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amchornet1970
AMC Addicted Joined: Feb/22/2012 Location: Oshkosh, Wis. Status: Offline Points: 516 |
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Posted: Jun/12/2015 at 6:33am |
How many people have it on there six and do they like it.....any sound clips to go with?
I have a pace setter header with duel outlets I am thinking of installing...with glass packs....lol |
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Joe
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Ollie
AMC Addicted Joined: Sep/17/2012 Location: Brandon, MS Status: Offline Points: 2801 |
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Good question...I will answer as soon as my headers and dual exhaust are installed....Hope mine sounds like a nicely camed up Mopar 340, one of my favorite engines...but I doubt it ....hehehehe
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uncljohn
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Sorry Ollie,
I am not a personal believer in headers. They are a very expensive exhaust manifold and while they can be some addition to performance, they generally are more of a cosmetic item on a street engine A six can perform pretty much at it's maximum with a decently sized single exhaust. One way to think of it, a six is about 1/2 of the displacement of a large V8 so if one half of the large v8 can work well, than a six should too. I have on one six, a single exhaust steel tube manifold that I purchased used from a Jeep junk yard and it was configured to bolt into the existing exhaust system used by AMC on their 6 in that case, a 1980 Spirit. The rest of he system being that of a high flow catalytic converter and a 16 inch glass pack. Another six I used the oem EXHAUST manifold but cut the heat riser off and welded a plat over the hole. The object was to keep exhaust heat away from the intake manifold. With the same objective in mind, my latest six uses the AMC uses an Eagle exhaust manifold which does not contact the intake manifold and I will configure a large diameter single exhaust with it. And I took the money not spent for an expensive exhaust system and built it with a 4bbl carb and intake and an Iskenderian 270 HL Cam and some dress up goodies. |
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warweapon762
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I've found in a few cases that running the late model manifold combined with a larger exhaust pipe diameter is more than adequate for a I6. These engines don't spin at high enough RPMs to utilize performance headers properly.
If you would like a good exhaust tone, split the pipes with a y-fitting at the transmission crossmember and have one of the split pipes longer than the other. It makes the tone sound like a good dual exhaust system at a fraction of the cost. |
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Bart R. Orlans
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I put a single-in, dual-out muffler on my 232+powered Marlin. The muffler is an OE replacement from the parts store.
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tyrodtom
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When I put Clifford research headers ( Viper) on my 232 years ago it took more of a performance jump than when I'd put the Offy dual-port with a Holley 390 on the engine. But I think it was because it allowed the intake and carb to work better. It made enough difference that I hade to rejet the carb to get the plugs looking right.
I used 2 stock exhaust systems going out side by side, with 2 stock type mufflers, where the stock muffler went, but I turned them on end, instead of flat as stock. How did it sound ? Who knows, that's a personal judgement, the sound I like someone else might hate. But running headers on a street car is a high maintenance project. Mine didn't drag, and those Viper headers were made out of thicker, higher quality steel than most headers of their time. This was in 1973, you could get a set of Hooker headers for a SBC for less than $60., these Clifford Research headers cost me over $120. I had these headers on a daily driver for over 15 years, but those last 10 years was spent constantly repairing rust thru on them. By the time I took that car off the road, there wasn't much left of the original headers. |
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farna
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I recommend a 2.25" or 2.5" single exhaust. Much cheaper than two of everything! I run 2.25" on my hopped up 4.0L with a generic turbo muffler. I've had people think it was a small V-8. Not very loud, just a nice sound. Glass packs usually have a "rap" to them when you let off the gas real quick after accelerating. You might like it.
If you go duals use small pipe. Stock exhaust is 1-7/8", so a pair of them would be about right. If that size is hard to find go to 2", but I wouldn't go any larger. The single in dual out muffler with 2.25" or 2.5" in, and two 2" (or a bit smaller) out would be good. Have that type muffler on my truck, sounds good (4.7L Tundra V-8, 2003 model). I bought the truck with a flowmaster and it had to go!! Couldn't hear yourself think!! Replaced with a one in two out turbo, but it wasn't much quieter. A stock replacement (generic) muffler with dual outs sounds just right! You might want to pursue that direction... |
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tached_out
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If you want a good idea what it will sound like, watch some you tube vids of Jaguar E types. They came with 3.8 and 4.2 litre sixes just like AMC. Those cars sounded beautiful. Pure and rich.
They had twin exhaust manifolds. The two separate pipes ran parallel and each had a muffler side by side under the car and they each had a pair of resonators near the rear. You could see a lot of the system from the rear of the car. The pipes were 2'' if I recall correctly. Some thing to note; the two pipes exited together still side by side. This is what gives the car such a pure sound. As you separate the pipes it begins to sound more and more raspy. If you exit on either side of the car it will sound like a three cylinder from either side. If you use an X pipe it will sound smoother but you'll lose that beautiful Jaguar sound. I have an exhaust shop and I have worked on these cars. It's in my opinion, the the sweetest exhaust note there has ever been. If you have a dual outlet header, I say RUN IT. Ignore the boring people here telling you to do otherwise.
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Ollie
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[QUOTE=uncljohn] Sorry Ollie,
I am not a personal believer in headers. They are a very expensive exhaust manifold and while they can be some addition to performance, they generally are more of a cosmetic item on a street engine exhaust. I agree with you 99.9%, the increase performance is at upper RPM. I have built vehicles with and without headers. In a cramped engine compartment I like to avoid them and the ton of issues associated with them. I bought the Clifford Package because of the carb upgrade and the easy Lokar hook up for the 727 transmission kick down. The headers were just for as u say...eye appeal and some sound improvement. I plan on staying with 1 1/2" pipe and my X pipe will be side by side going thru the big bolt on frame support. Plan on the discharge in front of the rear wheels. Ollie |
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Rogue401
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I tried dual exhaust with two turbo mufflers on my new 4 speed Pacer and it sounded terrible. Just annoying. I went to a 2-1/4 single system with as long of an OE style muffler that would fit and that sounded and ran better.
I've had 2 or 3 different cat back systems on our Cherokee and never liked any of them. Annoying in that big box on the highway. I finally went back to a stainless Walker QuiteFlow with mandrel bends and it sounds and runs great. If you look under a MB or BMW straight six, there's a ton of engineering to get the tone and performance they do from the factory. My 93 Benz 3.2 straight six has split manifolds, dual cats and pipes all the way and dual inlet/outlet center and rear muffler. If I was going to build a hot six, I would try something like that. The best my dual 6 cyl. Pacer sounded was with small Pacesetter resonator tips added. That took some of the "raspberries" out of it. I think the biggest problem with the pacer was it had something like a 2:56 gear so it was always under load and sounded like a UPS truck. Maybe with another gear, the engine would have freed up and sounded more happy. |
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