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what do I about a neighbor's car (Mustang Cobra) with loud mufflers?

Meet the kid, tell him about this great mustang site and get him to look at these posts, maybe he'll get the hint!
 
Talk to the kid and see his reaction. If he doesnt comply here is what i would do.

1. Get cutouts on your exhaust(preferably electric)
2. wake up at 2 a.m. every morning for 7 days
3. Rev your car and maybe do a small burnout close to his window.

This would give him a similar experience. Fight fire with fire.
 
Here is another option. Grab a couple bags of steel wool and sneak over to the car in the evening. Shove a bag of steel wool up his tail pipes. Brink a long pole so that you can pack it in there nice and deep. :)
 
"68EFIvert" said:
Here is another option. Grab a couple bags of steel wool and sneak over to the car in the evening. Shove a bag of steel wool up his tail pipes. Brink a long pole so that you can pack it in there nice and deep. :)
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I can't believe I never thought of that. :wor
 
I can't believe I never thought of that.
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We've all heard of the potato trick.... and now the steel wool..... but have you ever heard of the "whistle" trick?

You take an ordinary el cheapo plastic sporting equipment store type umpires whistle...... using a knife/screwdriver cut a slit into the bottom end of a 12 oz. beer can and wedge the mouth portion of the whistle into this slit...... then with the knife cut the entire top 1/2" of the beer can off....... and then slip this assembly onto the unsuspecting victim's exhaust pipe. Duct tape or a radiator clamp will hold it onto the tailpipe.

Whenever the car accelerates.... it'll start whistling like crazy..... when the owner slows/stops to investigate there isn't enough exhaust volume to actuate the whistle and the noise will stop..... as soon as he starts driving again it will return.

I've done this a few times and it NEVER stops being funny watching the victim trying to figure it out.
 
I picked up a whistler years ago at a store and used to put it on mom's car. Pretty freakin' funny as that thing could make some noise. Heavy duty zip ties on a driveshaft can cause some confusion also. Anyway, the steel wool trick would definitely make for some "entertainment".
 
now that we are talking sadistic stuff, here is my favourite.
get a piece of elastic and tie around the tailshaft with a nut on the end.
As he speeds up it will stretch and hit the floor, but goes quiet as he slows.
you could use this and the whistle to really drive someone mad
 
I'll bet the kid is coming home at 5:30 in the morning, rather than leaving for work...
 
I was actually half way serious about the steel wool. I know a guy in my mustang club that got a ticket for loud exhaust and stuffed some steel wool in the exhaust. It passed the test and then he took it back out.
 
Do you realize what would happen if a spark and some unburnt fuel ignited the steel wool? He wouldn't have a muffler.
 
The exhaust prank tricks are great ideas but I'm worried about being caught as there are houses everywhere and plenty of streetlighting. Maybe I need to cruise downtown and find a hooker. Instead of paying her to clean my pipes, pay her to clog up someone else's.
 
"SAC69" said:
The exhaust prank tricks are great ideas but I'm worried about being caught as there are houses everywhere and plenty of streetlighting. Maybe I need to cruise downtown and find a hooker. Instead of paying her to clean my pipes, pay her to clog up someone else's.
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LOL, that's hilarious.
 
I wonder what his reaction would be if you could find some of those industrial strength inflatable punch balloons and tie 'em on the exhaust ends? I imagine upon firing up the car they would inflate to a pretty good size and make one heckuva noise.
 
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