Will a car muffler make a generator any quieter

It looks really good! Too bad it didn't make much of a difference. Those briggs motors are just simply loud. I know folks that have tried to quiet them down with little luck. You get an A for effort though!

I know how to quiet a generator. secret is a long heavy Duty extension cord

Dude great job. An attempt was made and you gave it a solid effort.

Random Youtube recommendation brought me here but thank you for an honest video. You tried something, it didn't work, you uploaded anyway. Respect.

Honesty is lacking is most reviews. You are completely honest and objective and I for one respect that. Thank you for the information. I have a large Winco Generator with a Honda engine. It’s as quiet as it can be but as you said, the actual engine noise is louder than the muffler.

Thanks for sharing your honest opinion. I considered doing what you did in this video so you saved me some money.

Now you should put a Flowmaster super 10 and see if she growls lol

Thanks for being honest. Sucks it didn’t work. Really expected it to haha

Build a box, insulate it, add a fan, cooling air vents and see what happens. A+ for effort Brother!🙏🇺🇸👍

Good job anyway. Never know till ya try. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for your honesty and effort to answer the question.

Your elbow grease and effort confirmed my thoughts and saved me time and money. Hats off to you sir. Thank you 🙏

I’m glad you posted this even though it didn’t work out much quieter. Thanks for posting!

Excellent project and video. Good job. Answered many questions, and save a lot of people money and trouble!

You are not hearing the sound of the exhaust you are hearing the sound of the engine. It is not a very well balanced engine. Lots of vibrations lots of noise.

There are two things to consider when trying to quiet down a small engine. #1 The amount of metal and thickness of the crank case and cylinder and cylinder head. Small, air cooled, engines have very little metal in the engine housing itself so a lot of the combustion noise is actually coming through the walls of the engine. This can be addresses by enclosing the engine in a sound dampening housing. however this is problematic with air cooled engines. #2 No matter how quiet a muffler claims to be, it is greatly influenced by the length of exhaust tubing. The longer the exhaust tubing the quieter the the sound. The exhaust noise is greatly reduced by the distance and turns and surfaces in which the exhaust, and pressure wave, has to transverse.

I've been wondering this my whole thinking life ... how a 70's Cadillac with a huge 200hp v8 can be nearly silent at idle, but a cycle or small engine always has to be annoyingly loud - good on you for trying this and putting it together

Lot of work, but we learned. Maybe the way to get quiet is a sound-absorbing box around the generator, and a pipe (not directly connected) like a chimney, to carry the sound up toward sky.

Salute the effort! We learn from men like yourself that actually take the time and spend the money for progress. Thank you man

By far one of the best modification videos I've watched. For one simple reason. Straight to the point at the end. No bs. No difference! So many others talk complete shite and try to backup what they've done by manipulating the results!