A while ago on my jeep i cut a hole in the muffler to give it a little more sound. Well the sound just got throaty and i lost a lot of power out of it. So today i decided to patch up the hole until i can get it to a welder and let him do it for real. I didnt have any sheet metal or anything else to cover the whole...so I do what any teenager does and decide to cut a pepsi can up and make some. I cut the pepsi can, turned it the other way so it didnt look like a pepsi can, and wraped it around the pipe. Then i took some electric tape and wraped around it to make it stay. I did this twice, you know...for strength lol Well.. it worked while it was just sitting there idle, so i got in to test it. Suprisingly it worked for over a mile, but the first time i stepped on it good, it went bye bye in a hurry. Creative: Yes. Stupid: Yes. Reliable: No.

Maybe i should make a tutorial on this jk But please for ***'s sake, never do this to an f-body


My Handywork:

 

At least use hose clamps to hold the can on!

 

just put a roll of duct tape around it and ull be good.

 

wouldnt the duct tape melt and leave everything with goo on it?

 

Yeah, duct tape may melt. You really can use some hose clamps as a temporary fix. I'd recommend using a heavier guage can (maybe a soup can) or two.

Wait, I really can't recommend using a can at all, but if you have to...

 

Nice!

I used a Pepsi can once too! I was trying to install an Edelbrock 500 CFM carb on my factory L69 intake on my first 1984 Firebird... I couldn't get it to sit right with the EGR valve in the way so I just took it off and chucked it! Little did I know I had to block off the hole in the Manifold where the EGR was, so I grabbed a can, cut it down to what I needed, drilled two holes, and bolted it in place! It lasted about four city blocks before I was breathing in all sorts of exhaust inside the car! I then drove home and came up with an even better idea... I went to Home Depot and bought a plate like the ones that cover the light switches or electric sockets in your house... But this one didn't have any holes, it was just a plain block off plate for the wall in a house, I drilled two bolts holes in that and installed it using hi-temp paper gasket material and hi-temp rtv goo... That didn't leak! A month later I was in the local speed shop and what else did I see hanging on the wall but an "EGR Block Off Plate" made by Moroso or someone... I felt like the biggest donkey/dunce! Of course I bought it, drove home and installed it. It even came with its own gasket and bolts!

This is just one of many of my "learning experiences" I have had when I was in my teens!

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yea im really not that worried about it. i was just seeing if that would actually work.

 

haha. yea im still in my learning experiences, but i kno a lot for a 16 yr old about cars. (probably cuz my cousin/neighboor is a mechanic and he showed me how to work on my dirtbikes and all that). The can isnt that smart of an idea, but hey i could out be driving a honda thinkin im goin fast.

 

This is an example of what I used after the Pepsi can idea went out the window!

P.S.

I learned a lot by doing and still do... But like you said, we aren' t kids in Hondas thinking we're fast! However, with my first car (1987 Monte Carlo LS LG4 Completely stock aside from the Open air element) I thought I was fast then! Until I got my first Firebird... Then I got the 327 in it... Then I got it down into the high 12's... Then I got on a motorcycle... I'll stop my babbling now!

 

my first big learning experience was when i was 11. I was on my dirtbike and the cable to the spark plug came off. Naturally, i reached down to plug the cable back on. the dirtbike was still running when i did this. my arm felt like jello when i touched it. i havent touched a spark plug while something was on since.

my first car is pretty fast tho. its 318ci all wheel drive. so i have fun with it. its for sell tho if anyone wants it ($2800 neg/obo--very cheap)