from those 2nd hand parts.

Thanks for the advice fellas.

I guess the best option for quietness is always going to be something stock. I initially thought it just doesn't fit in with the style of my resto-cal bug, but now I'm thinking... polished pea shooters for me!

thanks again,

Eug.

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Originally posted by Baja Wes At Uni (no money) I used to go to exhaust shops and ask if I could dig through their exhaust bins. They always said yes, and I got some good muffler bits out of those bins I used to make my exhausts myself from those 2nd hand parts.

Most mufflers sold at muffler shops [at least locally] were plain rubbish...

thats why they want to sell you a stainless steel one... lol..

Your muffler needs to get hot enough to get rid of the moisture
otherwise they get eaten away... from the inside..

I read an article once that said to weld a grease nipple into the exhaust pipe before the muffler and a squirt of grease now & then will help extend the life of Your Muffler...

LEE

My car backfired once, essentially it did a key banger. The points wire fell off the coil, I put my foot down and nothing happened, then the wire touched the coil again - BANG. The thunderbird split down the middle and was much fatter after that. I think I pop riveted it back together for a temporary fix.