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Thirty2vsvt
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:14 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I used the magnaflow 11148 muffler. Has a great deep rumble to it. Here are some pics. All I need to finish is the tips so they wont be pointed directly at my tire.



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Hogs
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just wonder what you used to hook the can up to the Header pipes?
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Frosty
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm waiting for a Magnaflow 12251, I got Headmen tips.
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Bitbear
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Looks cool. Would curved stainless screw-on muffler/pipe tips be un-cool? The set screws might not be particularly visible. Otherwise,it's cut, weld, grind and polish, isn't it?
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Thirty2vsvt
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hogs: I had a jardine on last year and its the pipe from that as well as the fairing brackets.

Bitbear: I was thinking about cutting slits in the tip (like the factory muffler) and using some accuseal clamps like i did for the front of the muffler. I'm afraid the screw on ones would just rattle themselves loose all the time.

(Message edited by thirty2vsvt on March 16, 2009)
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Sleez
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 09:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

very cool, so the jardine front pipe works perfectly? good to hear.

i wonder if that piece and the brackets are available separately?

i'd just have some SS tips welded on.

(Message edited by sleez on March 16, 2009)
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Big_b
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I also just finished my magnaflow. I love the sound. Yours looks great. Here's a couple pics of mine.



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Ekass13
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Big B, Love your bike, the colors are so great together. Love the blacked out look and the hero blue goes great.
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Lanretsr
Posted on Monday, March 16, 2009 - 11:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I thought your not supposed to have the exhaust dump directly on the tire because it will cause it to dry out?
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Thirty2vsvt
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 06:53 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like how u did the tips. I may end up doing the same thing since the kind of tips I'm looking at costs just as much as I paid for the entire muffler. Nice looking bike Big b.
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Hogs
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 07:59 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

BIg_B did you also use a cut off muffler of some sort to connect the new muffler to the header pipes?
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Big_b
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 09:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

No I bought a 2" stainless U bend to make the turn down. And just used straight 2.25" stainless for the tips. I was going to leave the tips bare but decided to paint the whole thing black. I could of gotten out cheaper if I would of just used mild steel bends and pipe, but I don't have to worry about it rusting.
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Hogs
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 10:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

BIg_B, Thanks for the reply, any way ya can take a picture of the header pipe connection or a picture off the web just what you are talking about for that connection...
Thanks
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Ourdee
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 10:17 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Bib_b, I like the simplicity of the bolt up bracket you welded on top of the muffler.
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Davidoforlando
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 01:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Big B and Thirty2. any chance you could post a sound clip???
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Big_b
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 02:17 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

This is not mine but I think he is a member here. Same muffler Magnaflow 11148. I'll try to get pics of my elbow, It's a little longer than the Jardine setup.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEe76Xqng8I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpmht7JOJjk
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Hogs
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 02:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Big_b, Thanks I wd. appreciate that...!
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Thirty2vsvt
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 03:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I'm stuck at work, but i'll see if i can get one up when I get home.
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Big_b
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 03:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

By the way Jardine will sell the bend only. But at $90 I figured I could build one for cheaper than that.
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Hogs
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 03:49 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

YEah 90.00 Bucks is alot in my books as well just as well put one together If i had an ideal sort of what yours looks like..Thanks again...
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Old_man
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 04:52 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

When can we hear it?
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Thirty2vsvt
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 06:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Its not very good quality , but heres a clip I shot with my digital camera.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-pZ_HeLbLc
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Old_man
Posted on Tuesday, March 17, 2009 - 11:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I think it sounds great.
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No_rice
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 01:51 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I thought your not supposed to have the exhaust dump directly on the tire because it will cause it to dry out?

ive was waiting for someone to mention the fact that it aims right at the tire with only maybe an inch or 2 in between. all the extra heat in ONE spot when its warming up.

but my main problem with that is all the great moisture that gets sprayed right on the cold tire on cool spring and fall mornings. add that to cold roads and it
could cause a bit of trouble pretty easily
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Fastxb12r
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 02:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

What Thirty2vsvt said in the first post.

All I need to finish is the tips so they wont be pointed directly at my tire.

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Hexangler
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 03:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

http://www.magnaflow.com/

I looked at their website, and read that all their mufflers can be reversed for custom applications.

This one backwards (2.25" as input) looks like it would work too, and with it you would only have one output which might be easier to modify or just slip on a tip bend (extra 3" of space to work with).

It's three inches shorter than the 11148 as well, but from the looks of your pix, it would still mount with a rear strap and the stock rear bracket.

A custom bend would have to be fabricated for header to muffler fitting, but very interesting thought for summer project.

Good work on your can!!! Any thoughts on the 11132?



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No_rice
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 03:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

maybe i shouldnt skim the thread when im at work lol
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Hexangler
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 03:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Here is the 11148 for comparison.



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Hogs
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

All good posts guys, Wd. sure like to see what some have made up though , to connect the header to these mufflers themselves and not say a cut off from another xb aftermarket muffler though...!
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Skidonenko
Posted on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 04:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just get a U-bend the same diameter as the header, a reducing cone that will fit the muffler and that u bend and a stainless wrap around clamp for the header to u-bend

http://www.jegs.com/p/JEGS/753274/10002/-1

(they come in straight diameters also)
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