[DeTomaso] Removing ANSA resonator tips?

[jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com]

allright, you guys have me motivated.  8 -10 extra HP is nothing to sneeze at. I'll build a tool for the job.  My thought is to take a hole saw that fits snug in the muffler tip.  The half way down the length of the hole saw, cut it around it's circumference.  I'll then weld in a 12" section of pipe with a similar OD to extend its reach.  A pilot using a wooden dowel ought to be sufficient to guide for the first cut and I will remove the dowel and let the outer resonator pipe be my guide for the back cut.

Perhaps this weekend.  I'll let you know my results.

JT
---- Julian Kift <julian_kift at hotmail.com> wrote: 

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If Andy still has stock Ansa mufflers then drilling the plate at the bottom of the tips/end of the muffler box is more important initially than removing the resonators IMO, I did mine with an extra long HSS drill bit and drilled a bunch of holes. Not easy to get the drill started as it is at an angle on the surface you are drilling.
I still need to get around to doing the full gutting at some point.
Julian

> From: dave at damardirect.com
> To: guson at home.se; MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:10:24 -0400
> CC: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Removing ANSA resonator tips?
> 
> I have successfully used a bit extension (10-12") for drilling through walls. I would think it would work for a hole saw.
> 
> IndyDave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas Gunnarsson [mailto:guson at home.se] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:51 AM
> To: MikeLDrew at aol.com
> Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Removing ANSA resonator tips?
> 
> A Dremel like tool should do the same job as a hole saw close to the tip but if the insert is welded at the oposite end neither a normal hole saw nor a grinding tool will reach that deep.
>  
> Tomas
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> From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [MikeLDrew at aol.com]
> Sent: 15/8/2012 2:18:27 PM
> To: detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: [DeTomaso] Removing ANSA resonator tips?
> 
> Hi guys,
> 
> Has anybody successfully removed ANSA resonators from the tips, leaving just the chrome tips? The resonators provide quite a restriction to exhaust flow, and Andy in the UK (he of the launching GT5-S) is looking for cheap horsepower. I seem to remember somebody successfully doing the job with a holesaw with the mufflers still on the car?
> 
> Mike
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