racekar

I have a track car that I have to load and unload to tow to events that is straight piped to a muffler and is very loud. Does anyone have any suggestions for a temporary way of silencing the muffler while loading it on trailer so that i dont annoy the neighbors? Or know of any attatchments that i can screw on the tip to muffle the sound and take off at the track? thanks

Sean O'Gorman

Get new neighbors?

RemerLex11

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yeah screw the neighbors it really cant take you that long to drive it into a trailer

skierd

Use a two friends muffler i.e. have two buddies push the car onto the trailer, or just load the car enough times that the neighbors go deaf and wont care anymore.

SJR

hmmm, don't load/unload between 9:00pm and 9:00am?

jsi

A SuperTrapp disc tip should do the job.

Kaan

iTrader: (3)

make something with steel wool and wire and use it like a plug... just shove it in... turn it on... move the car... pull it out.

turbohappy

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That's what I used to use. Just pop a couple discs on the end for quiet, take off everything for race use.

racekar

thanks for the semi helpful tips hahaha

Sean O'Gorman

You could also buy them a vaccum so they can get the sand out of their vaginas. Just a thought.

Greyout

why kind of gay neighbors do you have that can't handle a loud car outeside for 2 minutes once every... what... two months?

racekar

orange county, with home owners association much stricter out here.

ITACivic

I understand the whole HOA thing.
This is not my car, but I saw this here in Japan.


FYI, this is an RE Amemiya RX-8

redzcstandardhatch

NICE. thats gotta be hilarious looking.

Want2race

on a serious note. If you get fiberglass insulation from home depot. That would work very well if you packed it up the pipe.. And then it should blow out or use a coat hanger..

ITACivic

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They did that just for transport reasons

trigun7469

http://store.summitracing.com/...h.asp

THey sell silencers for exhaust that may help you out

jasyatz

I've had some reasonably good luck with this..

Measure the inside of the diamter of your exhaust pipe and head over to Home Depot or Lowes and get a cast iron pipe fitting (sink trap)with the same outside diameter but with a really small inside diameter (I found a 2 1/4" sink trap with a 1" internal hole..Put a 3" long piece of the 1" pipe on it and drilled 2 holes through the exhaust pipe and tapped into the pipe fitting. Then thread some bolts into it so it will stay put. I drove all the way to Mass from NJ with no problem..(the 1" pipe goes back into the exhaust pipe not sticking out from the exhaust)...Homemade silencer..

Cut the noise easily in half and after I added a little antiseize, the bolts came right back out even after an entire winter..

Jeff

racekar

ill try the steel wool thing attatched to a coat hanger or something. i just need to muffle the sound for a little. I would have just had a side out exhauyst but to noisy for the neighbor hood.

TPB

I just winch my car onto the trailer - same kind of hand operated winch you would find on a boat trailer. Cheap and easy and SUPER quiet

racekar

thats not a bad idea, what kind of shop would i get this winch from ?

TimeRacer

Get a piece of sheet metal, bend it to fit into the muffler/pipe, and get a clamp and clamp the restrictor (sheet metal) in there. Should dampen it quite a bit with the restriction

TPB

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I live in Canada so I bought it at the local Canadian Tire - somewhat of a cross between a Pep Boys and Home Depot I suppose. I would think you could by it at any marine supply store or anywhere that stocks trailer accessories. I think mine cost about $70 which loosely translates to about $50 US.

si 2000 si

would the steel wool cause any significant loss of horse power? and over time could it cause any problems with the engine?

dirty19

iTrader: (1)

You don't use it as a permanent fixture... this bandaid was for someone moving their car in and out of a garage to not annoy his neighbors.
If you need a temp track "noise police" fix there are other threads for that.