On the passenger side of my stock 1994 the front plate of the muffler is recessed like 4 inches and there is an exhaust hole pointing towards the front of the car. It looks wrong but also looks stock. It smokes out of it when warming up a bit and the driver side exhaust tip feels much stronger than the passenger one. Is the hole normal? I figure it's like an muffler bypass for wot or something? Can't find anything on it online.
Weird Exhaust hole question
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I'm not at home but I'll post up a picture tomorrow. Weird cause it looks right but just like the end plate is pushed back and it has an exhaust pointing forward. Original owner says it's stock but not sure.
85GTStangGuy
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I was chatting with the original owner and he said he had a torque converter replaced so I'm thinking maybe the shop cut the exhaust to get the transmission out? And put on some weird muffler? Some of the welds on the exhaust are kinda ugly like they were done by a mechanic with a mig welder. The rest of the exhaust system is definitely stock.
That looks like a one in two out muffler installed backwards. Regardless it’s not stock and I would replace it.
That muffler has been removed at some point, and the cover (they’re called front and rear in the trade) is missing. Those covers are rolled formed onto the muffler shell, and that one is gone. That short tube you can see is called a tuning tube, meant to control a frequency range by the manufacture. Time for a new muffler, maybe two?
Helps when you look at the picture on a larger screen than your phone. Great info from Mcmahst and got to learn something today on muffler tech.
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