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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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Would like to find out from anyone running these if the additional back pressure these create was a noticeable improvement in torque or hp gains you couldfeel by the seat of your pants.

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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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No one has the quiet baffles?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 10:57 PM
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I tried a set in mine last week. I didn't notice any difference power wise, just lost the super deep rinehart rumble at idle. At cruising speed the quiet baffles hardly made any difference at noise reduction. I pulled them out and put the standard baffles back in, waste of money IMHO.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 11:02 PM
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Would like to find out from anyone running these if the additional back pressure these create was a noticeable improvement in torque or hp gains you couldfeel by the seat of your pants.

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Don't think your really going to see some power gains. The quiet pipes only drop the sound 7db. Thats not much. In my book it's not worth it. If you're looking for more torque, time to spend some $$$
 
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How do you tell one baffle from another other than by the sound? Are they numberd differently or what?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 11:16 PM
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How do you tell one baffle from another other than by the sound? Are they numberd differently or what?
Standard baffles are2.25 inch, quiet baffles are 2 inch, the performance baffles are 2.5 inch.
 
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Old Oct 25, 2007 | 11:48 PM
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The quiet pipes only drop the sound 7db. Thats not much.
A 7dB drop in sound pressure level represents a sound source having less than half the sound power being generated. That's a significant reduction of energy being released as sound!

It's (just) greater than the difference in clean volume you'd be able to generate with your stereo versus one with an amplifier that produces twice the power output.

In case you were unaware, a 3dB change in SPL is almost imperceptible and a 10dB change in SPL is generally perceived as being either twice or half as loud, depending on the direction of change.
 
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Old Oct 26, 2007 | 09:06 AM
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How do you tell one baffle from another other than by the sound? Are they numberd differently or what?
Standard baffles are2.25 inch, quiet baffles are 2 inch, the performance baffles are 2.5 inch.
I might go for some performance baffles. I have the standard (104 db) and would like more sound!
 
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