Can you guys with G62 experience help me out with muffler options?

I know of a few companies making mufflers specifically for the G62, what I am interested in, is finding out what compatibilities there are between this 62 and other brands in the 50-60cc range that will bolt right up. This info comes in very handy when shopping in the classifieds or at swap meets.

I'm hoping to find something small, light, simple and not too restrictive as far as in cowl stuff goes...for example, has anyone mounted up a DA 50 muffler on their 62...etc?

Any advice you can offer will be great, thanks!

Chad

I have looked and not found any engine with a similar mount pattern. The DA-50 is very close, but not close enough.
If someone else has found a similar configuration, I would be interested also.

bummer, just saw Ralph looking at this thread....if he doesn't reply with ideas we might really be dead in the water on this one.

There isn't much that will bolt up to a Zenoah--if your talking about headers n stuff from other engines like the ZDZ or 3W.

This guy has mufflers, headers n stuff for the Zenoah engines.
www.toni-clark.com

Go to the parts page here:
http://www.toni-clark.com/ftp/e-Kat_1_2007.pdf

That parts page is 19mb in size, so unless you have a decent connection--I wouldn't attempt it. [sm=idea.gif] Go to the library instead. They usually have a faster connection.

Go to page 80 and you'll find headers, mufflers, cannisters, tuned pipes and all sorts of other goodies for the G-62. The prices aren't that bad. You'd pay about the same price for those cannisters as you would for any of the other engines like ZDZ or 3W. How much can it cost to ship a can and a pipe to the United States? $20 at the most? Worth it, in my opinion.

You can also go to B&B if you just want a muffler.
http://www.bennettbuilt.com/

Or Slimline if you want a pitts muffler:
http://www.slimlineproducts.com/onli...iant_scale.htm

Or you can go to Bisson too:
http://www.bissonmufflers.com/en/muf...mageField.y=15

Macs has headers. They used to have a tuned pipe for the 62, but they are now stating that they are out of the aluminum for that pipe, so you need to call and have them make it. I think they might just be making them on an "as ordered" basis. Maybe they aren't going to stock it because it's not a popular pipe--but I'll bet if you call and give them a CC # you'll get a pipe in the mail a couple weeks later. But, thats just speculation on my part.
http://www.macspro.com/

Here are the headers:
http://www.macspro.com/headers_side.asp
Part number-- 4560--4561-- or 4562. You just need to pick a length for clearence out your cowl.

Here's the tuned pipes:
http://www.macspro.com/tunedpipes.asp

You need the 1097 Quiet pipe or the 1197 tuned pipe. Just depends on what your trying to accomplish.

Thanks for taking the time to put together that information, I appreciate it. Toni Clark has some stuff I will definitely try at some point, but for my current project I think a regular muffler is in order. Any comments between the B&B type vs. the Slimline?

I noticed that my G62 exhaust port and bolt pattern is altogether bigger than on my 3W80XI....

B&B's are very LOUD on a G62! I have not run the Slimline on G62, but have on other engines....much quiter. My G62 is destineded for another airframe right now, but I will not be using the B&B on it.

Mike

yeah, I also noticed the AbellRC muffler, looks like just a header, and would be very loud too....a 1 inch pipe!!!

Your welcome. All I did was copy and paste shortcuts from my Favorites folder. I've got all them saved in alphabetical order.


The Slimline pitts is not loud at all. Not too restrictive either. I've used Slimline and Bisson pitts mufflers. I like them both about the same. The Slimline pitts with built in smoke coil is restrictive--jst a little. It's miles better than a stock muffler, but it's not as free-flowing as a noon-smoke muffler. The coils must take up a lot of space inside the muffler.

The B&B side dump is almost as loud as your average mother-in-law after a couple drinks. Very annoying.

The Macs tuned pipe and header isn't all that loud. It makes excellent power. The problem I have with it is that I have to cut my plane apart to mount it inside the fuse. I love to build--but hacking up a brand new $500 ARF isn't something I want to do.

Call Jtec, they have pitts style and can make pretty much any style for a good price.

Rcpilet--Thanks for the muffler info---I love RCIGN G62s and have been using Bennett Mufflers on them. True, they are loud, but at our dry lake bed site in the desert that's not a big problem. I'm going to try some of the other stuff, however. Too bad the G62 isn't sold with a decent muffler in the first place. Brillelli and BCMA have realized that most of us would like a nice muffler WITH the engine, but the Zenoah vendors haven't made the offer. Once again, thanks.

Does anybody know of any way that i can get a wrap-around header for the G62? I want to get it so i can put it in a EF Yak 54 88". It has a tunned pipe opening already built into it. If you have it... might as well use it

Karl Mueller is the man:

http://www.rcaerobats.net/Mueller/Mu...tomHeaders.htm

Not super cheap (not super expensive, either), quality is superb.

Mark

http://www.chiefaircraft.com/rcmsec/.../Slimline.html


if you decide on a slimline pitts muffler i dont think you will find it any cheaper than at chief aircraft
$69.95 for the g-62

This is another good option for G62 wrap around headers: http://www.macspro.com/

Chad

Believe it or not a Bisson OS 160 pitts muffler will bolt right on a G-62. I had to side mount aG-62 in my Wilga to hide the engine. For awhile I used a modified Bennett muffler. That didn't hold up as well as I wanted. I had a Bisson OS 160 muffler laying around, and just tried it. The port is very very close, and the bolt pattern is close enough as well. The G-62 has the open ended bolt slots which allows some wiggle room. It runs great, no loss of power, although I did cut both crimps off the ends of the pipes to alleviate the back pressure issues that the 160 likes.

I think cmaraza8 is looking for a header though....not mufflers. However it is great to know about this retrofit, thanks!