Nice! I just got done sandblasting my entire racing beat setup... it was completely surface rusted

Did the powerpulse muffler come as part of the kit or are you buying it separately?

I'm trying to figure out where my muffler came from... the only markings it has are "CSC made in Italy" but it looks exactly like the one shown in the pic above huh?

Great to hear your car is going to be even happier than before!

 

It's a "kit", $710 plus $60 shipping includes everything except the midpiece - header, presilencer, powerpulse muffler and all the gaskets and hardware.

I think I read on the Racing Beat site that their powerpulse mufflers where "hand assembled in Italy by skilled Italian metal artisans".

Does anybody know if you can adapt a pair of large bore chrome muffler tips to the stainless steel ones that come on the powerpulse muffler so it will have that cool stock look?

 

Yea the RB muffler is made in italy and Ray you'll love that system, for a street car is awesome.
As for the tips, the RB muffler looks very close to stock. If you really wanted to you could cut the RB tips off and adapt the stock type ones, but I personally wouldn't....

 

The RB tips aren't bad, several friends have them and they look great, but they are stainless steel and smaller in diameter, not "awesome" like the larger chromed stock ones. I'll take a closer look when it comes in, but what I'm thinking is removing those stock tips in the photo above, cleaning them up and seeing if I can mount them over the stainless RB tips.

 

Ray, trust me, you'll like the RB muffler's tips. i was skeptical at first but they really do look nice. very good quality. if you want i can post an up close pic or two

 

Post away Dave, you can never have too many pictures. How does the stainless hold up, it it really "stainless" and can it keep a shine?

But you are right, I should wait till they get here and give them a chance. I guess I'm getting a little overexcited.

 

I was like what? Ray is getting an exhaust?? No way... Then I read the last post on the first page.


Nice Ray! I can't wait to see/hear it! Seems like you are moving further away from stock... so when are you getting a Sterling?

 

ok i'll go take a couple of pics and post them . see you guys in 10 mins.

 

here are the pics. bear in mind this system is nearly two years old. still looks great if you ask me. i keep up with the maitenance and try and keep it clean. here are the pics:

 

Looks good Dave!
Ray, I'm not sure they are true stainless, but they are definatly chromed really well, mine went through a number of winters and would always shine up nicely in the spring with some chrome polish. The rest of the muffler will start to rust but its so thick it would take many years for it to rust all the way through. Whatever you decide to do with the tips you'll love the sound

 

Yup I'll be keeping the the Power Pulse tips "stock". Very nice, thanks Dave, those look great. And if the sound is as good or better than my bonez race pipe, I'll be more than pleased. I'll take movies and sound takes of course, before and after the RB install.

Stu, you know how I love my rat's nest. It's all about performance and in my case that puts an emphasis on drive ability and fuel economy, which, I've found by trial and error, are helped by the rat's nest (and maybe even the shutter valve, won't know till Dave's present gets here).

Sterling certainly does a nice job but isn't he essentially just replacing the jets with big ones to deliver more fuel and more power? Sounds like a good way to increase your gas bill and shorten your rotor life (ask Sam).

But a low resistance exhaust system, that has to be all good. I should have it this week and in by the weekend!

 

Hello, I'm not sure if my muffler is an older model, but they are slightly different than the ones shown by Dave. My tips were chromed and have a back taper to them, about 30 degrees. Just letting you know so you aren't too surprised if they are a little different than Dave's

Enjoy!... If you want to hear what the header, presilencer, and muffler sounds like click on the link in my sig and scroll down... there are two movies with it running

 

Can you get us a photo of the tips swbtm? (the whole sandblasted system if you can). I'd like to see these chromed tapered tips.

And a photo after you sand blast, is there anything you can do to inhibit further rusting? Is there any kind of paint or finish that will hold up to the heat?

Here's a close up of the Power Pulse from Racing Beat, it looks a lot like Dave's. But I see it is for 83-85, maybe they are different for different years?

 

The slant tips are from an older RB model. Back then, they called the mufflers Primaflow instead of Powerpulse. Otherwise basically the same thing.

 

Uhhhh, ...no.

 

Quick pics Dave. The Powerpulse tips look way better than stock imo.

 

Just checking to see if you're out there Sterling. I'd love to have one of your carbs someday!

 

Wasn't there some other difference internally with the older RB mufflers? I remember someone saying they were reverse-flow type mufflers, but the newer ones are actually a "stright through" design that snakes around in the chamber to keep the noise level down.... I could be wrong, but I seem to remember something about that....
As for the sterling carb, great power but not great gas mileage No offense Dennis How have you been anyway, been a long time since we spoke...

 

Very nice Ray! You make me want to get a stock 7 again.

 

I lurk around here & there.
I've been good, Sean. Still doing work that I love, so I can't complain. It seems the older I get, the more I hear guys my age moaning about how they hate their jobs, so I feel quite lucky.
Recently started a part time welding job. (For the first time.) I love it!
My daughter just turned five, and she's smart as a whip. Wife is happy. I turn 40 this tear.

But my beloved RexRod... Alas it has fallen victim to the rust gremlins. It's beyond repair, I believe. I could start anew with a rust-free shell for what they want to fix her.

 

Ray and everyone...

I have the pics of my older style tips pre and post sand blasting... I just finished painting them last night with some POR-20 High Temp aluminized paint. I chose this stuff because of it's claim of 1400 deg and high corrosion resistance... eg. salt, dirt, and other nastiness. I'll be wrapping the headers with some header wrap as well as probably spraying the wrap as well with some 2000 deg protection paint from jegs.. i'm gonna try like hell to keep my bay cool.

I'll be posting up the pics soon, probably monday night. I'll let you know.

So far the paint looks pretty good... not shiny chrome mind you.. but it should do the trick for protection

You can see the tips in my video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgTbCoSKfN4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUheUV7WWRA
The second one has a close up of the tips... poor car

 

Good things come to good people. Especially ones that upgrade Nikki's.

We need to get you guys some stock GSLs to modify, I'll be watching in the northeast Georgia area, wonderful rust free 7's around here.

Nice looking White One there swbtm and the video is fantastic, love the smoke. I had to watch 2/3 of it before the smoke had cleared enough to see the tips, I was wondering where I'd seen those before - so that's the old Racing Beat muffler? Similar to the tips I had on the stock muffler that I just pulled from my White One, but they were $5.95 each at Autozone:



Maybe you can get Dennis to take a look at that first video, I'll bet he knows how to adjust that whatever it is carb you've got in there.

Looking forward to the rebuilt Power Pulse or Primaflow or whatever it is.

 

Ray, the carb is a 465 holley... i'm sure anyone knows more about it than I.... I'm lost right now on how to tune the thing... i'm even looking at the colortuner thingy that black dragon sells!!!

Anyways, here is the pic of the blasted and painted exhaust... check out my link to see more pics... I don't want to fill yours up too much

I also have lots more pics that I haven't posted anywhere, just close ups of pieces... nothing that isn't shown already... Enjoy!

 

RB exhaust system arrived:



They even included the block off plates!



Looks like the tips are chrome, not stainless. Cool!



Power Pulse, Made in Italy.



Looks like they accidentally put the four rotor sticker on my muffler.

 

Keep them tips and header shiny!!! Looks good man, I bet you will love the increased power.