muffler question

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HCash

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Does anyone have any experience using a modern muffler in place of the tapered muffler? My 31 coupe has a hole in the muffler and sounds bad. Just wondering if a modern flow through muffler will work with a stock engine. Harv.
 
To save money, I installed a $25 modern muffler in my grandson's 1929 Tudor. His modern muffler lasted only about two weeks. While he was driving it, the motor let out a backfire and he blew the modern muffler wide open. He likes the louder sound of the A motor so he installed a straight pipe in the place of the blown modern muffler, and that was about 5 years ago. My guess is that the A muffler will handle a backfire better than a modern muffler will.
 
I have a "modern" muffler...it was installed in the 60's or maybe earlier. It's abut 26" long and 6" diameter..... It still has a distinctive sound but it's not like other Model A's I've heard...

 
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FWIW, the Aries are supposed to be an exact duplicate of the original and does not have too much back pressure. I have an earlier replica on my sedan, which had an inadequate flange where it connects to the manifold. The car sounds more like a tractor than a Model A. I bought a used muffler that I think is an Aries to replace it. When I get around to it.
 
Someone pulled up in front of my house with what looked and sounded like a stock model A. It definitely had the right sound. Under the hood was a 4 cylinder Chevy II which connected to a stock Model A muffler. If you want the Model A sound get an Aires muffler, if you want something else go to Midas.

Charlie Stephens
 
The steel Aries muffler sounds better than the stainless Aries muffler. I have used them both, and the stainless one sounds to tinny for my taste.
 
Thanks all for the quick responses, I am making the coupe up as a daily driver so am not concerned about the original A sound but just a quiet muffler. Thanks again to all. Harv.
 
HCash said:
Thanks all for the quick responses, I am making the coupe up as a daily driver so am not concerned about the original A sound but just a quiet muffler. Thanks again to all. Harv.
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For quiet you will want a regular muffler with baffles, and not a straight through muffler. Someone installed a turbo muffler on my 1950 Studebaker and I don't like the extra noise it makes, so I'll replace it with a stock muffler.
 
Well heck it you are gonna change it out move the modern muffler toward the rear. Having a muffler as close to the exhaust manifold as Ford designed it requires a tough muffler.
 
HCash said:
Thanks all for the quick responses, I am making the coupe up as a daily driver so am not concerned about the original A sound but just a quiet muffler. Thanks again to all. Harv.
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Even with a daily driver it would be nice to hear that "Model A" sound.
Charlie Stephens
 
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