From: Grant Stockly (grant@stockly.com)
Date: Tue Apr 20 2004 - 02:15:11 PDT
At 05:24 PM 4/19/2004, you wrote:
>I notice some holes on my exhaust pipe on my multi-fuel M35 the other day in
>the old "P-trap" behind the tire and concluded I would need to replace it.
>I am seriously considering mounting a 4" muffler under the battery box and
>running some flex up to the 3 1/2" pipe just down from the turbo flex joint.
>Just for the 24 hours I will spend in it traveling to and from the Rally. I
>actually like the noise, for short periods. My question is this, will this
>cause any problems with back pressure in the exhaust? I was planning on
>using 4" stuff so I will have a little less restriction there. Obviously
>some restriction from the muffler itself. Has anyone tried this before or
>do any of you mechanics know if this will cause trouble. I would ask some
>of my diesel mechanic friends about this, but I have concluded the
>multi-fuel is in a league all it's own.
My current plan is to run 4" tube all the way out the back. I figure that
will reduce some of the noise. If not, could throw something inline...
Grant
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