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am not r2 - 24 Apr 2005 14:56 GMT

it has rained here for days and i got into the video's last night. I
was watching the pure stock muscle drags video that I got a while back.

The brown wrapper has the sound i like. anybody know what the mufflers
are and is it a stock 2" or did they allow a larger system to be used?
if it is stock does it have a crossover?
gotta have that sound. rich

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John Poulos - 24 Apr 2005 15:04 GMT

I'd bet that sound is kinda unique to the R3 engine, with the cast iron
headers, cam and big valves.

> it has rained here for days and i got into the video's last night. I
> was watching the pure stock muscle drags video that I got a while back.
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> if it is stock does it have a crossover?
> gotta have that sound. rich

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Mike - 24 Apr 2005 15:28 GMT

National Public Radio uses a recording of PBR in their commercials, "the
sound of a Studebaker revving".
Mike M.

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John Poulos - 24 Apr 2005 17:10 GMT

Yea, they interviewed a a famous Studebaker guy.<g>

Here:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1145865

> National Public Radio uses a recording of PBR in their commercials, "the
> sound of a Studebaker revving".
> Mike M.

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bobcaripalma@hotmail.com - 24 Apr 2005 20:19 GMT

The Plain Brown Wrapper has stock R3 headers with 2 1/4" exhaust all
the way back, as allowed by the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race rules.

The entire exhaust system, including custom-made oval mufflers, was
built by Don Simmons at Silvertone Exhaust Systems in Ontario. I am
sure he could build an identical system for anyone who wants one.

But forewarned is forearmed; tailpipes of that size are a TIGHT fit in
the area behind the axle housing, the frame, and the front edge of the
gas tank! BP

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N8N - 24 Apr 2005 23:24 GMT

> The Plain Brown Wrapper has stock R3 headers with 2 1/4" exhaust all
> the way back, as allowed by the Pure Stock Muscle Car Drag Race rules.
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> the area behind the axle housing, the frame, and the front edge of the
> gas tank! BP

I think the tailpipes have a lot to do with the sound... I installed
exhausts from Don Simmons on both my old 56J and my '55 coupe; I was
disappointed in the sound of the 56J, it was not very aggressive
sounding even with the "loud tone" mufflers. Now the '55 on the other
hand sounds awesome, maybe even a little too loud, but a good loud.
The only substantial difference between the two systems is the
tailpipes, the '55 system uses larger tailpipes. I noticed the same
effect on JP's R2 Lark, with the bigger tailpipes it just sounded
incredible (of course, the only basis I had for comparison was my '62
Lark which also didn't have a blower, so that comparison isn't as
scientific...)

A blower will definitely make the exhaust note sound more aggressive
when the engine comes on boost, but I think the larger diameter
tailpipes do a lot for the sound quality by mellowing it out some.
Might even get a deeper, smoother tone by using "megaphones" like the
Avanti exhaust tips.

just some thoughts...

nate

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