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Old Dec 5, 2000 | 09:38 AM
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Can you hollow out a muffler and get any performance gain?

I was thinking of doing this if it does something.

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Old Dec 5, 2000 | 11:16 AM
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From: winter springs fl 32708
if you hollow out your muffler it will be alot louder but you will notice a tiny difference in performance you need the air r4estriction of the muffler . best thing to do is to replace it .
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Old Dec 5, 2000 | 12:10 PM
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Thanks for the info!
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Old Dec 5, 2000 | 03:49 PM
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That's an old trick from before WW2 when mufflers were baffle plate deals. Taking a pipe and pushing it from one end to the other was possible and practical.

I think you'd end up ruining the casing by the time the guts were rammed out of a modern muffler. You're better off installing something else. Glasspacks are dirt cheap and would flow better than a hollowed-out casing.
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