I'm making no claims to it being fancy but it was about 15 dollars in material.
I couldn't figure out an exact measurement because of the rust and previous owner told me the muffler had been replaced in the past ten years so no idea what original specs or design were at all.
So I asked the autozone cashier if I could take a handful of adapters out to my car.
The 2 1/2 inch inside diameter muffler side to a 2 1/4 inch outside diameter on the tail pipe fit.
I don't know how to weld and didn't want to pay for welding. I also didn't want to use adhesive or exhaust putty? because it's so final. So, decided on saddle clamps.
I'm not sure, but from what I could gather...unless they have the "relief slots" (I think that's what they're called) on the ends of the adapter then it isn't designed to be clamped on.
I couldn't find an adapter with those slots on the end so I took a hacksaw to each end of the adapter I did find.
metal on the pipe and muffler was still solid under the rust. so didn't actually have to sand off that much of it (or maybe it was just really sturdy rust).
went back and forth tightening each bolt a little bit at a time until I heard metal start to creak and then went a little tighter.
I do imagine the tailpipe side might find its way out of the clamp since it has the ability to move around back and forth and because of the way it's (annoyingly) angled I think only half of the bottom of the clamp got a squeeze on it.
but, so far, still good 1K later.
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I couldn't figure out an exact measurement because of the rust and previous owner told me the muffler had been replaced in the past ten years so no idea what original specs or design were at all.
So I asked the autozone cashier if I could take a handful of adapters out to my car.
The 2 1/2 inch inside diameter muffler side to a 2 1/4 inch outside diameter on the tail pipe fit.
I don't know how to weld and didn't want to pay for welding. I also didn't want to use adhesive or exhaust putty? because it's so final. So, decided on saddle clamps.
I'm not sure, but from what I could gather...unless they have the "relief slots" (I think that's what they're called) on the ends of the adapter then it isn't designed to be clamped on.
I couldn't find an adapter with those slots on the end so I took a hacksaw to each end of the adapter I did find.
metal on the pipe and muffler was still solid under the rust. so didn't actually have to sand off that much of it (or maybe it was just really sturdy rust).
went back and forth tightening each bolt a little bit at a time until I heard metal start to creak and then went a little tighter.
I do imagine the tailpipe side might find its way out of the clamp since it has the ability to move around back and forth and because of the way it's (annoyingly) angled I think only half of the bottom of the clamp got a squeeze on it.
but, so far, still good 1K later.
