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| All photos taken by Denny Aungst at Jeck's Service
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The top two pictures show the muffler as I unpacked it from Team Moon.
First impression is very good. It came complete with all the hardware and a detailed
set of instructions. All joints were welded and hangers were braced where needed.
Nice tips to top the job off. Very professional job. |
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Thanksgiving Day 11-27-2003
(See my Hard
Top Installation pics.)
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| The next picture shows the car as it sat stock with a single, left hand side outlet
exhaust. Looks ok, but I felt duals would look a bit better as well as the sound
should be improved upon. |
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| This is a shot down from the top of the engine compartment. It shows how the muffler
sits below several heat sheilds. It also shows one of the rubber slip on hangers
that will need to be disconnected at one end to get the muffler to drop. |
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| Here is a shot from underneath the rear of the car. This shows that the third converter
will need to be removed in order to drop the exhaust out from the bottom. There were
3 nuts at the exhaust manifold to remove and 2 bolts (pictured here) with springs
that connect the converter to the muffler and a rubber hanger to be removed. |
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After removing the catalytic converter from the previous picture, you start to remove
the three rubber hangers. Once theses are removed, you can drop the muffler assembly
out the bottom.
Tools like this pliers designed to remove the rubber hanger blocks, make the job
go quickly. |
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The instructions also said to loosen the sway bar, but I really didn't need to loosen
it. If you lift up on the right a bit the muffler slides to the right just enough
to clear the rubber hanger mount on the converter. |
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This picture shows a comparison between the two exhaust systems. The stock muffler
is slightly larger. Weight was not much different on the dual setup as I weighed
both. Stock seemed to weigh in at 31 lbs* and the Team Moon came to approximately
24 lbs*.
*This is on a bathroom scale, not a certified scale by far. |
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| With everything removed there is a large gaping hole in the back of the car. Now
it is very easy to slip the Team Moon into place. Hook it on the rubber hangers and
it is easy to install the converter again. |
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| The converter and manifold should be cleaned before assembly, but careful of the
gaskets. I did not need to replace mine as they looked good and when checked later
they did not leak at all. |
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| Once everything is hung, check alignment of the tips. If either end needs to be moved,
just loosen the flange bolts between the muffler and converter, move the tips to
where you like them, and retighten. I had to tweak on of the hanger rods ever so
slightly for a fine adjustment. |
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Final shot before road test: Here I decided not to reinstall the drip pans. the car
doesn't see too much bad weather, and I really didn't want to cut it up to fit the
new tip on the right side as well.
I think the two tips gives a much more balanced look to the car. |
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Impressions after my road test: On the ground this exhaust just looks great! I actually
like the look better with the drip pan removed.
How's the sound? It is loud when you mash the throttle. Not too bad, though, when
driving normally. Doesn't sound like a "fart muffler" at all. Very "Throaty". |
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Power increase? Butt Dyno says, "yea", but if so, just a little. Actual
Dyno results on the Team Moon
site says possibly 8hp increase. Am I happy with this setup? You betcha! Get
one for your Spyder here.
See my Hard Top Installation pics. |
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