192:, including making title singular. Glasspacks are the most well-known generic type of aftermarket exhaust, and maybe the most well-known term for aftermarket equipment of any sort. Dpbsmith's guesses were correct: The purpose was a modicum of sound-deadening with a minimum of backpressure. In the fifties and sixties, most hotrodders didn't understand the effects of exhaust-pipe diameter, stepping, and length that affect resonance and thus affect evacuation of burnt gasses from the cylinder. So they often used the biggest available headers dumping into big glasspacks, which sounded testosteronous but resulted in less than optimal torque and power. When I was the sort of teenager who valued power over handling, I had them on a 1972 Pontiac GTO with a 400-cubic-inch engine, and it scared neighborhood pets.
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Glasspack in Place of Your Cat: If your cat has gone bad, and you want a simple fix without making the car sound too loud and possibly like crap, you can reaplace the cat with a glasspack muffler. Keep in mind that this is illegal, and will be noticed if inspections are done in
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among certain (young male?) automobile owners—distinctive enough from OEM and other aftermarket mufflers to deserve its own article. Should be titled in the singular, however. But it's not made of glass, (it uses fiberglass for sound-deadening), nor does it amplify sound (as anyone who's ever had a
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OK stub. Mark for cleanup, though, as I don't think the information is very accurate. I was never part of the hotrod culture but even I heard about them. Good chance that someone wise in the ways of J. C. Whitney will expand it into a real article someday. They didn't
135:. They're filled with fiberglass as DialUp pointed out. My brother had a set on his old '67 Mustang. Ah, memories. Even with "freeway gears" that car was a holy terror and the 'packs were a major reason why. Correct errors and remove the "ricer" POV comment. -
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engine noise), but if you actually know something about them I'd appreciate it if you would take a quick pass over it yourself.
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