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| WHERE THE MONEY WENT |
| Item: |
PN: |
Price: |
| Hooker mufflers (pair) |
21609HKR |
$136 |
| 3.5-inch tubing (10 feet) |
n/a |
$70 |
| 3.5-inch, 90-degree bend |
n/a |
$60 |
| Collector flanges |
n/a |
$10 |
| Collector gaskets |
1203 |
$7 |
| Exhaust hangers |
n/a |
$8 |
| Total: |
$291 |
| THE COST SO FAR |
| Description: |
PHR Issue: |
Price: |
| '93 notchback Mustang |
November 2009 |
$3,000 |
| Sold old wheels, tires, engine, trans |
n/a |
-$1,000 |
| 532 big-block Ford |
June 2009 |
$9,644 |
| Phoenix TH400 trans |
September 2009 |
$1,645 |
| Strange 8.8 rearend |
October 2009 |
$1,759 |
| Comp Engineering rear suspension |
November 2009 |
$1,708 |
| AJE front suspension |
December 2009 |
$1,679 |
| Bill Buck custom 10-point 'cage |
January 2010 |
$2,000 |
| Engine and trans install |
March 2010 |
$690 |
| Russell fuel system |
April 2010 |
$804 |
| Cooling system |
May 2010 |
$305 |
| Strange driveshaft |
June 2010 |
$498 |
| Custom exhaust |
August 2010 |
$291 |
| Total: |
$23,023 |
 The easiest way to neck down...  The easiest way to neck down the inlets and outlets on a muffler is by welding on a reducer cone. The downside is that they're hard to find in a 4- to 3 1/2-inch diameter, and cost $25-$35 a pop. Being the skilled welder that he is, Buck narrowed down the existing sections of tubing on the mufflers by making a series of cuts around the circumference of the inlets and outlets. They were then tapped with a hammer down to a 3 1/2-inch inside diameter, and welded back together.  On the driver side, the clearance...  On the driver side, the clearance between the intermediate pipe and trans crossmember was super tight. The simplest and most economical solution was flattening the top of the pipe ever so slightly to buy an extra 1/8 inch of clearance.  Measuring 14x10 1/4 inches,...  Measuring 14x10 1/4 inches, finding a home for the mufflers was no easy feat. Buck tucked them into the floorboard right in front of the rearend. The intermediate pipes for most off-the-shelf Fox Mustang exhaust systems are routed inside the trans tunnel. Nevertheless, the stock tunnel simply isn't large enough to house a 3 1/2-inch driveshaft, a TH400 trans, and dual 3 1/2-inch pipes. Consequently, they were routed straight back from the header collectors to the mufflers at a slightly upward angle to maximize ground clearance.
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