Author Topic: Hooker Side pipes. Any one had them decibel tested? (more pics added) (Read 14203 times)

69 DIRTY RAT · « **Reply #20 on:** July 18, 2008, 07:40:23 PM »

The other thing I did with mine is put an extra muffler inserts in the small section between the 4 -1 and where the pipe joins the long muffler!

nifty · « **Reply #21 on:** July 19, 2008, 08:56:15 AM »

just worked out what angle the pic of the mufflers are.....can see it better in the brain now....the mufflers are leaning against the post of a garage and you took the pic standing over the top of them.....any pics of the whole unit laying down?

demonx · « **Reply #22 on:** July 19, 2008, 09:32:58 AM »

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Originally posted by nifty
the mufflers are leaning against the post of a garage and you took the pic standing over the top of them.....any pics of the whole unit laying down?

Yes - that's it. You can see my feet standing on the other muffler! They are solid. Fairly heavy.

I'll have to go down to my shed a bit later and I'll snap some more pics. I just used these as I already had them.

demonx · « **Reply #23 on:** July 19, 2008, 06:19:48 PM »

Ok - heres those pics you guys requested.

I laid them out next to the car so you can get a rough idea of dimensions.

Also - I want to correct myself, after inspecting the mufflers again, they are NOT stamped hooker. Sorry for stating that before. It'd been a while since I'd looked at them.

gtc · « **Reply #24 on:** July 19, 2008, 07:19:45 PM »

Still reckon that looks like a hacked motorcycle exhaust.

These are conical like Dunstalls, but you get the idea.

http://www.woodstock-ny.com/allynair/item940.jpg

69 DIRTY RAT · « **Reply #25 on:** July 19, 2008, 08:30:39 PM »

I think its a 2in pipe surrounded by glass inside? I'm not sure what you should do? apart from trying them on + add some more steel wool to get through rego then get rid of the wool? But whether thats good enough?

gtc · « **Reply #26 on:** July 19, 2008, 08:34:37 PM »

As to the original question, from what I can see, I would guess that they would be very loud.

nifty · « **Reply #27 on:** July 20, 2008, 10:38:38 AM »

am i correct in thinking the bent bit slips OVER the bit that looks like a motorbike muffler? thats what im thinking happens,so will just look like any other side pipe....

demonx · « **Reply #28 on:** July 20, 2008, 01:03:07 PM »

Where the pipe is laid out is where it would clamp up. So the muffler is about 3/4 the length of the pipe.

If they were actually motor bike mufflers, why would they be straight/cylindrical the whole length? Wouldn't they be tapered.

I'm assuming they are not motorbike mufflers based on that alone, but I know little about motorbikes so correct me if I'm wrong.

gtc · « **Reply #29 on:** July 20, 2008, 01:50:26 PM »

It's true that bike mufflers of that style taper down to meet the header pipes.

What you've got there simply resembles a bike muffler. I've Googled around trying to find a similar "hotdog" style muffler but none of the ones I found had a radiused end like that --- they were all in-line types.

Are they straight through, or baffled?

nifty · « **Reply #30 on:** July 20, 2008, 02:55:14 PM »

so thats the inner with the tapered end.....will look fantastic when hooked up.....but damn they get hot demon.....burnt my leg bad on a blown 76 with sidepipes.....the 76 is my avatar....

demonx · « **Reply #31 on:** July 20, 2008, 05:56:58 PM »

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Are they straight through, or baffled?

From the pics you can see as much as I can. looking down the hole just looks like a tube. Cannot see any holes etc.

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Originally posted by nifty damn they get hot demon.....burnt my leg bad on a blown 76 with sidepipes.....the 76 is my avatar....

I guess thats why they're called "calf burners" ;53