The Oakville Beaver, W ednesday March 5, 2003 - C7 2003 Ford Focus. How a muffler works A seemingly simple piece of automobile hardware, the out-of-the-way Car and Driver lOBest 4 years running.1 muffler is actually a complicated labyrinth of pipes and chambers that help tune it for power and/or sound deadening as needed. To fit the small nooks and crannies found under your car, a muffler might have as much as six feet of pipe within it, all with a purpose. While there are literally hundreds of examples of mufflers -- all of them slightly different, some radically different -- the example below represents the typical principles of a muffler. Construction -- The end caps Seams of case and end cap rolled together And with these offers, driving an award winner has never been easier. 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