FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum

Does anyone have one of these laying around?

Were very popular in the early days, but were generally pretty robust so one of the wrecks around the place might be able to yield one of these.

Or can you get them new?

Any leads appreciated.

Cheers,

Craig.

they available new, and i believe are around $70 new ;)

Darcy,

Where from?

all exhausts places should either have them in stock, or  be able to get them, as we will be fitting 4 of em to our ute ;D

regards
Darcy

phaark! I just binned one of these only 2 weeks ago.

Ed

double pharrrk :-(

That's what I'm after, a second hand one that's no good to anyone. Like I say, surely someone has got one on a parts car? PLEASE :-)

Thanks,

Craig.

Craig - what do they do and how do they work?  I know a lot of country boys used to run them on their HQ utes.

Are they different from a straight through muffler?

Dave

Hi Dave,

Thanks for responding.

They are more of a resonator rather than a muffler, this gives a red six a nice deep tone. If you remove the muffler and just use the hot dog the exhaust note is very deep. Simple way to make your car sound good. Well better than the original method of punching a hole in the muffler with a screwdriver anyway :-)

If you can dig a second hand one up it would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Craig.

PS: Thought of you yesterday, was behind an EH with a very hot six and dual exhaust. Sounded and smelt great. Gotta love the smell of heaps of unburnt fuel at idle.  ;D ;D

lol ;D

I'll ask around - somone has to have one.

Cheers
Dave

Bump. :-)

Still looking to find a second hand Hot Dog resonator.

Also looking for older style wooden steering wheel, similar in look to LC GTR type. Sort of like this picture

(http://www.cbperformance.com/catalogimages/I-180.jpg)

Prefer flat, not dished, larger size better. Something needing restoration is fine.

Also boss kit to suit FC column.

Thanks,

Craig.

Steering wheel issue solved. Went to the local Super Cheap today, free Boss kits with all new steering wheels. Bought a chrome spoked woodrim unit for $99.00, free boss kit included. Gotta be happy about that :-)

Now all I need is that bloody hot dog................


Cheers,

Craig.

I had a ripper on a car about 15 years ago, it was about 3 feet long and gave the most amazing sound at full rev :D
The only ones I have seen since then are only about a foot - foot and a half long.  Has anyone else seen these really long hot dogs?

Ken

Yep Ken, have the same memory  ;D

Just need to get one, and size DOESN'T matter!

 have you tried Harry's cafe de wheels?
 I heard they were selling variuos hotdogs.
 Hey craig, what are they going on, or is it a secret.
 I have always wanted to  do a 2.5 inch copper tailpipe with a lukey sports muffler on a grey. The police have now quit trying to get people for having the copper pipes, infact they seem to no longer even know they existed.
another exhaust alternative might be a Mr gasket cut out, just pull the cable when you want to be loud (for pedestrian safety offcourse) and push the cable when you want to be quite ( like if the cops are behind you)

Leon,

No secrets here.

The Poo Mobile is receiving a minor rework, it gets put in to the modified class everywhere it goes so I thought I might take it a little further. I got these wheels off ePay

(http://tinypic.com/i4h9cl.jpg)

1970's type 'Turbo' wheels 13x7, plus a wooden steering wheel, a noisy exhaust, and maybe a little supercharger. It will also maybe get a HR front end, plus lowering blocks and new (drastically) lowered front springs.

Here's what it will look like at the next Nats, if I get there ;-)


(http://tinypic.com/i4h9xf.jpg)

Cheers,

Craig.

wow craig, i must say, that looks shtit hot
is that photoshopped or is that for real?

as for hot dog sizes, they are still available in all lengths, and i asked our local exhaust place when we were down there, and he said every exhaust place should have them

leon

can you elaborate more on your 'mr gasket' idea (sounds good, but ive got no idea)

Here ya go torque.
(http://www.performancecenter.com/graphics/mrg/mrg_5424_500.jpg)
Craig....sounds like some cool mods.
Regards
Alex

hey alex, thanks for that. dont mean to hi-jack this thread, but where can i get one from?

Darcy,

The image is definately Photoshopped (for now), just waiting on tyres. REALLY want 235 x 50 x 13, but will have to settle for 215 x 50 x 13.

It will also get some underbonnet detailing, alloy cover and sideplates, plus some other little special touches.

