Zonker's Voice Changes

Since I've been having to go into the branch for work, I've been putting more miles on the Sky. It's not always great for dropping the top, especially since the time change, but it's always a fun car to drive!!!

Of course, it's always had it's scrapes on the underside, usually going over a very uneven patch of road, or through dips and driveways. A few weeks ago, I was driving in, and it was scraping even when I'd be driving on flat stretches of road. I took a peek underneath, and it looked like the exhaust was hanging a bit lower than usual. I drove it home that evening, and left it parked until the next weekend, when I took it to my new muffler shop.

I've been wanting to take it over there, anyway, as the guys there always recognized me as the guy with the Saturn, and I wanted to show them the latest. Also, since I bought it I've been wanting to quiet the exhaust down a bit. It sounded good, but it's noisy, and I go in pretty early. He got it up on the lift, and it's a good thing I got it in when I did!!! At the Y pipe just after the driveshaft tunnel, it was cracked almost all the way around!!!

He also noticed that one of the tips had melted the rear surround some on the top edge.

He says he's going to fabricate a new Y pipe. I discussed quieting it down, and he had a glasspack that looked like it would do the job nicely. I forget what the total was, but I think he charged $260 for everything. I like the way it came out, looks really clean!!! He also trimmed back the melted area.

It sounds a bit quieter, but still has a nice sound to it, and now it doesn't even scrape in some of the areas that it always would!!!

And the name, Zonker??? I don't really call her that, but she's yellow and a scream to drive!!! I'd referred to her as the screaming yellow Zonker a few times after I'd gotten her, it's as good a name as any!!!