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Title: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: olija on March 01, 2007, 10:18:35 PM: I'm thinking about putting a Cherry Bomb muffler on my Sidekick to free up some horses, but I'm worried that it will be too loud on the freeway. Has anybody put one on? I'd like to hear/see a video clip if you've got one! Thanks, Austin

PS- It is a 16 valve 4 door, just in case that makes any difference.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: Carnage on March 02, 2007, 12:40:51 AM: i normally dont say this

but I checked,
and if you search for cherrybomb or cherry bomb it will turn up what youre looking for
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: Jimiweld on March 02, 2007, 06:44:12 AM: After my muffler fell off on Monday I welded one of theses on, it seems to be fine on the highway.......mind you with just the converter it was ok on the highway, just in town it was loud. It has a alright sound now......I would prefer a bit more of a throaty sound though. Not sure of any hp gains.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: R.Cadett. on March 02, 2007, 04:13:46 PM: would you normally replace the entire exaust too or just the muffler. cuz i wanted to get one of these too but dont have the money to replace the entire thing. can you use them with the stock pipe?
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: jeff1997 on March 02, 2007, 05:14:53 PM: I have a 97 sport 1.8l with a cherrybomb and 4" stainless tip. It sounds and runs great.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: TysonS on March 03, 2007, 08:58:08 AM: i have a ol 1.6L with stock header to 2" cherry bomb with a 2 1/8" tail pipe. sounds fine for what it costs me, and i don't think i gained any power but i did gain throttle responce.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: blacktrack99 on March 03, 2007, 08:41:51 PM: after bashing my stock muffler on some rocks, i went to the cherry bomb simply for a smaller rock target. sounds all right on a '99 dohc 2.0
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: nuts4hotwheels on March 04, 2007, 04:40:45 AM: I have been thinking about doing the same thing to my 98 Tracker. Can somebody tell me the inlet and outlet diameter that I need to get to replace my stock muffler with a glasspack?
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: olija on March 04, 2007, 11:23:13 AM: Can any of you get sound/video recordings and post them up?
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: ROSS on March 04, 2007, 11:28:19 AM: varoom varoom varoom just kidding
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: nuts4hotwheels on March 04, 2007, 02:55:51 PM: The following website has sounds of various exhaust systems on different vehicles and engines. I don't think that they have any Sidekick/Tracker sounds, but you can check out similar size engines.

Click Here----->http://exhaustsoundclips.com (http://exhaustsoundclips.com)
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: museboy07 on March 05, 2007, 02:37:58 PM: Quote from: sidekickmuddog on March 04, 2007, 04:40:45 AM
I have been thinking about doing the same thing to my 98 Tracker. Can somebody tell me the inlet and outlet diameter that I need to get to replace my stock muffler with a glasspack?

my 94 track had 1 3/4" o.d. stock exhaust so you would need 1 7/8" i.d. for a nice fit
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: TysonS on March 05, 2007, 08:04:23 PM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi_yK_xQHM

at the end of the video you can hear mine with the cherrybomb
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: urbanwheeler on March 05, 2007, 08:48:57 PM: I have one of these, and while it doesnt seem that loud to me, it seems to be getting louder, and it really didnt have any gains in hp over the stock system.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: CANADIAN on March 05, 2007, 09:03:55 PM: HEY HOW DOES THIS SOUND

1996 4X4 4-DOOR AUTO 1.6L 16V

-High flow CAT [ Calmini ]

-Resonator removed

-Muffler Removed and replaced with Cherrybomb

What do you guys think?

It may sound ok!

THANKS
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: echojeff on March 06, 2007, 07:37:58 PM: Quote from: TysonS on March 05, 2007, 08:04:23 PM
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHi_yK_xQHM[/url]

at the end of the video you can hear mine with the cherrybomb

Actually I liked the Yota's sound better ;D
I guess that yould mean an upgrade, too bad.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: jzap on March 07, 2007, 05:08:19 PM: Quote from: urbanwheeler on March 05, 2007, 08:48:57 PM
I have one of these, and while it doesnt seem that loud to me, it seems to be getting louder

Usually, that means that the fiberglass is blowing out of it, which is the main disadvantage of a glasspack muffler.

I didn't know they still made Cherrybombs. Those things were around back when I was in high school, but most of the guys went for their main competitor's product, the "Thrush". Maybe it was just because Thrush had a cooler logo, the angry looking bird with the cigar...
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: nuts4hotwheels on March 07, 2007, 06:57:49 PM: Quote from: museboy07 on March 05, 2007, 02:37:58 PM
Quote from: sidekickmuddog on March 04, 2007, 04:40:45 AM
I have been thinking about doing the same thing to my 98 Tracker. Can somebody tell me the inlet and outlet diameter that I need to get to replace my stock muffler with a glasspack?

my 94 track had 1 3/4" o.d. stock exhaust so you would need 1 7/8" i.d. for a nice fit

The cherrybomb that is 1 7/8" inlet 1 3/4" outlet has an 11 degree bend at the outlet and inlets. Will this cause a big problem. Is the cherrybomb fairly simple to install? I live in an apartment, so I am limited to simple projects only.
(http://www.cherrybomb.com/images/products/mufflers/87021.gif)
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: olija on March 07, 2007, 10:23:19 PM: I'd also like to know as I will most likely be buying on Friday.
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: echojeff on March 08, 2007, 08:19:23 PM: This one looks tough.... Is it worth the extra money?
http://store.summitracing.com/egnsearch.asp?N=400238+320931+115&autoview=sku
Title: Re: Cherry Bomb on a Sidekick?
Post by: jzap on March 08, 2007, 08:25:07 PM: Quote from: sidekickmuddog link=topic=16279.msg143714#msg143714

The cherrybomb that is 1 7/8" inlet 1 3/4" outlet has an 11 degree bend at the outlet and inlets. Will this cause a big problem. Is the cherrybomb fairly simple to install? I live in an apartment, so I am limited to simple projects only.
([url]http://www.cherrybomb.com/images/products/mufflers/87021.gif[/url])

If I recall correctly, the offset is there to compensate for the fact that most stock mufflers have the inlet to one side and the outlet to the other. In other words rotate the picture slightly so the inlet and outlet are horizontal. It should line up straight with the pipe going into the muffler and the outlet pipe should also be horizontal and line up with the tailpipe.

Look at your stock muffler. If it has this type of configuration, it should work. Hold the Cherrybomb up to it and you can tell if it is going to work without having to bend a new tailpipe.

l-------------------l
l Muffler l=== outlet
Inlet ===l l
l-------------------l

It shouldn't be too difficult. If your muffler is more than 14 inches diagonally from the inlet to the outlet, you may have to cut out some of your exhaust pipe. Ideally it is just a matter of a couple clamps and maybe a hanger. At worst, everything's rusted into a solid mass and crumbles to pieces when you start trying to take it apart. It's a good Saturday afternoon project.