Making a silencer

[egitr]

Hey,

Just after the best way to make up a silencer for my exhaust
i got the car with probably one of the loudest systems on the market
and its to loud. ( buddy club spec II )

just after what materials would be best to use to shut it up a little
i have been told to use steel wool, and roof insulator.

But would like it to be removable at will with ease.

any ideas would be great.

[Chriskoss]

Yea I herd steel wool does the trick aswell, give it a go

[Ashwee]

Steel wool is bad mojo. Take it to an exhaust place.

[Chriskoss]

Well I think he means he wants to do it himself. It wont hurt to just 'try' using steel wool anyways. But yes the proper option would be to get a silencer made up at a 'zaust shop

[kraiye]

i've always wanted to try this...
- grab an off-cut of stainless steel sheet metal from a metal recyclers - they often just give away smaller pieces.
- cut out a circle small enough to fit inside your muffler - leave a tab on either side of the circle.
- cut a hole in the middle of this circle to make a "doughnut" with tabs.
- bend the tabs back at 90 degrees.
- drill a small hole through the middle of each tab.
- stick it inside the end of your muffler and drill holes in your muffler to line up with the ones in the tabs.
- attach the silencer with small, stainless nuts & bolts.

For extra silencing you could put stainless steel wool on the inside of the silencer you made. that way u could use both and they'd be easy to remove.

[Killa From Manila]

just go to an exhaust shop and buy 1 for $50. are u just planning on packing ur exhaust with steel wool? coz that wont work...

[kraiye]

yeah... it'll all shoot out the end when you start the car. lol

however, to get past a noise test, i once tied 2 steel wool balls to a length of stainless cable i had lying around. i undid my axle back and stuffed the steel wool balls down toward the muffler and left the cable hanging out. did the axle-back up and secured the cable to one of the bolts. was nice and quiet - albeit a little restrictive.

[Killa From Manila]

yeah... it'll all shoot out the end when you start the car. lol

however, to get past a noise test, i once tied 2 steel wool balls to a length of stainless cable i had lying around. i undid my axle back and stuffed the steel wool balls down toward the muffler and left the cable hanging out. did the axle-back up and secured the cable to one of the bolts. was nice and quiet - albeit a little restrictive.

haha sneaky

[egitr]

thanks for the input so far
will be heading to a friends workshop during the week hope fully
to make somthing up which will include steel wool somewhere to keep
it super silent.

[Type S Tony]

Put a Bannana in your exhaust, makes for a good laugh!