For many years, I have thought about buying something like a glass pack muffler, or whatever kind of muffler for what I might consider to sound ''better'' (probally this doesn't make much sense) I have owned many old cars before and quite a few old trucks and old vans.My current driver vehicle is my 1978 Dodge (I think it is a B200 Tradesman van, I would have to step out and look) van, 318 V8, automatic transmission.The van still runs nice and quiet, but that old muffler I bought and put on there myself somewhere around 1992 is bound to need to be replaced with a new one, I think.I am interested in buying a muffler that will put out a nice sassy brassy sound, sort of like some of those old British cars.Any suggestions, please? cuhulin
I dont want to put a muffler on my van that is annoying.Only something with a little pizzzahs.Doesn't J.C.Whitney sell some snazzy glasspacks? WebTV doesn't work so good for J.C.Whitney's website anymore.I need to find their toll free phone number and get a new catalog. cuhulin
Well, you can if you kick the compression up to about 10.5:1 and then put a lumpy cam in it - will make a nice aggressive snap when you get on it. Unfortuantely, that kind of engine wouldn't be very useful in a cargo van :)
Fuel injection? Not for me! I drive about 240 something miles each year.It would be cheaper for me to park my old van and call a taxi when I need to go somewhere.But, I am stuborn, I am not ready to give up driving yet.
Maybe I will ''experement'' with some tin cans I can clamp onto the tail pipe of my van.Maybe a Bull Horn from J.C.Whitney to razzle them gals. cuhulin
I know what I could do with that tail pipe (I wont do that though) on my old can,,, squeeze it almost shut with one of my big Visegrip pliers and make it whistle.I rig up a tin can like that and easy clamp it on the tail pipe.Noooo,, I want something that is good and sounds snazzy on my old van, whithout hopping up the engine. cuhulin
Glasspacks are pretty loud, you may not like it, and your neighbors certainly won't. Get a turbo muffler -- great throaty sound on a V8, and not so loud that it's obnoxious, either inside or outside the vehicle. Real cheap at any auto parts store.
On Apr 11, 10:48 am, snipped-for-privacy@webtv.net wrote:
J C whitney use to have super-cheaply made products and bottom of the barrel service but that was a long time ago. Does anyone know if they have improved?
Here's the info from their website:
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It was hit-and-miss some stuff was good other stuff wasn't. Being close to their showroom/wearhouse in chicago made dealing with them to be not so bad.
They've now moved way out into the sticks, I've mail ordered a couple items from them and so far so good.
Back in the day, their "off road" headlights were actually Polish-made E-codes which were supposed to be almost as good as anything from Cibie or Hella. Don't know if that's still true or not.
I have about deeeeeeeecided (Walter Brennan ~ deeeeeeeeeeecided) come Monday morning, I am going to plug in my land line phone (I hate cell phones) and call that J.C.Whitney toll free phone number and buy a Bull Horn.
Pretty often, when I stop at red lights, there are some cute women sitting in their cars there.I want to have me some fun with them. cuhulin
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