Thinking about a glasspack...

[Metallover]

Thanks for all the help so far guys. I'm having a friend come over saturday afternoon and I'll get it thrown in. I'll have to buy the muffler clamps the same day...

My truck should sound pretty good pulling into confirmation on sunday!

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by Metallover

Thanks for all the help so far guys. I'm having a friend come over saturday afternoon and I'll get it thrown in. I'll have to buy the muffler clamps the same day...

My truck should sound pretty good pulling into confirmation on sunday!

You mean church confirmation?

[Metallover]

Originally Posted by Takedown

You mean church confirmation?

oh yeah

[Takedown]

Originally Posted by Metallover

oh yeah

Oh god....

[jacobsjo87]

no muffler just straight pipe it!

[suicideneil]

Sod that, just cut the entire exhaust system off and have some pipes sticking out the hood- a la junkyard wars...

[trev3813]

You mean zumiez? Im getting a new cross over for my truck tomaro. startin it up straight outta the cross over

[Metallover]

So I got it installed today. No one could come over and help me, so I did it myself.

First step was getting it up in the air. The best option was to back it onto these ramp things and my dad helped me with that. We got it after a few tries and violent slips...

The old muffler clamps weren't too bad to get off, I sprayed them with oil last night and before I started working. The hard part was getting the old muffler off. I wanted to just twist it off, but it never worked out. I tried dremeling the rust away and everything. Eventually I cut the front end of the muffler off with a sawsall and unhooked the rest. I took the tailpipe-muffler to the bench and tried for a good 30-45 minutes to get the muffler off the pipe. After beating it with a hammer for awhile, I cut it as far away from the mount that held the tailpipe on as I could and got the remaining sleeve off after cutting it lengthwise.

Now comes installing the glasspack. I put one end on the tailpipe and slid that back in. I got the front on and after some eyeballing, I realized it wouldn't be to hard to hang it. I re-used almost every stock mount. The one thing I changed was in the front of the muffler I put it through the hole that used to be there and I used to ton of wire to bind the old mount and the new muffler/muffler clamp. It turned out really nice.

Now it was installed. I started it up. HOLY $HiT it sounded nice! It is nice and deep and growly. I took er around the block pretty slow and it's not too loud, but definately louder then the old muffler. The old muffler was pretty rusted out and sounded like it had sand in it....

I got inside and my and his girlfriend both heard it. His girlfriend was bitching saying "it shook the whole house" in her snotty complaining voice.... My dad said it was loud, and that's about all he said. He is a little hearing impared from his old construction work...
All in all I love my new glasspack. I haven't taken it above 20mph yet so I might change my mind... Or like it more!

See. Told you there wasnt anything to it. Get a video of it. Do some big smokey burnouts.

[Metallover]

I might get a vid... hmmm....

I think all the people that think glasspacks sound like crap is people that use them on newer, 4-6cyl engines. I got a old syle V8. You think that's the problem, too small of engine to make it sound good?

The cats may also play a role in it... After shaking the old muffler I bet the cat is all rusted/broken out. It's old and unrestricive too...

Do some big smokey burnouts. Those are always cool.

Here are some pics of one I did a while back. Didnt get it on video.



Yea, Its just a little old 1988 Ford Ranger. lol

[Metallover]

Looks like fun! BUT the tires didn't have much fun... and neither would my wallet...

Hahah. No joke. I got a old set of stock wheels I just put old cheap tires on and have some fun ever once in a while.

[_paralyzed_]

I'm glad to hear you did it yourself and got it done. Loud pipes save lives.

[Takedown]

Hey! Glasspacks dont sound bad on smaller engines. Take for instance my friends 94 inegra with a cb glasspack and my saab with a cb turbo muffler. Both sound identicle and both sound epic at any rpm. My personal fav is when I downshift and it crackles. Cant beat it.