Back at Gonzukin 2005, I watched Krusty the Tracker crawl it's way up a double-black diamond trail at Paragon that was giving more modified rigs fits. Then Krusty turned around and crashed it's way back down with little or no brakes, seemingly aiming for the rocks in an effort to slow down, until it made it to the bottom and the main access road through the park. Then with perfect comedic timing, Sean shut Krusty down, jumped out of the driver's seat and the big, shiney chrome exhaust tip went "tink" and fell to the ground. I still crack up when I think about it now.
Well, apparently I had a similar moment this afternoon in Silver. I was leading 2 other rigs through a nasty, rocky washout and when I pulled out of the trail onto the main dirt road and shut down, the entire muffler went "tink" and fell to the ground! The pipes in front of and behind the muffler were still intact and hanging innocently from their hangers, the muffler just managed to rip free of the pipes at both ends and chose the moment I shut the engine off to fall out. I didn't even realize until I looked because the engine noise didn't get loud since the muffler didn't fall until just after I shut it down. I did hear the sound of the muffler hitting the ground, which is why I even looked under the rig to begin with. The two trucks with me came up behind me and asked what fell out as I dragged the muffler out from under the trucklet.
Anyways, now I need to redo the exhaust again.
I know from previous experience with the Goblin that 2" pipe through a shorty turbo muffler works great, but is a little loud for my taste. The cat is already gone and Silver is running a Calmini Header. What I was wondering was what if I put on a cheapie cherry bomb/thrush type slip on coming off the header, then ran it to a shorty turbo muffler, would it be quieter than the turbo alone? Is it even worth doing? The people I run with most frequently all have quiet rigs and Silver was nice and quiet until the muffler fell off. Sometimes when exploring new trails, being able to run very quietly helps avoid a lot of trouble...