[DeTomaso] OBX Mufflers

[JDeRyke at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/11 12:46:09 AM, pantera874 at t-online.de writes:

> May be it is good, that they are no more avaiable. I have never seen an 
> aftermarket muffler on a Pantera, that really fitted. Those mufflers are 
> ugly looking things. The silencers stick out of the rear panel.
> 
Agreed- from their appearance they were cheap stainless-case glass-paks 
welded to a half-loop inlet, and likely wouldn't have 'silenced' very long 
before the fiberglas packing blew out the back. A couple of Nor-Cal Pantera 
owners had the same design a decade ago using motorcycle Supertrapps on 
identical loops to create stock-looking quad outlets. Supertrapps don't blow out and 
are tune-able to some extent for noise/power by adding/subtracting discs. 
You're right- practically no aftermarket mufflers fit a Pantera or Mangusta 
without mods, but the mods are often only a simple shortening or 
recontouring of the exhaust pipes connecting the headers to the mufflers. Mufflers 
that actually 'muffle' without strangling the engine are a complex project I'm 
working on right now. Maybe it'll be of interest - J Deryke