Muffler Packing
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Muffler Packing
Has anybody on here tried using STAINLESS STEEL WOOL scouring pads for muffler packing?? I like the volume and overall sound of my pipes with out the packing, but there is a little high frequency "chirp" (I guess you would call it) here and there through the RPM range that I would love to get rid of. Just wondering if anybody has tried this and if it works for keeping most of the volume but helps lower the note of the exhaust. Of course, I have lived with the little chirp since 07.. so I guess it doesn't REALLY bother me and if I have to I can keep on living with it.
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Has anybody on here tried using STAINLESS STEEL WOOL scouring pads for muffler packing?? I like the volume and overall sound of my pipes with out the packing, but there is a little high frequency "chirp" (I guess you would call it) here and there through the RPM range that I would love to get rid of. Just wondering if anybody has tried this and if it works for keeping most of the volume but helps lower the note of the exhaust. Of course, I have lived with the little chirp since 07.. so I guess it doesn't REALLY bother me and if I have to I can keep on living with it.
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ehhh..... if I have to go back to fiberglass packing, I think I will just stay with the packing removed and deal with the chirp here and there. I didn't like the note of the exhaust with the factory Rush packing, a different kind MIGHT sound different but...............
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one of the concerns with packing is that with out it, the gasses can flow into where the packing was, then "back up" or cause flow characteristics which are not part of the design- which can reduce performance.
( I am repeating a statement from one of the Guys at Supertrapp in response to a question about removing packing).
I know that with my pipes when the packing is degrading I can certainly hear it as a "less pure" tone
remember from grade 4 science class that steel wool does burn--- the fine mesh allows great amounts of oxygen to aid combustion, and cannot conduct heat away fast enough as would a heavier piece of steel.
2.) exhaust gas pulses can pull back up to the cylinder, I'd hate to think that fine pieces of steel could be pulled up
Mike
( I am repeating a statement from one of the Guys at Supertrapp in response to a question about removing packing).
I know that with my pipes when the packing is degrading I can certainly hear it as a "less pure" tone
remember from grade 4 science class that steel wool does burn--- the fine mesh allows great amounts of oxygen to aid combustion, and cannot conduct heat away fast enough as would a heavier piece of steel.
2.) exhaust gas pulses can pull back up to the cylinder, I'd hate to think that fine pieces of steel could be pulled up
Mike
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yeah regular steel wool will burn easily.... but alot of baffles are wrapped with stainless steel mesh before the fiberglass matting though. It takes alot to melt stainless. The pads I'm talking about are long thick ribbons of stainless all bunched up, not the fine wire with a sponge and soap.
Like the ones in the link here... (if it works)
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/3M-2...gle%20Products
Like the ones in the link here... (if it works)
http://www.hardwareandtools.com/3M-2...gle%20Products
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