Custom muffler

[bowtieordie]

Has anyone made them self a custom muffler to run on their pickup. I am getting ready to put one together and I was gonna see if their were some clips or ideas out there. I figure this is the only way to give an s-10 a custom sound......

[Mikz86TA]

Never seen the such. You weld?

[bowtieordie]

yeah, its not real difficult, jus got to make sure everything lines up

[87wildside]

If you do this take pics and post it in fabrication.

Sounds like a cool idea and that's how the Flowmaster guy started out.

[04silveradomykk]

Go for it, I suggest a chambered muff or resonator design for tone. I wouldn't deal with packing material.

This is how Flowmaster was started, a dude making mufflers in his garage

[Cameo_S10]

Go for it, I suggest a chambered muff or resonator design for tone. I wouldn't deal with packing material.

This is how Flowmaster was started, a dude making mufflers in his garage

X2:cool:

[bowtieordie]

Yea i am gonna build a smaller one chamber. single in dual out. I will try and take pics then ill put a sound clip up, im leaving to go get the steel now. I was plannin on stainless till they quoted me my price. So black iron it will be, lili rust wont hurt anyone...

[bowtieordie]

well tomarrow I should be able to finish up my muffler. I could have finished it tonight, but I have to get a new hole saw, the wood saw dont like that steel. Ill post up

[csl2006]

haha man im gonna have to try this to next week...the fab shop is gonna be slow so im gonna tig me up a stainless muffler

[bowtieordie]

Hell yea, thats what i wanted but im a poor man lol, I used some black iron. I put it on today, but my tail pipes arent plugged in yet cuz i dont have a pipe bender. Its sounds good man, its real deep. Ill post a clip when i get it flowin all the way out.

[Cameo_S10]

Dont forget that sound clip....You might even be able to sell a few to some guys on here.:D

[holsinger17]

to help protect it from rust just see if you can get some high heat paint or powder coating ...

[bowtieordie]

I thought bout hittn it with some engine paint, but ill let this one go its the first one, today im gonna get my pipes hooked up. I will put a clip up as soon as that happens. I might not put a different muffler on the truck ever again. I really like the way it sounds!!

[holsinger17]

next you can keep an eye on the fuel economy and potential power gains, who knows if it does good enough for you ....i might ask you to make one for me...for a fee to be paid to you of course

[bowtieordie]

soon Ill have a clip of it just comeing straight out of the muffler. Then ill post a clipof the tailpipes too.

[KRUSHER]

I had a 69 GMC c10 that I completely made a custom exhaust from the header caps back including the custom built muffler and custom aluminum tips. it sounded pretty good too. The muffler was made from a square shaped, thin gauge metal cover I got at work. It was about 4 inches by 4 inches square and about 6 or 8 inches long. I made it 2 chambered but not like a flowmaster. I only cranked it up in the yard as I was building the truck but it never seen any streets, I wound up taking it a different route, never even burnt the paint off them. I had them in the back of the truck one day while stopping at a car lot and a guy walked up to me and asked if I wanted to sell them and I just said " sure $20" and he bought them! didn't cost me anything but some time to make them.

[bowtieordie]

hell yea, well i will sell some of these, First I have to figure out what they cost me to make. Sorry no vid yet, im gonna wait for some sun tho, keep checkin

[csl2006]

haha I have no idea how to make the chambers. Im not into mufflers I like glasspacks. My custom SS muffler might be a doozy when I get it all tigged up and welded on lol.

[bowtieordie]

Nice, nice, like I said im really happy with the way this sounds. Its very aggressive and dont hardly seem to rice out some how, sounds really good IMO. I wish I could hear it with some headers then i think it would sound crazy!

[bowtieordie]

well heres the clip with no pipes, just strait out the muffler. The camera really doesnt do it justice but its the best I got.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=cbQhjcrYx2U

Ill have a tail pipe clip tomarrow.

[Cameo_S10]

Sounds good for a homemade deal.:D

[bowtieordie]

Thanks! but it really does have a much better sound than that. Its not as pingy as that sounds. It sounds the best just driving through town, closest to an 8 than ive ever heard.

[lucy_blue_93]

sounds good man. it might sound a lil better, more mellow, with the pipes runnin from it.

[bowtieordie]

ill find that out tomarrow, I want o hear it on an 8 cylinder!!

[KRUSHER]

Now you got me thinking about build another one like I built before.