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  2. General Lee (car) - Wikipedia

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    The exhaust sound that can be heard on most of the California-era episode General Lees is from a Thrush brand glasspack. The sounds came from the exhaust systems fitted to the "close-up" cars; the parts used were Blackjack brand headers, dual exhausts, and the aforementioned Thrush mufflers. However, the sounds were dubbed in after the scene ...

  3. Glasspack - Wikipedia

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    The glasspack is an old, simple, and relatively inexpensive muffler design that has less back pressure than other types of muffler, but is less effective at muffling noise. A longer glasspack will reduce noise to a greater extent than a shorter one, as sound is dissipated into the fiberglass damping material.

  4. List of muffler men - Wikipedia

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    Muffler Man: Chief Wappalese: Chaonia Landing Resort and Marina, Lake Wappapello. Cowboy Muffler Man (in pieces): Croft Automotive and Trailer, Valley Park. Muffler Man (custom designed as a chef and erected in 2020) Route 66 Food-Truck Park (corner of St Louis St and Delaware Ave), Springfield.

  5. Whistle tip - Wikipedia

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    Whistle tips, also referred to as whistler tips, or whistlers, are modified vehicle exhaust pipes that generate a whistling sound during the operation of a motor vehicle that can often be heard up to a mile away. [1] The whistle tip is a small metal plate with a central hole that is welded into the inner tip of the exhaust pipe.

  6. Exhaust system - Wikipedia

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    Exhaust system of the Opel Corsa B 1.2 petrol Exhaust manifold (chrome plated) on a car engine. An exhaust system is used to guide reaction exhaust gases away from a controlled combustion inside an engine or stove. The entire system conveys burnt gases from the engine and includes one or more exhaust pipes. Depending on the overall system ...

  7. Muffler - Wikipedia

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    Silencer (silver) and exhaust pipe on a Ducati motorcycle A silencer cut open to show the insulation, chambers and piping inside the shell. A muffler (North American and Australian English) [1] or silencer (British English) is a device for reducing the noise emitted by the exhaust of an internal combustion engine—especially a noise-deadening device forming part of the exhaust system of an ...

  8. Exhaust brake - Wikipedia

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    An exhaust brake is a means of slowing a diesel engine by closing off the exhaust path from the engine, causing the exhaust gases to be compressed in the exhaust manifold, and in the cylinder. Since the exhaust is being compressed, and there is no fuel being applied, the engine slows down the vehicle: the crankshaft (and, hence, the wheels ...

  9. Thrush - Wikipedia

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    Thrush (bird), any of the birds in the family Turdidae List of thrush species; Antthrushes, the Formicariidae family of birds; Dohrn's warbler, or Dohrn's thrush-babbler, a species Sylvia dohrni in the family Timalidae; Laughingthrushes, birds in the family Leiothrichidae; Palm thrush, birds in the genus Cichladusa in the family Muscapidae