Whats a Glass Pack?

[Tyler17rose]

The topic says it all.... i'm under the impression its some sort of resonator?

[mitmaks]

its basically long, large diameter muffler for muscle cars, i am probably gonna put pair of em on my bel air in future, check if u have them in ur local parts store, theyre on display in ours, look like long straigh-through pipes usually in red color

[Tyler17rose]

ahh thanks ! so you wouldnt want to put one of these on a mx3 right? cause it would sound like crap?

[mitmaks]

no, not unless you have 350 blown small block under hood , which i am thinking of doing when i get enough money

[Tyler17rose]

Hey Mitmaks, when you got your exhaust did u get a custom cat back? if so did u keep your resonator? Should i?

[quinn_seipp]

a glasspack would sound good on an mx-3 if you had another muffler to back it up.

[mitmaks]

i just got apexi muffler for now, but i wouldnt remove resonator, esp if ur local law enforcement(cops) are a**es, probably would get u ticket for loudness. but get catback exhaust like pacesetter

[RanMan]

Actually the term "glasspack" refers to a muffler that has fiberglass in it to deaden the sound. If you look at many of the aftermarket mufflers for imports, they have fiberglass in them....that is part of what makes the exhaust sound the way it does.

[Jackattack]

hey mitmaks, your apex-i mufler is full of glasspack.
Just about all strait through mufflers are full of fiberglass packing, it is the material inside that deadens the sound, when the hot gas comes through the exhast system it cannot expand due to the metal piping, but when it hits the muffler, it has perforamted walls that allow the gasses to expand into the glasspack and it smooths out the tone of the noise, generaly more glasspack(thicker muffler)= smoother,quieter muffler and less glasspack(thinner muffler) will give a rougher louder sound.<p>just incase you wanted to know.
jack