[DeTomaso] Ansa Baffles

[Veloce]

Thomas,

I think Jim said the inlet pipe is 2.5" - He is on his way to Vegas at the 
moment. I did put up some  additional pictures of his muffler on the pone 
web site http://panteraownersnewengland.com/big_pipes.htm

Forest Majors

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Tornblom" <Thomas.Tornblom at Hax.SE>
To: "Jim Wallace" <pantera_4220 at yahoo.com>
Cc: "F. & D. Terry" <gt5s at bcpl.net>; <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Ansa Baffles


> Jim Wallace wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> www.panteraownersnewengland.com look for big
>> pipes...there are some pictures.  I did not remove the
>> internals of the chrome tips.
>>
>
> Looking at these pictures it seems that the inlet pipe into the muffler is 
> really puny.
>
> What diameter was that?
>
> My GTS (GT5) exhaust has 2-3/8" pipes.
>
> I think the collector is 2-1/2", and the primaries are 1-7/8".
>
> I have contemplated gutting the mufflers, but first I'm planning to have a 
> go with and without the mufflers on a dyno.
>
> Btw, wasn't there one of the vendors (KRE?) that were doing a lot of dyno 
> runs with different exhausts? What happened to that?
>> Jim
>>
>
> Cheers,
> Thomas
>
>> --- "F. & D. Terry" <gt5s at bcpl.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Will,
>>>
>>> I posted something earlier about gutted ANSA
>>> mufflers and that even though the baffles are removed a restriction
>>> still remains. It has to do with a the protruding square edge of
>>> the inlet to the two resonators that is very restrictive.
>>>
>>> As far as the resonators go, I don't feel they are
>>> as restrictive as you may think. Consider the sum of cross
>>> sectional area of the two resonators compared to the cross sectional 
>>> area
>>> of the exhaust pipe. I no longer have a set to measure but suspect
>>> there is ample area in the resonators.
>>>
>>> I fabricated a set of 2-1/2" exhaust pipes with a
>>> cross sectional area equal to two Pace Setter resonators with a 7/8"
>>> bore. I intend to make the switch from my present pair of
>>> resonators at 2-1/4" each. Unless I miss my guess, I shouldn't
>>> loose any power.
>>>
>>> Fred T.
>>>
>>> Will Demelo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can someone tell me how to remove the baffles in
>>>>
>>> the ansa muffler tips? I've gutted the interiors,
>>> but it's still restricting the flow considerably.
>>>
>>>> Will D.
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