T&T: Intake manifold muffling

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From: Thomas Averill <tlaverill at msn.com>
To: T&T
<trawlers-and-trawlering at lists.samurai.com>
Subject: T&T: Intake manifold
muffling


Has anyone out there tried putting a silencer on their Lehman
intake?  If so
what did you use (build) as an intake silencer??  My first
thought was to
adapt a car muffler.  I guess an added intake restriction could
cause a
richening of the fuel mix (an oily foam sock doesn't help much
either).  What
do the experts (or non-experts) thinK?
 
What do I think about
a plastic jug shoved into the intake of a hot engine? 
 
Well, once I stopped
laughing, I thought it's a bad idea. As to car muffler, not good either.
 
Your best bet is to do it right and adapt a K&N filter to it as others I
believe have. And then perhaps make a metal airbox of some kind to cut the
noise down while making sure you don't restrict the air flow.  
 
                                                                             
                       Capt. Bill