Jackpots on backwards??
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Road Master
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From: Charlotte, N.C.
Jackpots on backwards??
Still looking for the perfect (dB) I was checking out the stock pipes when it came to me. I wondered what would the bike sound like if I put the Jackpot slipon muffler with the smaller baffle on the right side of the bike, almost running it like the stock pipes where the left side has more flow. Has anyone done this? what did you think?
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From: Albuquerque New Mexico
yep, if Jamie had found out it ran better with more back pressure on the right he would have designed it that way. I believe the idea behind Jamie's design is to equalize backpressure to both sides to improve scavenging
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I agree and wouldn't even consider swapping the mufflers. The bike would certainly not run optimally.
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Tourer
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Sorry if this is a high-jack but I recently had Jamie send me the competition baffles for my Jackpots. When I removed the stock baffles I could not see any difference between the right and left side other than the right side was more blackened by the exhaust. They are identical in structure and the packing material appeared to be of the same quantity as well. Is one supposed to be shorter than the other?
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Road Warrior
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Maybe Jamie will pipe in here and gives us the scoop.
Here's what the FM site states
The 2/1/2 design of the stock Harley headpipes works very well for performance on the 88", 96", 103" and 110" bikes. The factory headpipe design is based primarily on 2 into 1 design with a crossover for the left muffler. Our extensive testing has shown obvious shortcomings of the aftermarket true dual systems and we have found excellent gains thru baffle design taking advantage of the stock headpipe design. We developed an asymmetrical baffle system that allows us to use the right muffler for the primary muffler and we make use of the crossover and left muffler to produce maximum low end torque and HP. We extensively tested muffler, baffle design, exhaust packing combinations and our final baffle design is the result of 100+ hours of dyno testing and development.
So to me swapping them would be a bad, bad, idea.
Last edited by Bowhunter61; Jan 30, 2011 at 02:12 PM.