Dynomax muffler ONLY install in stock location
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JK Freak
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From: Tabernash,Co.
Dynomax muffler ONLY install in stock location
PartsDynomax VT 17956 muffler
3" of 2.5" tube
4" coupler (male female)
90* elbow (male/female)
4 clamps
a 1/2" washer with cotterpin
I built my own 45* because it needed to be very short, there may be a commercial one but for me this was easer.
I also had to cut the stock pipe (the one over the axle) back an inch to get the whole setup to fit in the center of the heat shield.
I reued the stock tail pipe and hanger bar, but I cut the knob off and used the washer and cotter pin.
I welded the hanger bar to the tail pipe section.
I will need to get used to the new sound over the quiet of the stock. If I was to have any complaint at all it would be that there is a pronounced "note" at crusing @2000 RPM, and yes at the moment it is anoying but I'm hopping that I will get used to it as part of the over all sound change.
I will have to drive it for a while to get any real impressions of preformace improvements, both power and milage.
3" of 2.5" tube
4" coupler (male female)
90* elbow (male/female)
4 clamps
a 1/2" washer with cotterpin
I built my own 45* because it needed to be very short, there may be a commercial one but for me this was easer.
I also had to cut the stock pipe (the one over the axle) back an inch to get the whole setup to fit in the center of the heat shield.
I reued the stock tail pipe and hanger bar, but I cut the knob off and used the washer and cotter pin.
I welded the hanger bar to the tail pipe section.
I will need to get used to the new sound over the quiet of the stock. If I was to have any complaint at all it would be that there is a pronounced "note" at crusing @2000 RPM, and yes at the moment it is anoying but I'm hopping that I will get used to it as part of the over all sound change.
I will have to drive it for a while to get any real impressions of preformace improvements, both power and milage.
JK Freak
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You've got that nice and high, good job. Got any pictures from the back. Can you even see the muffler from the back?
That "note" you mentioned... are you saying there's a little drone at 2k rpms?
That "note" you mentioned... are you saying there's a little drone at 2k rpms?
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It is completely hidden from the back
and as for the "note" ...how do you define a "drone?" maybe...I've only driven it for about 6 miles at this scenario, cruse at 65mph/2100RPM, so I cant say for sure if it is a drone or just a new sound that will become the new normal. I have to remember that the stock muffler is extremely quiet by design and this one is not..by design.
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It may be psychosomatic but there does seem to be an increase in acceleration in the 3k to 4.5k range.
As for the lights...
they are actually 12volt track light with a GU5.3 mounted in a PVC tube with an end cap. I soldered a set of wires (+,-) to the bulb and then siliconed the bulb to the PVC, drilled a hole in the cap and stuck the wire thru, sealed it all up.
The "cage" was made from some 3/16 steel flat stock and some 1/4 square rod.
As for the lights...
they are actually 12volt track light with a GU5.3 mounted in a PVC tube with an end cap. I soldered a set of wires (+,-) to the bulb and then siliconed the bulb to the PVC, drilled a hole in the cap and stuck the wire thru, sealed it all up.
The "cage" was made from some 3/16 steel flat stock and some 1/4 square rod.