[DeTomaso] Removing ANSA resonator tips?

Rob Dumoulin rob at dumoulins.net
Thu Aug 16 18:51:28 EDT 2012


Julian, I bow to your persistence. I'll be moving my son back to college or
I'd be doing the same.

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 6:44 PM, <jtaphorn at kingwoodcable.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> =============
>
> 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
> >
> > -----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
> >
> > <-----Ursprungligt Meddelande----->
> > 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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