Pete. I know from where you speak regarding your newly deformed muffler. Have a look at what a backfire did to the muffler on my 77 New Yorker a couple years ago. http://www.newyorkeronline.org/membercars/74-78/bradhogg/77NYB/OldMuffler4.jpg http://www.newyorkeronline.org/membercars/74-78/bradhogg/77NYB/OldMuffler1.jpg As you state. This backfire was extremely impressive. So much so that it blew the little shield and lions emblems off two of the hub caps! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Engel" <peter.engel@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 1:02 PM Subject: Re: IML: Dick B's valves A very impressive backfire caused the muffler to instantly change shape: http://bos-engel.com/66newyorker/p7090005.jpg Pete in PA Busy with a 6 month old baby ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm