Muffler mounting?
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Muffler mounting?
When I had my Flowmaster installed, the guy installed itvertical instead of horizontal. It's mounted like this ! shouldn't it be like this -, looking at it from the rear?
Is there any performance loss having munted this way?
Is there any performance loss having munted this way?
Last edited by JEDI87; 10-19-2006 at 08:04 AM.
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I can't either, the only problem I can think of would be if you had a muffler with a weep hole to drain water and the weep hole wouldn't be at the bottom anymore.
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I don't think it'l affect any performance, but as mt goat said it kinda makes your weep hole useless depending on where it is. Tthe new(er) dodge pickups come with the muffler mounted vertically, if i recall correctly.
edit: too slow...
edit: too slow...
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considering that water boils (at sea level) at 212*F I dont think you have to worry about water collecting in the muffler. As a test, after you get done driving around get under your truck and flick some water on the muffler. I bet it sizzles off like it would on a hot frying pan....
If you live at higher elevations the boiliing point (bp) of water will be less, say 200*F.... This is why you have to boil eggs at high elevation longer - the water isnt as hot because the atmospheric vapor pressure is less.... [/chemistry stuff...lol]
But yeah if you had any water in the muff it would evaporate/boil off in very short order. The reason you get h2o out of the exhaust pipe is that in the last few feet the temperature is REALLY plummeting since there is a pressure drop.
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That's the way it fit in the best (it's a 24" Magnaflow), allowing the best clearance between the shock and traction bar. He ask me if I wanted it any different, but it looked fine to me.
Bumpin' I think the water is only a problem when you do a lot of very short trips and the muffer doesn't have a chance to get hot.
Bumpin' I think the water is only a problem when you do a lot of very short trips and the muffer doesn't have a chance to get hot.
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