[DeTomaso] Mufflers

[Rob Dumoulin]

Mike,

Looking forward to an update.

Thanks

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:57 PM, <MikeLDrew at aol.com> wrote:

>
> 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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