Well Corgi, the cowling is being made from a folding stadium
seat I got at a garage sale . IT has foam padding and 7 built-in
pockets and looks like a pannier when draped over the engine.
With some fire proof backing, a couple strategic folds, and some
creative stitching with harness thread, it will form a box open to the
wheel side and provide additional sound proofing. There are internal
fiberglass rod stiffeners that lend themselves perfectly to forming
the box.
The muffler is modelled after an ultra quiet muffler I studied on-
line. It exits the existing muffler via a copper 1/2" eighth bend to
a 1/2" to 1" tee. A cone fashioned from the gold coffee filter nests
at the 1/2" to 1" junction. The tee fits vertically. On the upper
side, just below the collar 4 1/16" holes are made perpendicular
with copper wire run through to form what looks like the cross-
hairs of a rifle scope. The holes are soldered shut to contain the
gases .
These wires will support the resonating discs in the upper
chamber......( to be continued.)