Mandating a certain spec muffler that no other track is using is a great way to discourage people from coming...because most people will have to buy and carry another set of headers to use the muffler....anybody who's ever been DQed because a clamped on muffler fell off is going to weld theirs on from there on out...
The problem is...a track that has to watch their Ps and Qs with noise is caught between a rock and a hard place...because many of the mufflers being used pass the "Must have mufflers" rule but really don't do a good job of quieting the car....and we all know there are people who will gut a spec muffler to try to get an edge...
Tough call for a track like 35...they are trying to do the right thing by offering mufflers to some teams....a better investment may be a decent decible meter...that way somebody who already owned an effective set of mufflers would be able to prove that they work...
I hope it works out....good luck guys
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