Delete center resonator

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Re: Delete center resonator

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dantye wrote:Has anyone replaced their resonator with a glass pak? Results?
Yeah, just did that. Some, but not a lot of difference ... thought there'd be more. :(
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Razooli wrote:
dantye wrote:Has anyone replaced their resonator with a glass pak? Results?
Yeah, just did that. Some, but not a lot of difference ... thought there'd be more. :(

Any video of it running? Would love to hear the sound of it.
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Update: The glasspack resonator replacement has been on for about a month now and it's sounding better ... just a bit louder on acceleration and little deep rumble on deceleration. No real difference at idle. Maybe it took a while for the thing to clear it's throat. Definitely not as loud as the vendors' muffler videos on you-tube, but I'm more pleased than I was after installation. Went thru my headers-straight-through muffler phase with my '70 'Cuda and after an 8-hour Thanksgiving trip with those pipes droning .... don't want anything that loud on the Spider.
I'll try to get something recorded, but I'm not sure whether it's enough of a difference to come through. Very subtle.
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boogiedude wrote:Any video of it running? Would love to hear the sound of it.
Here's the glasspack ...
Image

... and a link to video.
http://flic.kr/p/aWPFnk
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glasspacks do get louder with time, the packing gradually burns out.
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... and a link to video.
http://flic.kr/p/aWPFnk

Sounds good to me. Is this just a glass pack and no resenator?
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dmwhiteoak wrote: Sounds good to me. Is this just a glass pack and no resenator?
No, the stock resonator was cut out from between the California cat and the stock muffler and the glass pack welded in-line. All the pipes are stock diameter.
And the recording sounds a lot different (better :!: ) than what I hear driving!
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This is exactly the sound what I was looking for. I got my glass pack to and ready to install and a flowmaster 60 series as muffler
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just complete my system, glass pack + flowmaster 60 series
check the sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nGhu6O ... e=youtu.be
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lm48 wrote:just complete my system, glass pack + flowmaster 60 series
check the sound

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5nGhu6O ... e=youtu.be


So,If I undestand right you installed a flowmaster muffler along with a glass pack.
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Yes, I used the 2" glass pack as center resonator and the flow master in the back.
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