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shappi
Dodge Dakota
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11/02/2006
23:06:24
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i have a glasspack on my gen2 and gibson on my gen3. i cant pick a fav. you know the whole advantage and disadvantage thing. one sonds good but loss of power and CHEAP. the other was pricey but sounds ok i guess and no notice in power.
let me know why you guys like the glasspacks or dont like the glasspacks and please tell me why.
thanks yall. -shappi
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likey
Dodge Dakota
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11/03/2006
12:53:33
|  RE: glasspacks. agree or dissagree? and why?
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glasspacks sound awesome on a 4.7 and you do not feel the power loss. It is such a small amount of HP loss, that your ass is not going to feel it. Gicson is overpriced and I personally think that they are not worth the money.
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kj
Dodge Dakota
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11/03/2006
17:01:09
| RE: glasspacks. agree or dissagree? and why?
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I would go for a turbo style muffler such as the Walker Dynomax Super Turbo if it is available. If you want noise put on some Thrush mufflers that have been around forever. I'm speaking of the cylinder shaped model. Then there is always Flowmaster.
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Lurkin
Dodge Dakota
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11/06/2006
10:50:01
| RE: glasspacks. agree or dissagree? and why?
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The only thing I did not like about the glasspack on my 02 4.7 was the resonanace that I got at about 2K rpm. An hour or more on the highway and it was quite annoying, not to mention that it resonatated at a frequency that seemed to cancel out my sub.
I ended up changing it to a Magnaflow. Much more of a glasspack sound to it.
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N56629
Dodge Dakota
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11/06/2006
13:14:53
| RE: glasspacks. agree or dissagree? and why?
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2.5 thru glass pack will not reduce your power. For all practical purposes it is the same as a straight piece of 2.5 pipe. Only two reason I can see for not likely them and that is the cheap ones rust out and they are too loud.
However, a straight thru glass pack does not have to be loud. I have JBA 3" stainless exhaust and it is straight thru, glass packed and reasonably quiet. It can be installed backwards if you want it louder. It will probably last the life of the truck or ten cheap glass packs so it is also cost effective.
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2002R/T
Dodge Dakota
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11/06/2006
19:11:51
| RE: glasspacks. agree or dissagree? and why?
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glasspacks are redneck mufflers. get a spintech
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Packer Fan
Dodge Dakota
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11/06/2006
21:10:17
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Spintechs are fine for nerds but real men run glass packs.
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Josh
Dodge Dakota
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11/16/2006
01:32:11
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I have gibson Side Swept 3Incher Gibson Headers bassini Ypipes Bassini high flow cat one cat. 4.7 2003 QD Cab Super Chip and Kn Cold air did it all at same time so couldnt tell ya what got most gane it screams now thoe.Did the Ys and cat last little improvement not much didnt expect much more thoe I was allready very pleased.Gibson was a little pricey thoe.
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GraphiteDak
GenIII
11/16/2006
17:50:18
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Glasspacks can be awesome. In loudness nothing can touch them except a straight pipe.
Many EXPENSIVE mufflers are just a glass pack style straight through design with extra padding and a bigger body. So why pay for them rip off mufllers?
I think the GOOD Glass packs were directional and quieter until you really got the RPM's up there where as most of the cheaper ones, liek the Cherry Bombs I used recently, have the baffle grooves inside aimed both ways so you can install it without being backwards! But they may be a little louder at cruise because of it.
I had Glass Packs when I first went true duals. They were loud as sh*t. Set of alarms at a distance, scared the kiddies in the honda's, etc. But on the highway for 3 hours towing a load they got annoying. So I went with a pair of Flowmatser 40 series.
I miss the glass packs when I want to tear some a$$ around town.
I think the true dual 2 1/2" exhaust is why mine was so loud compared to say someone splits a single into fake duals.
here's some old sound samples I made.
Duals with glass packs ---> http://www.paysonarizona.net/mp3's/Dak_122605_Duals_01_SoundSample.mp2
And the dual Flowmaster 40 series ---> http://www.paysonarizona.net/mp3's/DualFlowStepOnItALittle.mp3
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_Gear_
Dodge Dakota
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11/23/2006
12:52:30
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hell yeah go glasspacks haha those sound BAAAAD GraphiteDak
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GraphiteDak
GenIII
11/24/2006
11:02:36
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They DID sound BAAAAAD :)
I miss them sometimes. But the Flowmaster's sound good too being on such large pipes.
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Helsmire
Dodge Dakota
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11/30/2006
15:22:18
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All about personal preference. I own 2 dakotas, one for street and one for off road 4x4. Personally i love the sound of glasspacks albeit my dakotas are both 360 base motors stroked to 408s instead of the 4.7. Due to a lot of complaints you may get, i suggest Flowmaster 40 series depending on your area.
Dont forget to keep in consideration "noise pollution"
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rammer
Dodge Dakota
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12/01/2006
16:39:17
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funk the noise pollution.
i had glasspacks on my truck when i had true dulls. now i have 3" down pipe then goes into 3 1/2" all the way out in stock location. its loud but not bad at cruising speeds. sounds like a flow master then u hear the turbo. until it blew up!
have now graphite daks old 2 1/2" g. packs on my mustang and sounds great
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GraphiteDak
GenIII
12/01/2006
23:05:31
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Yeah. His $500 Mustang (he purchased from my hillbilly friend before he moved away) sounds really good with the exhaust we put on it.
His Chebby neighbor keeps coming over when we start it up when working on it. He said it sounds really good.
We think he wants to race his Camero against it.
We still have no idea what all has been done to that 302 in there. Need to run it I guess.
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