Re: IML: Exhaust for 66

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chris

 

that must have been a custom install.  did the 2 exhaust pipes go thru the crossover hump?  how did you do that?  were they 2.25" o/d?

 

marty

 

66 crown 2 dr

 

 

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> Resonators are mufflers.
>
> On '64-'66 sedans and coupes there is a front muffler
> under the back seat and and long rear resonator under
> the trunk. Convertibles have a dual exhaust with very
> short, flat resonators under the front seat and longer
> mufflers under that back seat. (Dual system necessary
> because massive "X" member added to convertible frame
> does not allow for a crossover pipe needed for a
> single system.)
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> Although Imperials switched from a dual system to a
> single in 1962, I put a dual system on my 66 LeBaron
> with two front mufflers and two rear resonators. Car
> is now whisper quiet and seemed to pick up a few HP in
> the process over the single system.
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> Chris H.
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> 66 LeBaron
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> --- Davi d Whitney wrote:
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> > The parts book calls both of them "mufflers", and
> > they look like mufflers
> > to me. I looked under my '66 Coupe barn find, and
> > there's a pair of
> > mufflers under there. In addition, the line drawing
> > in the FSM clearly
> > shows mufflers. I think what the factory was trying
> > to tell us is when the
> > exhaust is done correctly you don't need resonators.
> > If it's too loud,
> > something is wrong -- usually leaks or rigid hangers
> > transmitting vibration
> > to the frame/body. Then the space behind your
> > fender panels resonates like
> > a kettle drum. I suppose in theory you could say
> > the second muffler is
> > functioning as a resonator, but a muffler by any
> > other name smells as sweet
> > when it's behind a 440.
> >
> > Are you saying it' s loud inside the car or outside?
> > Have someone drive
> > your car at wide open throttle while you stand on
> > the side of the road and
> > see if you perceive it as loud.
> >
> > -- David
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> > Kenyon Wills
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> > first one is a muffler, second a resonator, right?
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> > ALso, if you're redoing your exhaust, you should
> > print
> > this out and take to the exhaust place to avoid the
> > free-form art that they sometimes practice with
> > disasterous results:
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> http://imperialclub.com/Repair/Exhaust/ExhaustBendingDirections/index.htm
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> > -Kenyon
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> > > The factory manual and the part pages on the club
> > > web site do not show
> > > resonators. Rather, there are two mufflers per
> > pipe
> > > (single and dual
> > > exhaust both).
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