aaarrrgggg! It just doesn't feel the same
 

Well, the gears are in and i clamped the glass packs down until i bursted a blood vessel. Even with the o2's fixed.. it just doesn't feel the same.. seems like i lost some power still... i use to be able to nail the throttle at 30-40ish and it seemed like all hell was breaking loose.. now it spins for just a sec and goes.. but doesn't feel like i have the same power. I know the 3.73's are an explanation for highway punches.. but it just feels sluggish.
It's almost like i'm back to stock.

Ever since i put the mufflers on, it's been a dog. I know that a little BP wouldn't cause such a drastic loss of power.. (59 rwhp to be exact) I might have gotten a little back since the o2 is fixed.. but damn, it's not 59 rw back.

I'm about ready to say screw it and put a 502 BBC with a blower on this biotch and put my LS1 in a sleeper (that weighs 2500lbs)

Trouble is i've spent close to 6k this past month.. and buying a new engine isn't an option at the present moment.

any thoughts, ideas, am i just mad/delerious.
anyone???

Re: aaarrrgggg! It just doesn't feel the same
 

Thanks for the reply quick99, hmmm that a pretty big jump from just an ehaust standpoint 12.7 to 12.3's

That's what my car ran last time at the track was 12.3 @ 110 i have not ran the TNT kit at the track yet.. as the first time i ran it i blew the rear end (posi went waaay south)

But that does seem to be my common denominator...
right when i put my side pipes on (dynomax glass packs) is when i really noticed the loss. It does sound really good.. and much more quiet.. but i want my power back <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="gr_images/icons/mad.gif" />

Is there any way to hollow those puppies out ??

Re: aaarrrgggg! It just doesn't feel the same
 

It's really easy to screw up with glasspacks because they are not all made the same. Some are punched in like this:

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Needless to say, if you get the ones that are punched in, you loose power. If you install them backwards, you loose even more power.

Re: aaarrrgggg! It just doesn't feel the same
 

Bleargh! UBB ate my ascii art!

Re: aaarrrgggg! It just doesn't feel the same
 

Did you say that you installed glasspacks on the car?? If so, that may be the loss of your power.
FYI, on my Nova, I went 12.70's with glasspacks, 12.30's with the Flowmaster kit. Just a thought...