Hm...

i'd have to say this is quite a runnaround way to do it..

i mean, #1 a header and stinger dont cost THAT much more..:) or, a driend 
of mine just replaced his stocky, complete w/ german mounting kit, 
tailpipes, germain pipe clamps, and brazilian muffler <used his old 
heater connections stuff> and 1 <one> stud that we had to cut to get the 
old muffler offf, for a total of 45.73 at NOPI.  25$ for brazillian 
muffler <took DBHVW ad, and they gave us that price + 3 dollars for 
diferance between over the counter and m/o> the rest covered the pipe, 
and install kits.

instead of 130$....:)

anyway...

or hell... a MONZA at normal prices OTC only cost me ~70$'s..

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On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, ERIC ZENO wrote:

>    I have a good cheap fix for a rusted muffler problem. The total
>    cost to replace your muffler goes from $130 to about $30,
>    and some work.
> 
>    Here it is. First at your local FLAP get a hold of their
>    Sound Solution exhaust catalog. (Trak had a catalog but
>    it took an acted of congress to find someone willing to
>    work with me.) In the back you will find      
>    a universal muffler part #18696, for about $20. It comes 
>    with a small tail pipe and an adapter to 1 7/8" pipe.
>    You also need a 3 bolt flange that bolts to the CAT. with a
>    I.D. of 2" to go to the muffler. The only flange I could 
>    find,  had 2-5/8" from bolt to bolt and 2-1/8" I.D. 
>    center hole. Because of this I needed a 2" O.D. to 2"I.D. 
>    adapter to go between the flange and the universal muffler. 
>    I had to cut about 3/4" off of the adapter to get the proper 
>    length. I put every thing togeather, rotated the muffler to 
>    sit at the bottom of the c-bracket, and tack welded everything 
>    in place. Once welding was completed, I bolted the muffler to 
>    the CAT. Last I needed to add some scrap metal to take up 
>    the slop in the straps that go overtop of the muffler.
>    This muffler works go. It is a little louder at the low end,
>    but to me this sounds even better. Just got my PA state 
>    inspection, and $100 buck of bear money.
> 
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