So now that
the U.F.O. has moved to another home, I'm pressing the Firefly back into service.
The 15 year old exhaust on the Flea is original and only has ~30k kms / ~20k miles on it. And it's also falling apart all at once!
The last time I drove the car (not sure exactly when, but my last fill-up was in Dec. 2011), the front section broke right at the catalytic converter inlet. I kind of knew about that when the hamsters under the hood suddenly got angry loud. And the cat. converter dropped on top of the front stabilizer bar and banged around there to add percussion to the rodent symphony.
So today I was testing exhaust bolts to see which ones I could easily unscrew vs. need to cut off, and I proceeded to bust the middle section at the resonator. It was obviously ready to go.
I've priced the replacement front section with cat (it gives Frank Lee an aneurism every time he thinks about it), so will take a stab at repairing/rebuilding it. That means dusting off the little wirefeed welder.
Haven't decided about the rest of it yet.
Anyone have any opinions (HA!) on a resonator delete? Should I keep it? Pros/cons?
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Photo:
Muffler and Catalytic Converter by noricum, on Flickr