Sport muffler conversion $250.00 good price?

[GT3STIG]

A local header/exhaust guy here on the San Francisco Penninsula has offered to do a Sport muffler conversion on my sausage muffler. My car is a '70 with webers.

The muffler will be opened up and be modded to RS innards and have two exiting exhaust pipes in the center of the muffler. The cost is $250.00 and I'm wondering if this is a reasonable price for the mod.

I think an original RS 2 in 2 out mufflers cost about $650.00

Thanks.

[sugarwood]

$250 is reasonable to simply remove your muffler and replace it without even doing anything.

[911SauCy]

Originally Posted by GT3STIG

A local header/exhaust guy here on the San Francisco Penninsula has offered to do a Sport muffler conversion on my sausage muffler. My car is a '70 with webers.

The muffler will be opened up and be modded to RS innards and have two exiting exhaust pipes in the center of the muffler. The cost is $250.00 and I'm wondering if this is a reasonable price for the mod.

I think an original RS 2 in 2 out mufflers cost about $650.00

Thanks.

Go for it before he realizes he's doing charity work

[G50911]

thats a steal.

[AVDCAV]

All I can say is
You get what you pay for "

[darrin]

Originally Posted by AVDCAV

All I can say is
You get what you pay for "

Good point, at the end of the day, you're paying somebody $250 to change your muffler into an unknown that may or may not be acceptable to you (sound quantity and sound quality-wise) and will be non-reversable. While a lot cheaper than buying one new, if you don't like what you end up with, you'd need to buy new AND be out $250.

Can the shop arrange for you to sample his product on another vehicle?

[GT3STIG]

^^^^its the same exact conversion as the factory sport mufflers. He had a factory sport muffler and opened it up and copied it.
The converted muffler sounds just like the factory one.

[GT3STIG]

Advcav
Would you feel better if he was charging $450-650???

[Horrido]

I think he should offer them at that price here on the forum.

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by GT3STIG

Advcav
Would you feel better if he was charging $450-650???

You get what you pay for

Can someone define what the above statement means?

Here's some commonly-perceived assumptions:
"A "low" price equals substandard labor, craftsmanship and/or a shady transaction."
"A "high" price equals high quality and the best for the money"

Both are foolish assumptions. YMMV

BTW, modifying a factory muffler > sport muffler specs is not rocket science, especially since those plans have been used for about 40 years, but I understand some owners are overly cautious with mods. In that case, do what is need to do, pay whatever is needed to increase confidence in the mod.

Sherwood

[tobluforu]

Sounds like a great deal, but you might want to try and find a sound clip cause those mufflers are wicked loud.

[bike2ride95]

$250????.......if it works for your car, go for it!!!!

[gtc]

$250 should buy a couple of hours of labor, and I wouldn't expect the mod to take very long. So I'd say it's an OK deal, but not a great one.

[Joshy Robots]

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would love to know how this goes

[motofoto]

If you do it, I'd love to see the results. I'm local, and have one of those mufflers on the shelf. $250 seems reasonable to me if he does nice work, and it sounds good.

[timmy2]

Sounds like a reasonable price with labor, materials, shop costs etc these days.


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[RichardNew]

I paid $35.00 for mine. I supplied all the materials The shop fabricated the end caps as part of the price.



Richard Newton

[911pcars]

Originally Posted by RichardNew

I paid $35.00 for mine. I supplied all the materials The shop fabricated the end caps as part of the price.

Richard Newton

Richard,
You get what you pay for.
(sarcasm; related to post #10)

Nice job,
Sherwood

[RDM]

Could be too much, could be a bargain. If it turns out well, whatever it cost will seem small compared to the years of enjoyment. If you hate it, every time you start the car you will curse the $250 you spent.

You pays your money and you takes your chances. Like with anything.

[RichardNew]

Here's another example of a rally muffler with caps. I don't think there was any one design for the caps. Everyone seems to have done it differently.



Richard Newton