Black Betty - Formerly Blaze the Monster Machine

[centexk5]

It's getting dual 3" all the way back, 45* exit at the bumper with slash cut chrome tips. Black Widow Venom 250 mufflers. He's going to try and squeeze an h-pipe in as well but it depends on room.

Some quick details. With the current config of exhaust it's 97dB at idle and a 108dB during normal acceleration. I'm working on a video compilation of before and after.

 

[folkenheath]

What mufflers are on it now? Those black widow mufflers appear like they will get louder, they do sound clean.

 

[centexk5]

Nothing. It's literally a 3' section of 2 1/4" pipe clamped to the end of the header with a 90* tip pointing down.

 

[swettysblazer]

I like that look myself

 

[folkenheath]

Nothing. It's literally a 3' section of 2 1/4" pipe clamped to the end of the header with a 90* tip pointing down.

Nevermind, it will probably get a little quieter, especially in the cab going down the road.

 

[centexk5]

Ya anything is better than what I've got now haha.

 

[centexk5]

Can’t wait to hear it.

 

[nvrenuf]

That looks good! I can't wait for the before/after sound video.

 

[centexk5]

Just picked it up and it’s exactly what I wanted. It’ll be Sunday before I can compile before and after videos but here’s a quick idle.

 

[centexk5]

 

[folkenheath]

It sounds good with the new exhaust!

 

[centexk5]

It’s the exact sound I wanted. Very old school iron block hollow burble. It sounds so awesome in person.

 

[centexk5]

Pulled the cowl off to work on my wipers and see why they started to move then stopped. Jammed full of sand and dirt. Gonna get all that cleaned out and spray some lube on the joints and hope it works. Also going to hook up the windshield washer jets since I’m in here.

 

[Truckman4life]

Ah the life of a mud truck!

 

[centexk5]

More like yard ornament for 10yrs.

 

[Wes Harden]

hope the cowl not to rusty.

 

[centexk5]

Well if it is there’s going to be a roller up for sale soon and a 3rd gen Camaro is going to have a really nice motor/trans combo.

 

[centexk5]

Got the cowl washed out. Saw three places inside the cab where water trickled but couldn’t see where in the cowl they may have come from so not gonna worry at the moment.

Wipers work but only on high. Dunno why but I’ll take it.

Now to tackle the tailgate with the window that won’t roll all the way down because everything is rusted out and getting bound up.

 

[centexk5]

Well this looks like a barrel of suck. The right arm is bent and bound up on the track the window sits in. The track is rusted to shit. Now I gotta decide how far I wanna go on the rehab. Good news is that there is zero rust on the back and the window motor works.

 

[imiceman44]

Got the cowl washed out. Saw three places inside the cab where water trickled but couldn’t see where in the cowl they may have come from so not gonna worry at the moment.

Wipers work but only on high. Dunno why but I’ll take it.

Now to tackle the tailgate with the window that won’t roll all the way down because everything is rusted out and getting bound up.

Usually when that happens it's a bad contact on the coils inside the airbox. The resistors that give you lower speeds