[DeTomaso] Exhaust replacements

[Larry - Ohio Time Corp.]

Mark,

I will be going to hear the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra play there 4th of 
July concert soon. We have some of the best 1812 cannon players around. You 
can bet that there are no Wolverines in the group. We keep all the 
Wolverines up north a bit.

Larry (Welk) - Cleveland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
To: "'Tom Baranek Home'" <tbaranek at earthlink.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:25 PM
Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Exhaust replacements


> One day I got caught in a rainstorm while traveling.  After being parked 
> for
> a few hours, the downpour stopped.  I started the car and got a huge
> fountain of water.  It was quite a sight.  It was like the fountains at
> Bellagio with the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.
>
> The rainwater had simply run down the Big Bores and filled up the pipes 
> all
> the way back to where they turned upward.  The backpressure and volume of
> exhaust was enough to send the water skyward some distance.
>
> Pretty much anything could get into your big pipes like acorns, children's
> toys, or wolverines.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com] 
> On
> Behalf Of Tom Baranek Home
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 12:21 PM
> To: Mark McWhinney; detomaso at realbig.com
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Exhaust replacements
>
> The passenger side does NOT rattle and only one half of the driver's side
> does...I'm (pretty) sure something inside the pipe is loose but I'll check
> all my bolts/connections and clearance on suspension.
> Thanks
> ------------------------------
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mark McWhinney" <msm at portata.com>
> To: "'Tom Baranek Home'" <tbaranek at earthlink.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 3:14 PM
> Subject: RE: [DeTomaso] Exhaust replacements
>
>
>> Those are the Mindtrain or Big Bores.  I have them too.  They are as you
>> said basically just glass packs.
>>
>> I also have the white chalky stuff on my headers.  (What the heck is that
>> stuff?)
>>
>> There are no baffles.  You may have a may have a bolt loose, or it may
>> just
>> be knocking up against a bit of the suspension.
>>
>> There is nothing to upgrade too.  You already have the best sounding
>> exhaust.  No doubt some wankers will try to talk you into going to the
>> ANSA
>> muffler (a pair of cans with two tips each), but you would loose some of
>> the
>> bark and some of the bite.  The 180 headers with huge straight pipes that
>> are popular with the go-fast crowd have a good throaty sound, but they do
>> not sound as good at idle.  (Of course, this is all a matter of opinion.
>> :-)
>>
>> If you do not already have chrome on the tips, it is easy to get a set 
>> put
>> on.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: detomaso-bounces at realbig.com [mailto:detomaso-bounces at realbig.com]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Tom Baranek Home
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 11:32 AM
>> To: detomaso at realbig.com
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] Exhaust replacements
>>
>> I have a 73 Pantera with (what looks like) 2X2 "glass packs" (not two 
>> tips
>> on a single ovalized resonator/muffler).  My complete exhaust system
>> consists of some Jet-Hot coated Headman headers, about 18-24 inches of
>> pipe
>> and the 4 separate resonator/glaspaks.  They used to be finished in a 
>> kind
>> of white chalky finish that I have subsequently painted with high temp
>> black
>> paint.  They have about 3" outlets/tips. Ps-They sound awesome!!!
>>
>> I heard a metallic rattle/thumping when going down the road the other day
>> and (although I am not sure if this is the solution) I noticed that when 
>> I
>> banged on the driver's side pipes with my fist, one of the pipes rattled
>> (loose baffle?).  Can a loose baffle be fixed?
>>
>> I wouldn't mind upgrading the pipes if I could find something with the
>> same
>> throaty sound...and even a little bling (polished/chrome).
>>
>> Suggestions? website, price, part #
>> Thanks!!!
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