[DeTomaso] Mufflers

MikeLDrew at aol.com MikeLDrew at aol.com
Thu Oct 27 13:57:52 EDT 2011


In a message dated 10/27/11 10 48 26, snk20 at yahoo.com writes:


> I need to replace the mufflers on my Pantera. Steve Wilkinson had some 
> new ones he is/was developing on the car he displayed at this years fun 
> rally. Has anyone purchased or have had experience with them. I like the look 
> but would like some feedback from real use if there is any before I fork over 
> the coin to buy a set..
> 

He just phoned me yesterday to talk about them.   They have been in 
development for the past year but have not been released yet; they are going to be 
going on sale in the next few weeks, at a price that is less (substantially 
less?) than the ANSA exhausts.   He called me because he wants to offer up a 
set to me for dyno testing.   So I'm flying down to LA next week to go see 
him/them and talk more about it.   Assuming we can get Dan Jones on board, 
I'll arrange for them to be sent to Dan so he can test them.   It would be 
nice to have a set of original ANSA pipes for a side-by-side comparison, so 
I'll see if I can swing that too--Steve probably has a set lying around.

Steve says his will flow MUCH better, and I believe it.   He said the OD of 
the tips is 1/4 inch larger, but the ID is considerably larger (I forget 
how much) compared to the ANSA GTS mufflers.   Dan and I believe that the tips 
are the major constriction on the factory mufflers.

It will be interesting to compare them side-by-side on the dyno, both for 
performance and also for sound (DB) level.

Mike


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