re: muffler choice

["Robert W. Murphy" <rmurphy@domain.elided>]

"I'm looking for a few good opinions on an old subject.  My stock rear muffler 
is due for retirement, and I have a few options to consider.  A glass pack 
with tail pipe for $80, ANSA for $125, and the STEBRO for $175.  "

Rick, I used to have a glass pack for my center muffler on my 90 Spider, first 
with a stock rear muffler (sounded good) and then with the AR Ricambi dual 
tipped muffler (sounded GReat, for a while).  After about one year the glass 
pack starts to deteriorate, the fiberglass breaks down.  While it gets louder 
and louder, which may sound good to some, it also starts to resonate more and 
more, which became very annoying.  The AR Ricambi piece looked great when it 
arrived, but some of the black paint is coming off and rust is forming on the 
chrome and inside the tips where it was painted red (lasted one week).  I 
replaced the center piece with a stock one (when I bought the car the center 
piece was cracked, hence the glass pack experiment).   Now, the AR Ricambi 
rear rubs against the chassis and vibrates.  Very annoying.  I have seen and 
heard the Ansa sport rear muffler and like it.  I will buy this one when I get 
really tired of hearing the AR Ricambi one vibrating on chassis.  I talked to 
the Stebro people and like their stuff, but dont want to shell out the bucks.

Rob Murphy
90 Spider

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