biohazard53188 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Ok, I did my exhaust a couple of months ago (MSA Aluminum Exhaust) and after browsing around on the site ive seen people who have mounted their muffler the opposite way with the same exhaust system as me. For example on my dynomax muffer one side has the inlet (or outlet) in the center and the other side of the muffler has it on the far right. Are mufflers directional? If so how should it be mounted? Forgot the pics haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I accidentially mounted my muffler backwards too. Ran that way for years. Don't know that it hurts anything. It did allow me to mount the muffler farther up under the rear valence. When I was in high school the hot ticket on mufflers was to get a Corvair turbo muffler, but to run it backwards. Not sure what that accomplished but we sure thought we were cool telling other people to do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Dynomax mufflers are not directional, they have perforated tubes with packing around them. Some mufflers are directional, like Flowmaster for example. Personally I wouldn't use any performance muffler that was directional because so far as I can see they have pretty odd baffling inside and are more about making the exhaust burble or make a particular noise than actually making it flow well. The only thing worse than having a weird maze for the exhaust to go through is putting a cap on the end of the exhaust and forcing it through tiny baffles like a supertrapp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biohazard53188 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Dynomax mufflers are not directional, they have perforated tubes with packing around them. Some mufflers are directional, like Flowmaster for example. Personally I wouldn't use any performance muffler that was directional because so far as I can see they have pretty odd baffling inside and are more about making the exhaust burble or make a particular noise than actually making it flow well. The only thing worse than having a weird maze for the exhaust to go through is putting a cap on the end of the exhaust and forcing it through tiny baffles like a supertrapp. so mine is fine then? Im not missing out on any power or noise? lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 If it is a dynomax you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnusx1 Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Wait, aren't they like binoculars, when you turn them around they do the opposite. Like, a backwards muffler is an amplifier? LOL J/K. Go to the manufacturers website and try to find a cutaway of the muffler. You should be able to tell if it's directional or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biohazard53188 Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Ok thanks for the info guys! Anyone by chance know the model of the muffler that is included with the msa Aluminum 280zx N/A. I threw away the box like an idiot lol:mrgreen: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getZ Posted March 20, 2007 Share Posted March 20, 2007 Just in my experience, every directional muffler I have seen was labled directly on the muffler input and output: spintech, hooker aero chambers and flowmasters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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