is it wrong to put glasspacks on a Mercedes ?
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First of all, you can do whatever you wish to "your car".
Are you simply looking to add a glass pack or are you planning to use it to replace another exhaust component in your exhaust system?
I doubt that just adding one will make much difference.... BTW what is it you are trying to achieve?
Are you simply looking to add a glass pack or are you planning to use it to replace another exhaust component in your exhaust system?
I doubt that just adding one will make much difference.... BTW what is it you are trying to achieve?
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Unless I am mistaken, Fatz, glass packs are designed to drastically increase the amount of noise created by the exhaust plumbing of cars, without delivering any performance benefits at all.
Glass packs in a Mercedes exhaust will certainly get the attention of other motorists, though one imagines that not all other road users would enjoy that extra racket emanating from a nearby car.
Glass packs in a Mercedes exhaust will certainly get the attention of other motorists, though one imagines that not all other road users would enjoy that extra racket emanating from a nearby car.
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I don't think that inserting a glass pack between the engine and the resonator or muffler is going to do much. Maybe that is what the OP is looking for. They are designed to emphasize the low frequency tones in the exhaust; I just think the other components would negate most of the emphasis provided by the glass pack.
I don't know this as fact, but I believe glass packs are simply small diameter resonators with a straight-through exhaust flow. Since the diameter is small, there is not much sound absorbing material between the center pipe and its' shell. They could even have a small reflective cavity to emphasize the lows. Now you've stirred my interest; I'll have to investigate this weekend.
I don't know this as fact, but I believe glass packs are simply small diameter resonators with a straight-through exhaust flow. Since the diameter is small, there is not much sound absorbing material between the center pipe and its' shell. They could even have a small reflective cavity to emphasize the lows. Now you've stirred my interest; I'll have to investigate this weekend.
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Glass Packs may make it a bit louder in the low frequency range. It is hard to gage what you mean by sound better.
My opinions:
Do you want a more "muscle car" sound and rumble? Glass Packs will do that.
Do you want a smoother exhaust note? Vibrant resonators have a crisper/sharper note.
Do you want to lower the exhaust volume? A magnaflow or flowmaster muffler will do that. I believe both companies make straight-through and reflective (more restrictive) mufflers.
The longer a straight-through muffler or resonator the more noise attenuation there will be.
I assume you have a true dual exhaust setup....
My opinions:
Do you want a more "muscle car" sound and rumble? Glass Packs will do that.
Do you want a smoother exhaust note? Vibrant resonators have a crisper/sharper note.
Do you want to lower the exhaust volume? A magnaflow or flowmaster muffler will do that. I believe both companies make straight-through and reflective (more restrictive) mufflers.
The longer a straight-through muffler or resonator the more noise attenuation there will be.
I assume you have a true dual exhaust setup....
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They are generally made with a small pipe inside a larger pipe with fiberglass between the 2 pipes. Like the secondary cats and resonators in our cars, they can be "ported" to achieve greater noise cancellation due to turbulence; similar to what you get when the engine expels into the exhaust manifold (there is much less turbulence with headers).
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You do as it pleases you of course. Having heard a few modifyed MB exhausts recently at a car wash, I think it only makes the car sound like a bulldozer. Fine for a truck but a bit cheezy for a benz sedan
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Flowmasters like the delta flow with big pipes sound real melow. When you are cruising they sound nice and mellow, but when you stomp it they roar pretty nice.
