Exhaust Help
you might loose some back pressure... not everyone notices it or has it.
I didn't feel a loss at all.
I still went ahead and added a K&N and XIED to make up the difference. wow.. what a f'n fast 1200 now.
and sounds bad ***.
You don't have to remove anything. Just stick the 1in hole bit up there, drill out, turn her on, watch the cuts fly out. done.
Or, that's what i did, and i'd do it again.
I didn't feel a loss at all.
I still went ahead and added a K&N and XIED to make up the difference. wow.. what a f'n fast 1200 now.
and sounds bad ***.
You don't have to remove anything. Just stick the 1in hole bit up there, drill out, turn her on, watch the cuts fly out. done.
Or, that's what i did, and i'd do it again.
Last edited by gfburke; Aug 10, 2011 at 01:47 PM.
if you look close, you can notice i don't have a plastic airbox behind the air cover. but that's it.
only pics i have up so far are here:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/sport...the-cheap.html
Last edited by gfburke; Aug 10, 2011 at 01:47 PM.
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I watched the video at: https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...-mufflers.html
Had to so I had a freakin' clue what drilling out the baffles meant! Haha. I understand the mechanics/engineering behind it all, I just didn't know the lingo
I feel like such a noob...
yep. that's it man.
like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf-9nusHQl4
although i did a 1in hole bit. and also i didn't pull out everything like he did.. mine was just like 2 silver dollars that came out.
Think the dude in this vid as an 09 and the packing he pulls out isn't welded in like ours is. so we just makes holes.
you can start with a smaller bit, or just a hole and see how it sounds as you get bigger..
like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf-9nusHQl4
although i did a 1in hole bit. and also i didn't pull out everything like he did.. mine was just like 2 silver dollars that came out.
Think the dude in this vid as an 09 and the packing he pulls out isn't welded in like ours is. so we just makes holes.
you can start with a smaller bit, or just a hole and see how it sounds as you get bigger..
Last edited by gfburke; Aug 10, 2011 at 02:21 PM.
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How long of a drill bit did you need before you made contact with the baffle? From the video I linked earlier, it looked like 12-18 inches into the actual muffler.
[Edit:] Nevermind ... you used a 1" HOLE drill bit like the guy above. Hmmm ... now I am super tempted to do this, I have all I need. But how far into the muffler did you have to drill? The dude in the video you linked above goes like 6 inches in, barely anything.
[Edit:] Nevermind ... you used a 1" HOLE drill bit like the guy above. Hmmm ... now I am super tempted to do this, I have all I need. But how far into the muffler did you have to drill? The dude in the video you linked above goes like 6 inches in, barely anything.
Last edited by Meatnog; Aug 10, 2011 at 02:25 PM.
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Cycle Shack supposedly makes the SE's, but when I asked them they wouldn't confirm nor deny it. Rush is another option. They offer different baffle sizes, which as far as I know, they are the only ones that offer multiple options. The smaller the baffle diameter the "quieter" they are.
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I already convinced my girlfriend we're stopping by a home depot on the way back from Sam's Club and I'm getting a 1" bimetal hole saw drill bit. The smallest I had in the house was 1 1/4" which is just SLIGHTLY too big to fit ... le dang. Oh well, it is just an excuse to buy another tool, yay!
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