How to undo / weld shut a Pedro exhaust????

[eightsandaces]

I have a brand new base 98 muffler with 14K miles on it, you don't have to weld ********************, just make me any reasonable offer and pay shipping.

[Perfectlap]

there is something sturdier than Opus One corks (does a Brunello sound different than a Bordeaux?). PPabon has posted on here about using boat drain transom plugs which he keeps in the oil dip stick cubby when not in use.

[23109VC]

i saw that thread about the plugs... i guess they withstand the heat??

i'll look into that..although I have no idea where i'd get them.. unless i sourced them online...

although that stuff would probably look odd sticking down into my exhaust tips...you'd probably see them from the rear of the car....

some kind of threaded receptable welded into the hole that accepted a screw in plug might be the best way to shut htem up - but retain the ability to open them back up shoudl I choose to...

if all else fails, i'm just welding them closed... or gert a new muffler.

i'd snap up an NHP system, ,but honestly don't feel like blowing $1000ish on my ehxaust right n ow. i honestly don't mind the stock sound. maybe i'm getting old.... i kind of like it quiet when i cruise....

[Perfectlap]

You don't notice the boat plugs unless you make it a habit of looking in people's exhaust pipes. PPabon's pretty handy in the garage, they must obviously be doing the trick. Those plugs cost about $5 for the brass versions on www.marineengine.com

[crios]

What you need is a BUNG! When experimenting with my exhaust, before doing the “crios exhaust” mod, I took off the elbow/u pipe and welded these bungs on each side.

This way I can take them off or cap them up. Cost me less than $20 to get welded. You can also simply buy new pipes, I think they cost roughly $40 each.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/INN-3764/?rtype=10

[23109VC]

Cesar-

that woudl work nicely...i'm sure a muffler shop woudl weld these things right up inside my tips...and then screw the plugs in and the thing is sealed shut.

then if/when I want to open it up, i can.

i assume there must be some muffler shop locally that has a pile of thse bung things they can use to put into my holes...

thanks.

maybe my pedro exhaust was done wrong... i dunno...to me it just sounds funny at lower rpm... i made a video but the audio quality wasn't that great and it was hard to capture the sound... i'll do some before/after video if I get the bung thing in there and you can all give me your opinions on how it sounds both ways...

[23109VC]

over this weekend I decided to go to the local pep boys to see if they had anything that woudl seal up my muffler..I also needed some moreleather conditioner and some paint... (i have to do some minor touch up to my red calipers....)

so I was lookking for some sort of bung that could be welded into the holes or a plug... pep boys ended up having some plugs that looked very similar to the plugs the other poster put up a pic off..only instead of having a little "handle" they have a nut on the end that you tighten up and it shrinks/pull in / compresses the rubber stopper... the store salespesons aid they were meant to plug holes/lines in engine blocks....

i found one that was just under 1" in diameter - as my bypass pipes are 1" pipe..the interior diameter of the holes are just under 1"...so I shoved the plugs up in there, tightened them up , and bingo. works like a charm.

I just need to paint them black so you don't see them. if you look directly inot the exhaust tips you can sort of see these brass colored things sticking down a bit..once they are black, you won't see them.

** one question I had - since the bypass pipes on my car are only 1" in diameter - I wonder if they were too small and were part of my the bypass pipes on my car never sounded "right:"???

one option down the road would be to redo them larger to see if it makes it sound better???

for now - I have it plugged up and if/when I wan to go back to the louder exhaust, I just need to pop out the plugs.. problem solved.

oh yeah - these little plugs were $2.99 each....

thanks to all of you for the advice and suggestions. I am honestly enjoying my car a lot more with the exhaust sealed up. ultimately, i'd like an aftermarket exhhaust, but for some reason, my particular pedro muffler didn't quite have the right sound...

if/when i find someone who wants to buy it, i can apply that money toward an NHP or something else.

thanks again!!!