Spot weld on the Gibson exhaust. The shop and I talked about how much damage I do to this poor system (2 or 3 repairs in one summer) so we agreed to weld two sections.
Spot weld on the Gibson exhaust. The shop and I talked about how much damage I do to this poor system (2 or 3 repairs in one summer) so we agreed to weld two sections.
I now see why the Magnaflow instructions said "cut". Unfortunately, the Magnaflow seems like it was supposed to use the first two components of the first picture.
Via the second, third, and fourth pictures, you can clearly see the mounted Gibson front bits that (incidentally) line up with the Magnaflow back bits.
Pictures five, six, and seven show what is now left of the Gibson outside of what is still on my Escape. There are spot welds and missing / broken hardware.
The last picture shows the Gibson in and on the Magnaflow box, which is bigger than the Gibson box.
For being completely "ad hoc", it's not doing bad. Road / highway drone is now almost non-existant, though at low gears / high RPMs, it's still blaring.
I read on an insulation web site that the best way to fight sound / heat is to stop it before it ever gets to you. I could always tear up the carpet and put it down that way...but I didn't want to do that much work.
Does it make a big difference in the sound levels? It seems like a good idea because Es are notoriously noisy, but an awful lot of work if it only makes a little difference
Drone at sustained MPH is reduced almost to zero. Low gear, high RPMs still floods the cabin, but I'd probably have to do way more work to fight that battle.
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