With the newly refurbished engine side covers installed, Project 14 is ready to fire up for a sound test of the shortened mufflers — Shortys.
The mufflers are stock VFR units that suffered from assorted road rash, so with nothing to lose, I cut off the rearmost chamber (of four), smoothed the dents and scuffs, and painted the finished product.
The goal here was to create my own version of a custom exhaust while recycling a set of nasty mufflers. In the process of eliminating the last chamber in the canister, the exhaust gasses are no longer forced to make a 360-degree turn before exiting. This should really free up the exhaust pressure and, of course, free up some decibels too. I suspect they'll end up in silver paint...we'll see.
It really sounds great in the garage — can't wait to get it out on the open road. Give a listen:
The mufflers are stock VFR units that suffered from assorted road rash, so with nothing to lose, I cut off the rearmost chamber (of four), smoothed the dents and scuffs, and painted the finished product.
The goal here was to create my own version of a custom exhaust while recycling a set of nasty mufflers. In the process of eliminating the last chamber in the canister, the exhaust gasses are no longer forced to make a 360-degree turn before exiting. This should really free up the exhaust pressure and, of course, free up some decibels too. I suspect they'll end up in silver paint...we'll see.
It really sounds great in the garage — can't wait to get it out on the open road. Give a listen:
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