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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 07:22 PM
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I was just curious how much bullet mufflers quiet down the exhaust. Or are they just to rid the car of rasp? Thanks a lot!
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 07:28 PM
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rasp.....they are basically a moderns glass pack
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 07:33 PM
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Hate to tell ya man but glasspacks have fiber glass in them, bullets do not. I have heard of alot of people putting them in place of the loudmouth resenator to get rid of rasp. Also they do quite the exhaust a little but not much at all. I'm running the "dynomouth" and its loud but nothing I cant stand.
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 07:37 PM
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[QUOTE=FatZ28]Hate to tell ya man but glasspacks have fiber glass in them, bullets do not. QUOTE]


I know......hence why I said "modern glasspack".......
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 07:55 PM
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Hate to tell ya man but glasspacks have fiber glass in them, bullets do not. QUOTE]


I know......hence why I said "modern glasspack".......


my bad
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Old Feb 10, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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The really help tame the rasp from headers & orp. A single in the I-pipe takes the edge off nicely. Putting them in a Y-pipe, makes a pretty noticable difference and it looks like you have cats come emissions time.
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Well, bullet mufflers look nothing like cats. I looked at the Dynomax ones and they are just cylinders that are a little larger than the pipe itself. But cats are the rectangular boxes. I will probably just have cat casing welded onto the bullet mufflers to make them look like cats.
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Originally Posted by FatZ28


my bad

LOL......thats right....praise me....


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Originally Posted by FatZ28
Hate to tell ya man but glasspacks have fiber glass in them, bullets do not. I have heard of alot of people putting them in place of the loudmouth resenator to get rid of rasp. Also they do quite the exhaust a little but not much at all. I'm running the "dynomouth" and its loud but nothing I cant stand.
The 12in bullets sound like glasspacks to me....
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i'm a newb when it comes to mufflers but what exactly does a bullet look like? how much does it cost? where do i get one from?

i have terrible rasp with my pacesetter LT's+ORY and i would love to cure it
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They are avaliable many places, just search for Dynomax Bullet Mufflers and you should find them. I have two bulet mufflers on my y-pipe and they really did nothing for the rasp. I'm looking to get a whole new 3" y-pipe made.
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I have hooker long tubes with some 3" true duals with an x-pipe from lanes wheels, and they put on 12" bullets for me....takes it from rasp down to rumble...
some guys here in KC think I have one of the best sounding exhausts around...
I used to have some sounds posted somewhere....

http://home.kc.rr.com/soundengineer/sounds/

both x1 clips are with the hookers and duals....

there's an slp loudmouth there too...but the loudmouth is just stock
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Old Mar 10, 2004 | 12:19 PM
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I am selling one. $35 shipped to your door. New in the box and never installed.
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