[DeTomaso] New engine

[richard boschert]

"Rich Boschert had ANSA-sized Flowmaster mufflers, but they were brutally 
loud--they almost seemed like amplifiers rather than mufflers!   And they 
looked terrible too."

Hey,i do not think they were ugly ,(attached a pic if it goes thru),but yes they were LOUD  : )

The Ansa mufflers and tips are by far the best looking muffler,but have horrible flow.

I had Cherry Bomb Extreme mufflers with non baffled tips.Essentially the are a hollow can with one angled metal plate .They flowed well,and had a deep exhaust note.Less drone at low rpm than the stock Ansa's as well.The problem with the stock Pantera muffler location is you have to use a short length muffler,which makes it difficult to have decent exhaust flow and sound canceling ability.Also a more powerful engine will be louder than a stock engine with the same mufflers.

">Other option, should I replace everything with 180 degree system; how 
> much
> power is it really worth?
> 
>>>What you get is style and a different sound.   You'll never notice a 
performance difference, and you will pick up weight plus enormous complexity 
and hamper maintenance access."

On my car, i just installed 180's with 4 inch Magnaflow mufflers,and it made a significant increase in power over my already decent flowing loud exhaust.In fact the car revs so quick i am seriously thinking of changing my final drive gear ratio to 3.73, when i change the 5th gear in the ZF.

With the 180 exhaust you have a lot more options on mufflers that can reduce noise but still have good flow,because you are no longer as limited by muffler body length.You lose your trunk storage,but is it something you really need?If you drop the battery in the front you can gain some more storage up front.I started to convert a trunk that was in really bad shape to go around my 180's,but it has been on the back burner since i have been able to get by without it so far.

By the way,the 180's sound GLORIOUS!

Richard
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