Exhausting Advice?

[john wright]

Glenn,
You need to get rid of the stock type mufflers. Flowmasters would be a
good replacement, a little more noisy, but they will flow about twice
the stock mufflers and reduce the back pressure. I am sure other GMCer
will have suggestions for you also. Review them all and make your choice.

J.R. Wright
77 Eleganza II

>
> One muffler has sprung a leak. Got gashed going over a protrusion in the
> street.
>
> Midas sez it can put on a new muffler for $77. There's been so much talk
> about getting rid of exhaust gas lately, I'm wondering if a Midas muffler will
> be o.k.
>
> Advice, comments, and sympathy needed. TIA.
>
> Glenn
> 78K OR

 

[thomas g. warner]

Just a recommendation when anyone asks for help or assistance. Please note
whether you are a do it your selfer and capable of doing the work or you
have to have some one else do it.

>One muffler has sprung a leak. Got gashed going over a protrusion in the
>street.
>
>Midas sez it can put on a new muffler for $77. There's been so much talk
>about getting rid of exhaust gas lately, I'm wondering if a Midas muffler will
>be o.k.
>
>Advice, comments, and sympathy needed. TIA.
>
>Glenn
>78K OR
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach

 

[thomas g. warner]

Just a recommendation when anyone asks for help or assistance. Please note
whether you are a do it your selfer and capable of doing the work or you
have to have some one else do it.

>One muffler has sprung a leak. Got gashed going over a protrusion in the
>street.
>
>Midas sez it can put on a new muffler for $77. There's been so much talk
>about getting rid of exhaust gas lately, I'm wondering if a Midas muffler
will
>be o.k.
>
>Advice, comments, and sympathy needed. TIA.
>
>Glenn
>78K OR
>
>
Tom & Marg Warner
Vernon Center NY
1976 palmbeach

Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 09:27:46 -0500 (EST)
From: "Thomas G. Warner"
Subject: Re: GMC: Flowmasters or Edelbrock Exhausting Advice?

I have decided to go to the Edelbrock stainless steel mufflers. they are
almost as quiet as stock but flow as well as the flowmasters which are much
louder than stock. Lost my part # for the Edelbrocks and have to find it.
anyone else have the Edelbrock #?

In my JEGS catalog they have the Edelbrock heavy duty 409 stainless steell
lifetime muffler with 3" center in/out part # 350-5526 for $108.99 each.
they may work.

>Glenn,
>You need to get rid of the stock type mufflers. Flowmasters would be a
>good replacement, a little more noisy, but they will flow about twice
>the stock mufflers and reduce the back pressure. I am sure other GMCer
>will have suggestions for you also. Review them all and make your choice.
>
>J.R. Wright
>77 Eleganza II>>

Tom and J.R.,

Thanks for the muffler comments. The idea of reducing back pressure is
appealing, and I like the prospect of that as well as quietness in the
Edelbrock muffler as suggested by Tom. But, wouldn't such a change involve
installing new pipes as well as new mufflers? It's not just a simple matter
of yanking out the old stock mufflers and sticking in new upgrades is it?

And, Tom, you can chalk me up as being a hopeless (helpless?) do-it-
yourselfer. But, exhaust systems are beyond my calling, and I don't have a
30,000 lb lift at my disposal. Don't I wish!

Work on the exhaust system will be left for others who have the equipment to
do it. Gee, it's tough to admit there's something I can't do........... ;-(

Glenn
Noisy GMC OR