Daily Driver, Go Where I Want To Build

[someguysjeep]

Oh snap! This is one of those things that makes me cuss like the sailor I was. Getting access to install several of the nuts pisses me off every time I have to remove the skid!

i'm stealin this, next time the skid comes down.

 

[jjvw]

Oh snap! This is one of those things that makes me cuss like the sailor I was. Getting access to install several of the nuts pisses me off every time I have to remove the skid!

I suspect anyone with a Savvy skid would benefit from adding speed nuts.

 

[Irun]

I suspect anyone with a Savvy skid would benefit from adding speed nuts.

I'm looking for them right now!

 

[jjvw]

I'm looking for them right now!

Mine came from Ace Hardware

 

[Irun]

Mine came from Ace Hardware

I just took a quick look. Verifying these are 5/16-18, correct?

 

[jjvw]

I just took a quick look. Verifying these are 5/16-18, correct?

I think so. I had a bolt with me to test fit.

 

[Irun]

I think so. I had a bolt with me to test fit.

The clue was in your picture, with a "51618" part number!

 

[jjvw]

The clue was in your picture, with a "51618" part number!

That makes sense!

 

[Irun]

That makes sense!

Also, there are short and long versions. The one you have looks like a long version. I'll swing by Ace tomorrow!

 

[jjvw]

Also, there are short and long versions. The one you have looks like a long version. I'll swing by Ace tomorrow!

They had both the short and long ones.

 

[Lou]

I did something weird. My reworked exhaust from last weekend was too loud. So I bought a bunch of stainless steel scrubbie pads and a some stainless screen to make a muffler out of the hollowed out third cat.
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A tube of paper was used to keep the middle of the cat shell open while I stuffed in a bunch of pads.
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Then I inserted a tube of screen inside the paper tube to keep the pads in place and burned out the paper with alcohol and a torch.
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Now the exhaust with my $15 homemade muffler is almost as quiet as my old Thrush Hush muffler was. This is exciting!

have you been talking to @custommuffler ?

 

[jjvw]

have you been talking to @custommuffler ?

I only copy from the best!

 

[Lou]

I copy from the best!

Do you have a tail pipe?

 

[jjvw]

Do you have a tail pipe?

All the way out the back behind the rear tire.

 

[Lou]

All the way out the back behind the rear tire.

I haven’t followed enough to know what your exhaust is like but cats + muffler + tailpipe makes for a quiet exhaust compared to any configuration dumping before the axle.

 

[jjvw]

I haven’t followed enough to know what your exhaust is like but cats + muffler + tailpipe makes for a quiet exhaust compared to any configuration dumping before the axle.

Eventually I'll replace the cat and get a real muffler in there. I just need to make room for all of that.

 

[Lou]

Eventually I'll replace the cat and get a real muffler in there. I just need to make room for all of that.

Move a magnaflow cat forward and put the muffler over the skid.

 

[jjvw]

Move a magnaflow cat forward and put the muffler over the skid.

I just undid that last Saturday.

 

[Lou]

I just undid that last Saturday.

This is the best picture I have of my exhaust. Magnaflow cat pushed forward, maganflow muffler, and a tailpipe. I used to have a banks muffler and that thing was so loud with a dump it was ridiculous.

 

[jjvw]

This is the best picture I have of my exhaust. Magnaflow cat pushed forward, maganflow muffler, and a tailpipe. I used to have a banks muffler and that thing was so loud with a dump it was ridiculous.

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That's close to the arrangement I had. The muffler was too fat inside the Savvy skid and rattled a bit too much and a whole lot more after the hanger broke.

I don't want to put much money into fixing the exhaust until after the fuel cell and stretch are done. Then space won't be an issue.