{"id":9854,"date":"2010-06-13T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-14T03:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2010-08-07T11:02:20","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T18:02:20","slug":"exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, &#8220;More than Meets the Ear&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fexhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F05%2Fhowto.car.mufflers001.jpg&amp;description=Exhaust+103+How-to%3A+Mufflers%2C+%E2%80%9CMore+than+Meets+the+Ear%E2%80%9D\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, \u201cMore than Meets the Ear\u201d\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, \u201cMore than Meets the Ear\u201d&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\" data-text=\"Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, \u201cMore than Meets the Ear\u201d\" data-desc=\"Saying that there was a hole in my muffler would be an understatement. My muffler was torn up! This happened from years of scrapping over bumps. Me being the car-learning girl that I am, I thought \u201cmuffler\u2026that just quiets noise, right?\u201d Wrong! When it comes to mufflers, there\u2019s much more\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9855\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Torn Up Muffler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001.jpg\" alt=\"Torn Up Muffler wrecked muffler inside hole exhaust system how to B&amp;C Industries\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers001-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saying that there was a hole in my muffler would be an understatement. My muffler was torn up! This happened from years of scrapping over bumps. Me being the car-learning girl that I am, I thought \u201cmuffler\u2026that just quiets noise, right?\u201d Wrong! <strong>When it comes to mufflers, there\u2019s much more than meets the ear.<\/strong> Follow along with me as I not only <em>learn<\/em> about and change my mufflers\u2026but actually get to make a pair of custom glass-pack mufflers!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.1.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9858\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Components of a Glasspack Muffler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.1.JPG\" alt=\"Components of a Glasspack Muffler how to exhaust system B&amp;C Industries\" width=\"575\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.1.JPG 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.1-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.1-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.1-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we\u2019re talking about mufflers, we\u2019re talking about part of the car\u2019s exhaust system. One thing exhaust systems do is carry the fumes created by the engine\u2019s combustion out of the engine. But what makes exhaust systems so important is that the <em>way<\/em> in which those fumes are carried out affects the pressure (a.k.a. backpressure) of the engine. And backpressure has everything to do with the <strong>performance<\/strong> of the engine.<\/p>\n<p>When choosing a muffler, it\u2019s not only the muffler but the entire car and exhaust to take into consideration. A few things to think about are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Engine size<\/li>\n<li>Level and pitch of sound desired<\/li>\n<li>Pipe size<\/li>\n<li>Ground clearance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers002.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9856\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Inside The Cherry Bomb Vortex Muffler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers002.jpg\" alt=\"Inside The Cherry Bomb Vortex Muffler SEMA how to exhaust\" width=\"575\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers002.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers002-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers002-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers002-400x265.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While I was at SEMA this past year, I got the chance to talk with some of the guys over at Cherry Bomb and got an inside look at mufflers. What I found out is that mufflers have varied configurations of obstacles within them. This could be caused by metal plates, baffled metal tubing, and\/or fiberglass or other packing material. All of these obstacles affect both the <em>sound<\/em> and <em>backpressure<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re running without mufflers, that\u2019s called <em>straight pipes<\/em>, which will be very noisy. If you have a <strong>narrow<\/strong> exhaust and\/or a very small muffler, the hot air from the engine is being pushed through at a higher pressure, which results in a higher pitched, sharper sound. <strong>Widening<\/strong> the exhaust and\/or increasing muffler size gives the air time to cool slightly before exiting and slows it down, creating a deeper sound.<\/p>\n<p>So how does this affect performance? <strong>Your engine is happiest when the air it\u2019s pumping out is exiting in balance with its power\/output<\/strong>. Your exhaust is one component of this. The manifolds, headers, and tuning of your engine are major components of this as well. The great thing about a classic car\/hot rod set up is you have so much control in the tuning of your engine!<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers003.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9857\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Inside Look of a Glass Pack Muffler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers003.jpg\" alt=\"Inside Look of a Glass Pack Muffler how to exhaust system directional flow\" width=\"575\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers003.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers003-150x115.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers003-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/howto.car.mufflers003-400x307.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The classic Cherry Bomb-style muffler and what we custom-made for Stude at <strong>B&amp;C Industries<\/strong> is what\u2019s called a \u201cglass-pack.\u201d It gets this name because it\u2019s essentially a baffled tube inside a larger tube with fiberglass <em><strong>packed <\/strong><\/em>into the middle. Making these suckers was way easier than I imagined (with the proper machines of course!)<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.2.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9859 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Stuffing a Glasspack Muffler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.2.JPG\" alt=\"Stuffing a Glasspack Muffler fiberglass how to exhaust\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.2.JPG 270w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.2-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.4.JPG\" rel=\"lightbox[9854]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9861 alignnone\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: black 2px solid;\" title=\"Pressing In The Ends of a Glasspack Muffler\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.4.JPG\" alt=\"Pressing In The Ends of a Glasspack Muffler B&amp;C Industries how to exhaust\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.4.JPG 270w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.4-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/making.glasspack.muffler.4-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First you roll a baffled tube in fiberglass (don\u2019t get let this stuff touch your skin, ouch!) You then place that tube within a larger tube. Using a special pressing machine along with a proper tube-fitting or die, the ends of the outside tube are bent down upon the size of the inner-tube (which will also match the inlet\/outlet size of your exhaust. Grease is applied at the places where the die presses in on the metal.<\/p>\n<p>Waaalaah, it\u2019s as easy as that! The set of glass packs B&amp;C Industries made for me are 14 inches long with a 2 \u00bd inch inlet\/outlet opening to match my headers and exhaust. I\u2019ve been more than happy with how my new mufflers and exhaust have affected the performance of my hot rod Studebaker! If you\u2019ve been waiting to tackle your exhaust\u2026<em> don\u2019t wait any longer<\/em>!<\/p>\n<address><strong>B &amp; C Industries<\/strong><\/address>\n<address>538 E Central Park Avenue South<br \/>\nAnaheim, CA 92802-1472<br \/>\n(714) 635-3622<\/address>\n<address><a title=\"Custom Mufflers and Hot Rod work\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bcindustriesinc.com\" target=\"_blank\">bcindustriesinc.com<\/a><br \/>\n<\/address>\n<p>Have an easy way to explain muffler-sound or a muffler-related tip? Leave a comment and share it with us!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fexhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=Exhaust+103+How-to%3A+Mufflers%2C+%E2%80%9CMore+than+Meets+the+Ear%E2%80%9D\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, \u201cMore than Meets the Ear\u201d\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, \u201cMore than Meets the Ear\u201d&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/exhaust-103-how-to-mufflers-more-than-meets-the-ear\/\" data-text=\"Exhaust 103 How-to: Mufflers, \u201cMore than Meets the Ear\u201d\" data-desc=\"Saying that there was a hole in my muffler would be an understatement. My muffler was torn up! This happened from years of scrapping over bumps. Me being the car-learning girl that I am, I thought \u201cmuffler\u2026that just quiets noise, right?\u201d Wrong! When it comes to mufflers, there\u2019s much more\" data-image=\"\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><p>Email Saying that there was a hole in my muffler would be an understatement. My muffler was torn up! This happened from years of scrapping over bumps. Me being the car-learning girl that I am, I thought \u201cmuffler\u2026that just quiets noise, right?\u201d Wrong! When it comes to mufflers, there\u2019s much more than meets the ear. 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