Curved, Flapper, or Both?

[mbarber84]

Hey all,

Need to make a decision on my new deuce, and I cant come up with a set solution, so I am going to try and get the general consensus from my fellow Steel Soldiers.

I just bought an M35A2C which I believe is an original AF truck, and it has the flapper style exhaust stack. Prior to picking up the truck, I bought a NOS curved stack, refinished it in flat black. Cant decide what to do....

A. Keep the Flapper, as it is original to the truck, and sell off the Curve Stack

B. Install the curve stack, since it looks more like a "deuce" should.

C. Keep both, and swap them out like different shoes for different days (lol)

 

[Chevytruck]

id say keep them both

so if one breaks, you got the other

and yes you can change them out on different days lol

 

[OD_Coyote]

I would keep the flapper and put a resonator and a flapper on the curved stack.
That way you can throw on the stack with the resonator when you are driving her to church on Sunday or want her to be a little more subtle or you can throw on the straight stack when you want her to be loud.

 

[clinto]

Keep flapper, sell curve.

 

[cranetruck]

No matter what, keep the rain out and save your exhaust pipe/muffler.

 

[rockman]

Yes, nothing like blowing sooty water from your stack on your wife washed car....

 

[scottc]

Yeah, and wash that sooty water off imediatly, I found out the hard way, had to repaint the side of the garage.

 

[bulldog_mack13]

Flapper , keeps that NC snow outta your pipe lol.

I did mine to save the J pipe from rain rot like the others said

 

[avengeusa]

flappers rule.....

 

[Jones]

Stacks don't take up much room so keep both and switch out whenever you want.

Here's an idea I came up with that works pretty well to keep water out of the j-pipe--
use it if you like.

I drill a 1/4" hole in the lowest point of the j-pipe and fold up a 2" square patch with the corners turned down to act as legs. The legs are tacked to the pipe which holds the patch about 3/8" away. This allows water to drain but acts as a baffle to keep exhaust sparks into dry grass down. If the drain hole plugs with soot, a bent piece of wire opens it back up with no trouble.

 

[saddamsnightmare]

January 30th, 2008.

Hey mbarber84;
love those Air Force trucks, but the realistic fact is that between the rain and snow you're gonna get in Pittsburgh, you're either gouing to lose your J pipe or your muffler due to rain/snow getting in with the curved end pipe. just forget to cover your stack in a heavy rain, and see how much oily soot you're going to get all over your truck and tarpaulin.
Ask me how I know? My 1971 Kaiser Jeep M35A2 came from Colrado with the conventional curved end, and enough rain had gotten down there over time to rot my muffler finally. Also one night I forgot to cover it when it rained.... i now have what was then a new GMA 686A tan tarpaulin with leopard spots.....
I ended up changing to the straight stack with flapper & solved all those problems.... plus the yuppie three cars back now gets my exhaust settling in their convertible.... priceless
Keep both ends if you want, but beware of the rain and snow gods up on mount Washington!
Cheers,

Kyle F. McGrogan N.B. The old girl used to belong to BullDogMack13 above, see his comments on rusted out mufflers......

 

[m.walker]

Flapper !

 

[m109guy]

All the cool kids have the flappers

My truck had a rusted out J-pipe from years of water and snow settling in the pipe. It can also be a pain in the ass because when you start the truck all the water is kicked out of the pipe and anything sitting near by gets covered in nice black water spots.

You can put a can or bottle on the pipe to stop the water from getting into the pipe when it is parked if you put on the curved pipe, but it can be a pain to climb up and down each time to install and remove it.

I still have the original curved pipe. I just cut a spare piece of pipe to install the flapper onto. Though I doubt I will re-install the original one.

New one looks cooler anyway

 

[avengeusa]

where do you get the flapper, and what size is required?

 

[m109guy]

where do you get the flapper, and what size is required?

Bought it at a local farm supply store. Exhaust pipe is 4", so you get one for a 4" exhaust pipe.

 

[jim-m35a2]

I use an empty coffee can to keep the snow and rain out of the pipe, just remove the coffee can before you start the Deuce or you might take the chance of blowing a week spot out in the J-Pipe.
________
porn star Cam

 

[avengeusa]

I will have a truck in a couple weeks and it has a regular pipe, i am gonna cut and add a flapper, as well as a muffler sometime in the future, but the flapper has to happen for me quick, i do not want water in the j-pipe for sure