I thought the same thing, but I let him do it anyway. I haven't looked
back since.
He only carries the 'Blue Streak' brand of glass packs. When the car comes
back I will take a picture under it, as well as take the measurements.
I will admit, it scrapes every once in a while, but it's a $20 glass
pack...I'll live, and so will it.
CTP
At 8:01 PM -0800 1/5/98, Ulix Goettsch wrote:
>How can you fit a muffler under the floorboard? Do the tires still reach
>the ground?
>What kind of mufflers did you use?
>Ulix
>
>On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Christopher T Palmer wrote:
>
>> Well...
>> I took my Midget to my friend the muffler guy, and he did something he said
>> was an 'old timers' trick (maybe the old timers on the list would like to
>> comment on it ;)
>>
>> He put a large straight pipe from the header back and put on a small glass
>> pack (12"-18") under the drivers seat and another in the standard position
>> (behind the axle) which was longer (around 24", it's at my friends shop
>> right now getting a new diff, otherwise I'd go get the exact
>> measurements)...here's the trick: Many, if not all, glass packs are
>> directional, they want to be installed with the exhaust flowing a certain
>> direction. The forward, short muffler is backwards, the rear muffler is
>> installed the standard way. I'm not sure exactly the physics involved, but
>> it sounds awesome. People ask me what's in the car because it doesn't
>> sound like a normal 1275, but deep, rich, and mellow. Just a suggestion!
>>
>> CTP
>>
>>
>> At 9:22 PM -0500 1/5/98, Chuck Ciaffone wrote:
>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >When it came time to replacethe muffler on my '72, I looked
>> >at various solutions from the stock to the custom. Big Bucks!
>> >And they all were made up of two cans with a 90-degree connector.
>> >The second can ran across the back end, into a 90-dgree bend and
>> >a short outlet.
>> >
>> >Instead, I opted for a MUCH CHEAPER muffler made for an earlier
>> >Midget, perhaps a '70?, that has only one can, and exits straight back,
>> >losing two 90-degree bends. This sounds really mellow, and cost
>> >only about $30-$35. It ain't stainless, but then what on a Midget
>> >is?
>> >
>> >chuck
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >--
>> >=====================================================
>> >
>> >chuck ciaffone chuckc@ibm.net
>>
>>
>>
>
> Ulix __/__,__
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