Types and Positions of Mufflers
- With cars, lengthwise underneath, blowing backwards at the rear
- To the sides before the rear wheels.
- With large diesel-powered trucks:-
- Mounted vertically behind the cab
- Crosswise under the front of the cab, blowing sideways.
- With motorcycles:
- Usually, beside the engine and rear wheel blowing backwards.
- In more modern motorcycles, under the seat blowing backwards from under the back of the seat. (Under-slung)
- Under-engine exhausts first reached popularity with Buell motorcycles, though by 2008 most manufacturers began using the under-engine design as well.
Motorcycle enthusiasts sometimes use the term "raygun," "drag pipes", "pea-shooter" or "hotdog-style" for the old shape of motorcycle exhaust silencer/muffler with a long straight cylindrical barrel that merged roundedly at each end into the pipe, as in this image and this image.
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