Muffler change
#1
Muffler change
My 93 F2 has a Vance&Hines exhaust system and even with only one working ear, it's LOUD. I have repacked it and same old same old noise, then I bought a slip-on with the "DB killer" and still loud. I looked at the stock muffler , they are black/ugly and expensive, like $100+. Then I saw a 2004, it's chrome and looks good and cheaper ($60) so I'm waiting for it to arrive. The pipe shape looks right, but the V&H pipes have those springs and neither the 94 or 04 have the little doie maflicker things for the springs. So my question should I take the newer pipe and get those thingy mabobbers welded on, or is there a type of muffler clamp that will work?
#2
The 04 exhaust should come complete with the 'intermediate' pipe as a single piece, this will then mount at the joint at the rear of the engine with the existing clamp.
You should not then need the 'doie mafkickers!'
One thing that I cannot remember is if the diameter of the pipe is the same.
You should not then need the 'doie mafkickers!'
One thing that I cannot remember is if the diameter of the pipe is the same.
#3
How to get the mid-pipe off
I got he new Honda HEAVY muffler and yipee looks easy peasy, Oh not so quick grasshopper, Oh the Vance&Hines muffler was a snap and getting all the springs off just require twisting this old body around and off they came. But the mid-pipe has been on this beasty for well over 20 years and it ain't giving up it's place without a fight. I has sprayed it with a lubricating oil and still it is holding tight. Anyone have a suggestion, or is this natures way of saying, once a header system is united , let no man separate them
#4
That did make me laugh!
It would be a real shame to have to replace the headers as well if you cannot get the intermediate pipe off esp if they are in good nick and of course the corresponding risk of breaking the head studs.
You may just have to resort to progressively larger 'persuaders' (hammers) along with some locally applied heat to try to break the rust seal that is keeping them together
It would be a real shame to have to replace the headers as well if you cannot get the intermediate pipe off esp if they are in good nick and of course the corresponding risk of breaking the head studs.
You may just have to resort to progressively larger 'persuaders' (hammers) along with some locally applied heat to try to break the rust seal that is keeping them together
#5
That did make me laugh!
It would be a real shame to have to replace the headers as well if you cannot get the intermediate pipe off esp if they are in good nick and of course the corresponding risk of breaking the head studs.
You may just have to resort to progressively larger 'persuaders' (hammers) along with some locally applied heat to try to break the rust seal that is keeping them together
It would be a real shame to have to replace the headers as well if you cannot get the intermediate pipe off esp if they are in good nick and of course the corresponding risk of breaking the head studs.
You may just have to resort to progressively larger 'persuaders' (hammers) along with some locally applied heat to try to break the rust seal that is keeping them together
#6
Kinda finished
My 93 F2 has a Vance&Hines exhaust system and even with only one working ear, it's LOUD. I have repacked it and same old same old noise, then I bought a slip-on with the "DB killer" and still loud. I looked at the stock muffler , they are black/ugly and expensive, like $100+. Then I saw a 2004, it's chrome and looks good and cheaper ($60) so I'm waiting for it to arrive. The pipe shape looks right, but the V&H pipes have those springs and neither the 94 or 04 have the little doie maflicker things for the springs
. So my question should I take the newer pipe and get those thingy mabobbers welded on, or is there a type of muffler clamp that will work?
. So my question should I take the newer pipe and get those thingy mabobbers welded on, or is there a type of muffler clamp that will work?
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