DJButton asked for more good updates, so here comes a pretty good one!
I got the muffler swapped out for something a bit different today! Some will cheer, some will cry, but it sounds way better now! No, I didn't film myself doing donuts with the loud exhaust, but it's still plenty loud, and you guys should have a video and some pictures of said donuts this weekend. When I got home, I called up Maarco Muffler and asked if they were too busy to get me in there today, and they assured me I should come right over.... so I did.
I revved, parked and got some love from an employee of the shop next door (some custom build shop of some sort). He was cool, asked if it was an SR without even seeing under the hood, so I knew he kind of knew the usual swaps for the car, and I filled him in on what it had so far. Even for a guy that drives a 62 Chevy, he said the muffler was too loud for my little car. I finally drove it up on the lift, they brought it up and I started snapping off a few pictures for you guys.
After checking out what they had upstairs, we looked at a few Fart Cannons, and they even had a stock Evo MR muffler (3" in, huge barrel), but honestly, when it came down to it, they were either beat to shit, too small/big, too noisy or too ugly for my to really want to put it on there! Old Tim picked up the Dynamax muffler and said if I wanted a quiet, muscley sound, that the Dynamax would probably sound pretty good. Being that he's nearing at least 200 years old, I took his advice. What was nice is that it had a "left in, center out" setup, so I could get the muffler moved a little further away from the fuel cell. I doubt it would have made a HUGE difference, but I didn't want my gas to be hot...
He cut off the old, welded in a new bracket and hanger, and welded on the new one. I was amazed how easily he welded the top of the pipe, but he assured me that mine was easy. He does it for a living, so I guess he's seen some wacky shit in his day. When I pulled up onto the lift, it was loud, abrasive and annoying (especially when I opened up the taps), but when I started it and backed it off the lift, I liked what I heard... It was really mellow and sounded pretty deep and meaty when you brought it to 2k...
Before: (2.5" pipe to the straight-through, custom Flowmaster)
Old Tim cutting off the old muffler:
Barren:
New front suspension shot:
Dynamax 2.5" in and out:
Tim welding her in:
Gettin' her done:
The New Rumble:
Finishing touches:
Like I said, I'll update with some new footage this weekend. Anybody in the area want to get together?
Edit: I just realized this thread has gotten to almost 10 pages long, and has over 10,000 views, so thanks everybody for the love and support so far, and I'll try to keep progress moving along steadily! Next on my list is rear suspension, and then some body work, so I should get some interesting pictures when I get there!