CTENG_TowRig: The Beastmaster has gone to a new owner.

[Rocksurfer]

Crap my 35' motorhome gets better mpg. than that.

[CTENG in KS]

The Beast is no longer for sale because I bought her NEW SEATS!!  They are comfy and they even recline.  I will recover them so they aren't blue anymore.

[WHITE_TRASH]

You crack me up.  You were going to sell the towrig instead of putting in new seats??  thats redneck, congrats!! 

[CTENG in KS]

I talked to the Beast and she was not too happy about her seats being blue...not her color or something to that effect.  So she came to a decision...BLACK CORDUROY!

[CTENG in KS]

I started taking down the overhead "console" and just when you thought it couldn't get any more redneck...look what is under the upholstry!

[unclejpl4x4]

sweet  thats

[Rocksurfer]

Now you'll make that swishing sound while driving down the road.

[CTENG in KS]

Now you'll make that swishing sound while driving down the road.

Huh

[Duffil]

i think he means the sound cords make when you walk?

[CTENG in KS]

I see...I thought it had something to do with Bud.

[unclejpl4x4]

No i think he means a swishing noise  from swishing around the cab

like the DWI commercials when the peoples cars are full of and the cop walks up

[CTENG in KS]

Quick after work project...reupholstered the overhead "console"

[Rocksurfer]

I was refering to the corduroy but the other works to, it's just a different swishing sound.

[brainlessfool]

I was refering to the corduroy but the other works to, it's just a different swishing sound.

I make a swishing sound as I walk!

[Duffil]

I make a swishing sound as I walk!

I'm surprised it doesn't whistle when the air blows over it.  or does it do that when you run? 

[brainlessfool]

I DON'T RUN! I prance. 

[Duffil]

so does is whistle when you prance along at high speed? I mean you have to move air past it at speed before it whistles, right?

[CTENG in KS]

The 5 inch resonance chamber I had for an exhaust tip had to go.  Tried a little trick fighter pilots used back in the day to quiet their piston driven engines.  Perforate the end of the exhaust tubing.  This technique is also used in a MUCH more complicated manner in the intakes of commercial jet engines to help meet sound requirements.

The results are astoundingly quiet compared to what was on there.  She is still loud, but all the droning is gone.   

[79coyotefrg]

i hope it dont burn the tire

[CTENG in KS]

That is just an optical illusion.  It actually exits in front of the tire, the exhaust isn't directly on the tire.

[79coyotefrg]

[KDXSR5]

This is an interesting idea... I like it.

[unclejpl4x4]

i hope it dont burn the tire

thats his traction control   warms the rubber making it more sticky


j/k

[CTENG in KS]

Beast is so heavy it always has traction...cept on the side of the road in CA in the dirt after trailer tire blows.

[Rocksurfer]

Beast is so heavy it always has traction...cept on the side of the road in CA in the dirt after trailer tire blows.

That's what all those "Soft Shoulder" signs are all about. 

[CTENG in KS]

Its ok, the LBC was there to give me a tug.

[Lady Di]

Its ok, the LBC was there to give me a tug.

Even though we had a back half a mile up 99 with the Mammoth on the trailer behind us when we realize he wasn't moving . 

[CTENG in KS]

Overhead upholstery is back in and work continues on the seats... 

[KDXSR5]

Looks nice! Keep up the good work.

[CTENG in KS]

So not sure what is going on with the Beast but I am going under the assumption that I will end up keeping it for now.  I wanted to get some quiet going and I found this flame resistant batting stuff at the fabric store.  Pretty thick, 1.5 inches.  It really helps quite a bit.  Much of that noise is from exhaust leaks that can't be fixed till I can pull the heads.  Not happenin right now.  I noticed those leaks were starting to melt the engine cover so I whipped up some heat shields real quick to keep my new insulation intact.