Thanks, Theo. I was looking around the 'net yesterday and saw this:
http://www.classicchambered.com/
Concern is that there would really be minimal muffling. Upside would be
installation, particularly in terms of avoiding the "mufflers hanging low"
issue/look we have with our cars.
I also had another friend tell me he installed the new tech, small diameter
glasspacks on his Tiger with very good results.
I'm not a big fan of Flowmaster mufflers. I've yet to have an install where
there wasn't some droning, regardless as to whether running an H or X
pipe. They do sound good under throttle and are made very well, though!
In a message dated 4/6/2013 7:08:02 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
Theo.Smit@dynastream.com writes:
I have a pair of the original LAT-73 (?) Mitchell mufflers sitting in my
garage. I can measure them for length - they just fit between the front
exhaust hangers and the rear axle. I currently have some 3-chamber 50 series
Flowmasters in there (2" center in, center out) that take up pretty much all
of the available width, and they also come within a couple of inches of the
available length.
Way back when, we did some dyno tests on various mufflers for racing
purposes (while trying to get under the sound restrictions at some local
tracks). We tried turbo mufflers, glasspack (Thrush type), the blue bottle
resonator type, as well as the Supertrapp end-of-the-pipe baffle style. The
blue
bottle won out, and it actually had a more mellow sound than the Supertrapp
and the Thrush mufflers. This was before Flowmasters really hit the market;
I forget if we actually did try those on the dyno at some point but from a
seat of the pants perspective they did okay on power as well as being good
for noise suppression. The fact that they were totally bombproof was a
plus.
I like the Flowmaster sound but I may put an H-pipe or X-pipe in there to
try to cut a little more of the bark out. I'm also open to suggestions for
a good modern turbo muffler that has decent sound without drone problems.
Theo
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> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Tigers] Chambered exhaust systems?
>
> Back in the day, the DZ302 Camaro Z/28 had a chambered exhaust system
> as an option...before my time, but I guess it was delivered in the
> trunk of the car for dealer installation (first "trunk kit"?).
>
> Anyhow, it replaced the mufflers, while providing some muffling of
> noise, and resulted in a nice weight loss and better flow.
>
> Question: has anyone looked into some type of chambered exhaust system
> for the Tiger? With our space constraints, it seems like it might be an
> interesting idea. Less weight wouldn't bother me, either ;-)
>
> Mike Wood
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