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Looks great! 
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Last edited by ataDude; 08-19-2008 at 08:59 PM.
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That's something I have really been considering because they are so cheap...import tuner mufflers...sound byte!! Did you look around at all the choices or have some experience with that particular brand...they seem almost to good to be true at those prices. Ebay or was there an online shop you used? Also...did it come with the hanger or is that Tig too?
Last edited by AMTJIM; 08-19-2008 at 09:12 PM.
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No plans for Gatlinburg yet. I think the muffler body is about 5 3/4"s in diameter and the outlet opening is 3 1/2".
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Someone had to tell me how to get pics on here. Can you tell me how to do a sound clip?
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On photobucket then post link here?
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 Originally Posted by AMTJIM
That's something I have really been considering because they are so cheap...import tuner mufflers...sound byte!! Did you look around at all the choices or have some experience with that particular brand...they seem almost to good to be true at those prices. Ebay or was there an online shop you used? Also...did it come with the hanger or is that Tig too?
I spent about a month looking at mufflers on ebay, onine retailers, and local autoparts stores. I figured I could't go wrong spending $43 for a fully welded, polished, stainless steel muffler and after I received it I was right. This is very heavy gauge stainless and the finish was flawless. I saw this muffler for sale as high as $170. I made the hanger from 1/8" stainless plate and doubled it to get enough strength plus it was easier bending two thinner pieces.
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Originally Posted by AMTJIM
On photobucket then post link here?
Thanks!
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Originally Posted by Spydyr
I spent about a month looking at mufflers on ebay, onine retailers, and local autoparts stores. I figured I could't go wrong spending $43 for a fully welded, polished, stainless steel muffler and after I received it I was right. This is very heavy gauge stainless and the finish was flawless. I saw this muffler for sale as high as $170. I made the hanger from 1/8" stainless plate and doubled it to get enough strength plus it was easier bending two thinner pieces.
Yeah, just some random googling...the ractive is a little more than others I was looking at...you got a good price.
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Originally Posted by Spydyr
Someone had to tell me how to get pics on here. Can you tell me how to do a sound clip?
This link explains photo loading. Most sounds I've heard on here have been through YouTube videos. Then we can see and hear. 
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Originally Posted by Spydyr
Ractive polished stainless steel muffler $43
Magnaflow Stainless 90 degree elbow $25
Tig Weld $10
Flare end of elbow $5
To me the looks and sound are priceless. I just couldn't bring myself to pay $600 for a silencer so I came up with this for $83. 2 3/8" tuner muffler for a car sounds like a Harley. Very deep and throaty. I'm trying to decide if it would look good with the factory heat shield polished and installed.
Nice Job Looking Good.
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where did you purchase the exhaust?
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The site I bought it from sold it for $30 with $13 shipping to my location. I spent at least 3 days looking at every site that came up under the search for ractive. Kinda made me stir crazy but once I got it I felt like it was well worth the time.
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Originally Posted by Spydyr
Ractive polished stainless steel muffler $43
Magnaflow Stainless 90 degree elbow $25
Tig Weld $10
Flare end of elbow $5
To me the looks and sound are priceless. I just couldn't bring myself to pay $600 for a silencer so I came up with this for $83. 2 3/8" tuner muffler for a car sounds like a Harley. Very deep and throaty. I'm trying to decide if it would look good with the factory heat shield polished and installed.
Here's an idea - you make em and then sell em. Looks like you would have a bunch of buyers! $83.00 and sell for $143.00 hmmm might have something there....
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Originally Posted by AMTJIM
List you source/sources and a link to each part!
http://hsservice.chainreactionweb.co...duct_info.html
This is the link to the muffler!
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Originally Posted by katnapper
Here's an idea - you make em and then sell em. Looks like you would have a bunch of buyers! $83.00 and sell for $143.00 hmmm might have something there....
That's what all of my friends say but it isn't that simple. Right now I'd pay that $60 dollars instead of doing it myself. I didn't just order a couple of pieces and put them together.
The stainless elbow had to be cut to length on each side which took alot of eye balling to determine where to cut. One end was flaired to within 5 thousandths of an inch and then slotted to clamp over the stock exhaust with a T bolt style band clamp(Same as factory style). Then both pieces were taken somewhere else to be welded. Then I had to sand and polish the weld and elbow. Finally, I made a bracket out of two pieces of 1/8" stainless that I bent around a piece of 6" schedule 40 to help wrap it around the muffler. That was probably the most time consuming part. Anyway, I need to find a more practical way to manufacture the bracket. The rest really wasn't that bad but notice that the bracket doesn't wrap all the way around.
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That system looks great, nice job. Any chance we might see a full dual system (nice project for the off season)
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mufflermall.com has some really good selection
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Heard a Triumph Rocket III with a 3-1 pipe and a chrome $80 car muffler on it. It was awesome. I had similar on a Yamaha 650cc V-Star many years ago. Cost $70 for the pair but they were very heavy. The V-Star at full noise provided a bit of sound for a documentary. In one scene, the visual was a Harley with a $mega exhaust but the sound was my 650 V-Star.
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Stainless Muffler Mod.
My friend - Anyone who can fabricate such a piece of jewelry has my utmost admiration!! It is nice to know that there are people such as you out there.
Jack H.
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carbon fiber exhaust
Your exhaust job looks beautiful. I also as of last week put together a cheaper alternative. i ordered a carbon fiber can from ebay. The price was $54 shipped to the door. The 90 degree elbow was $20. And I purchased a hanger strap from Autozone $14. The strap brand is www.3Aracing.com. The sound and look is wicked mean. To find them just type in unviversal muffler. You will see the can style mufflers. Someone said Muffler mall, they do have a great selection. I also contacted a manufacturer in china. It is called Ningbo Steady Muffler Co. Email Roger Wang (sales manager). He sent me a price list for all the universal motorcycle cans. Avg. $20-70. The beautiful chrome dual exhaust is $26. It turns up same angle as the Two Brothers version.
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Originally Posted by xmod1
I also contacted a manufacturer in china. It is called Ningbo Steady Muffler Co. Email Roger Wang (sales manager). He sent me a price list for all the universal motorcycle cans. Avg. $20-70. The beautiful chrome dual exhaust is $26. It turns up same angle as the Two Brothers version.
You don't even want to hear my opinion on 'Made in China' products. There are a few reasons why their stuff is so much cheaper.
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Looks pretty cool. Definitely unique. 