Cheers,

Craig

Hey craig it might be worth posting this thread on an american car based Aussie site .
Both my Camaro 73 and the ol boy's Mustang 69 had these on them (The real long ones) when we imported them and seemed to be standard possibly.
The note on a 307 and 351 werent worth telling your mates about thats for sure.

man those wheels are the best
i had a set on my EH about 7 years ago and they were very tough looking with 245T/A's on back and 205's on front.i had never seen any before or since  tonight on your photoshop car.
nothing like owning something no one else has especially when they look as good as your pollished set

i agree with harko on that, a hot dog on a v8 doesnt really give it 'that' sound, but on a holden 6, its sounds the part........ so.............






SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A HOTDOG

cheers
Torque

craig a
there is 1 for sale here locally if ewe want it let me know
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Car-parts-accessories/Performance/Exhaust/auction-42065216.htm
regards kiwi

Kiwi,

Thanks heaps for that. The auction finishes next Friday so I'll see if anything pops up locally first before I put you to any trouble.

At least I've now got a photo of the type of thing I'm looking for:-)

(http://tinypic.com/i4pfk9.jpg)

Cheers,

Craig.

Tried to fit my new sports steering wheel today but boss kit is not quite right.

Does anyone have one they want to sell? Don't need a wheel, just the boss kit to suit standard FC column.

Cheers,

Craig.

   Ken.  I  remember the 3 foot Hotdogs you referred to.They were painted red (most were) and were available in various inlet/outlets and straight or offset outlets and were made by "Can-Am".The picture in previous post shows where the sticker originally was in the middle of the hotdog(since burn't off).I remember buying them locally when I was an apprentice up to at least 1986 or so but havn't sighted any since.
   Some blokes when fitting them would fit them backwards(they also had an exhaust flow sticker on them)and this sometimes gave a different sound than correct flow fitment.I also found that the area of exhaust they were fitted to sometimes sometimes gave a different note  ie:- fitment closer to engine gave a deeper note than fitment to tailpipe which gave a more "unrefined" note......raw so to speak.I had 2x 3 foot hothogs on a 350 HQ Coupe with Genie extractors(no other muffler)and a separate twin system(no exhaust crossover pipe)back around 1987 and the sound was like nothing I've heard before.
   They were easy to fit,light,small compared to a muffler,lasted a long time,gave a good sound and easy on the pocket which is probably why they no longer make them!!!.


   Craig. Good to catch up with you on the phone last night and no, I had no idea you were inebriated at the time and no I didn't hear any of those inebriated girls giggleing in the background begging you to come back to them!!!!.
    I'm going to try and find a source for these as well as I'm sure that even though Can-Am no longer make them that somebody would make something similar so will let you know of my reults if any.Some so-called Turbo mufflers are really just a straight through resonator the same as the hotdogs were (even though they look like a muffler)and would probably give a similar sound but are larger in size and don't look like the old hotdogs.

   Will keep in touch.

   Terry.

they are still made new overhere  under the brand name COBY

Thanks guys, will have a talk to the local exhaust place.

Cheers

Craig.

when we were going through the back garage yesterday i found that we have one, but its still atached to a v8 system. are you interested?

Darcy,

Yep, definately.

Could you send me a P.M with what you want for it, and maybe a picture if possible?

Thanks,

Craig.

OK...I know I'm WAY too late with this but saw this ad in the latest Oz street rodding issue

Jonno ;)

(http://tinypic.com/m7c7ie.jpg)

 ;)i recently took my fc down to my local exhaust shop where they fitted a brand new exhaust with a 10 inch hotdog,and it had a real sweet burble behind the old grey,but when i took it for a RWC the guy said it was too loud and way to much popping when you changed down thru the gears,so i took it back to the same guy where he fitted another one on the rear for the roady and he only charged me $60 fitted for a smaller hot dog it has made it a bit quiter :P but i plan on taking the rear one off very soon which i can use on my FE which will be running a twin system with a hot dog on each pipe,should sound kool with a worked grey and a free flowing twin, thru headers!!!!the shop i got my hotdogs from is EXHAUST BROS,in hoppers crossing ph 99746700 i dont know if they will ship them spose u will have to givem a ring!!!!cheers jamie ;)

Thanks for following this up Jamie/Jonno.

I still haven't fitted one to my car so these contacts are perfect for me.  The 10" one sounds like the one to have :-)

Cheers,

Craig.