Ashen 6.2 2014 Z/SS

[Ashen 6.2]

Welp, havent been up to much lately.. havent made it to the track yet. Two days after I was at GPI my wife passed out and broke her leg in three places. She has pretty much in a wheelchair/couch/bed ever since. She isnt strong enough for crutches unfortunately (we tried and that was going to end badly). SO I have been working from home and taking care of her, just taking short trips/running errands with the car.

Anyways, hoping to be able to get to the track in the next week or two. I had the car up on the lift looking things over since it has about 1k miles since the swap now. One thing I have been trying to track down was exhaust fumes making it into the cabin. Found several small pin holes and gaps from removing the battery tray in the trunk. Got those all sealed up and still getting some fumes inside.

Finally found this last night - Its the backside of the muffler and is split open. The exhaust is a Solo-Performance Mach X and the muffler sits right under the front seats. I never even thought about it being something with the exhaust as I looked it over when it was out during the trans swap...







Trying to decide what to do next. Probably can get it welded up somewhere for now but it's probably just going to happen again.

Been looking at Herfurth Aluminum Racing mufflers and really want to go with one of his kits. I just need to find someone to fab & weld it. Or get off my lazy butt and figure out big welding.. lol.

[SlowLS1]

Sorry to hear about the wife! Hope they know why she passed out! Certainly the car takes a back seat to life!

As for the muffler, that is weird but not unheard of. Sounds like a solid reason to upgrade

Brian

[Joe.G]

Car's looking great, sorry to hear about your wife, hopefully she recovers quickly.

[Ashen 6.2]

Originally Posted by SlowLS1

Sorry to hear about the wife! Hope they know why she passed out! Certainly the car takes a back seat to life!

As for the muffler, that is weird but not unheard of. Sounds like a solid reason to upgrade

Brian

thanks Brian. Yeah, that was all figured out pretty quickly thankfully. I ordered the Corsa 3" system yesterday as that was the only one I could find that stated it clears the low hanging ZL1 diff AND was in-stock ready to ship. More than I wanted to spend on exhaust right now but that's how it goes sometimes.. lol

I did reach out to Solo-Performance and while the exhaust is out of warranty they did offer to knock $100 off the front section (where the muffler is at) for me. However thats a 2 1/2" system and I really needed 3" or larger. Guess I have some stainless steel to practice welding with now.. lol

Originally Posted by Joe.G

Car's looking great, sorry to hear about your wife, hopefully she recovers quickly.

Thanks Joe. She is doing pretty good overall now and should be able to put weight on the leg and start walking in two weeks.