Everything You Need to Know about Car Muffler Clamps
Vehicle owners are sometimes surprised to find that after replacing a slip-fit muffler, or following a major butt-fitting exhaust upgrade that they would still need additional hardware to get the system to fit together. Maybe the OD diameter on the inlet side of your new muffler is larger than expected, or there’s unwanted slippage that’s preventing your new pipes from staying together. There could be any number of reasons that your pipes need to be coerced into staying joined, and they all mean that you’re going to need exhaust clamps.
Let’s be honest, though: there’s nothing especially ground-breaking, or prone to changing about exhaust clamps. What has changed, however, is our understanding of what exhaust systems need to make an engine perform more efficiently. That means in spite of their yawningly utilitarian nature, exhaust clamps also need to do their job more efficiently; that’s why you need to understand the differences between them.
