Sticky #4: Pantera Exhaust Systems

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Nice! I am kind of looking around for something to wake the dead with my 417 Fontana Block GT5S, and those look nice. Can't wait to see them on your car. Tips look nice.

Where did you get the tips?

Hello Mike,
I have the same setup installed. I added original ansa tips. I'm interested in your opinion of the sound. We fired the motor before tips where added and it was extremely loud. Didn't realize how much sound glasspack tips control. Mine has a real sweet midrange tone, but I find the sound a bit puffy and soft at low rpm. I'm now experimenting with dual Dynomax race bullets and ansa tips- my take on the old mind train setup.

regards...Mark #3461

Johneye---The tips are Hooker # 22202 Large bore 2 1/2" X 3"

Mark---Im anxious to hear them too. A local guy here dynoed his new 408 and it lost 50 horse with the stock mufflers. I ran my 393 CHI heads engine on a run stand before installation (open headers). Great throttle response. After install with the stock mufflers on I could immediately tell it was choked up. Didnt rev the same. Your vin # is near mine. Is yours originally grabber blue ?

Mike

Nice set of tips!

Yes Mike, mine's originally grabber (french?) blue. Your car being only 21 ahead of mine, might have been part of a blue batch off the line.
regards...Mark #3461

Nice work on the muff's.... I like blue tooooooo

Johneye---The tips are Hooker # 22202 Large bore 2 1/2" X 3

Thanks Mike.

John

For anybody looking for the original Ansa mufflers I did find this source.
http://www.fiatparts.com/ansa-fr.pdf
Take a look a page #9 of that .pdf

And if you are not familure with some of the modifications that can be done to improve the originals you should take a look at this link on the New England Pantera website.
http://panteraownersnewengland.com/big_pipes.htm

John

On the car....

On the car.....

Another one....my bumpers are out being rechromed, cant wait to get them back !!

That looks great!... I second the audio request...

I wish I could post a video/audio. I can only get dial-up at my house, so just posting pics here is a L-O-N-G process. I only ran it for @ 10 minutes in the garage yesterday to cure the paint some. Didnt have time to get it out. It was @ 30 degrees when I took those pics so I closed the garage back up to save my heat. Its loud but I think I can get by with it. Im thinking about making my own version of a Dynatech Vortex Cone to insert into the tips. Anyone ever use those ?

Mike #3482

I made a set of "cones" What a waste of time. Didnt do much. Then I made these repackable inserts for the tips. Packed them with ATV/Motorcycle muffler packing. Excellent ! If I want to be loud...pull em out.

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Very cool! Thanks for the pictures.