My car came with a bassani catback and x on it. I've heard people talk about removing the baffles to make it louder. Are the baffles the chicken wire looking things inside the exhaust tip? it also looks like a allen headed bolt is running up through the bottom and holding it in place. So if i remove this bolt, the baffle will pull out? How much louder is it w/ them out?
Bassani catback .... baffles?
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That's right, take out the allen screw and the baffle will come out. It can be kind of tricky to get a grip on it though. I would say it's maybe 15% louder. I keep mine in though. The baffles really keep the exhaust from "blatting" under heavy throttle.
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I vote for remove the baffles. The cb will sound better. Don't muffle that beautiful sound.
yea, I bought my car used, and it did not have the baffles, and I bought some to put in...evans03c said:
It sounds like a popcorn machine without them... too many pop pop pop noises... its much better with it in.:rockon:
Speaking of the baffles I have removed them re-installed them just to find out which sounds better, the fiberglass wrap stuff kept coming off and it looked like a birds nest in the tip one day so I peeled it off. I keep them in because It does reduce that pop sound,jmo.
I've heard cars with them in and out.
I really prefer them in. Sounds sooo much smoother/better and more mellow.
Thats one of the great things about them though; you can quickly take them in and out based on your mood.
I really prefer them in. Sounds sooo much smoother/better and more mellow.
Thats one of the great things about them though; you can quickly take them in and out based on your mood.
I pulled my baffles out as soon as the catback arrived. I have very little popping and with the offroad X the exhaust is so loud and aggressive! I tried to put the baffles in, but the one on the drivers side is a really tight fit so I lost interest and kept them out. I vote out just because I like being really obnoxious!
Break out the Dremel and a nice flat blade screwdriver...cut according slot into head of bolt and out it will come.
thats funny, my dad told me to do the same exact thing...
downshift to second at 60 and dont touch the gas, and tell me it doesn't sound like a popcorn machine...:lol1:
..op:..it does..i have a catted X pipe..wonder with no cats..how it'd sound
much more popcorn...
op: galore!:lol1:
I took the fiberglass wrap out first week after it started sticking out the ends. Took the baffles out permanently after about 6 months. decided I liked the sound better.
FWIW I did back to back dyno with and with out the baffles and picked up 6 HP with them out
Here's a tip for getting them out. Remove the screw from the bottom and thread it in from the top just into the baffle, not the tip. Then take a length of nylon rope and hook it around the screw and pull. I also took note of the scuff marks on the baffles and ground down the high spots just a hair.
FWIW I did back to back dyno with and with out the baffles and picked up 6 HP with them out
Here's a tip for getting them out. Remove the screw from the bottom and thread it in from the top just into the baffle, not the tip. Then take a length of nylon rope and hook it around the screw and pull. I also took note of the scuff marks on the baffles and ground down the high spots just a hair.
wow, no one has done a before and after dyno... I figured they were a restriction, but not 6 rw... thats almost a tenth.
guess I'll take mine out next time I take it to the track.:beer:
took mine out sounds better at WOT
so whats the deal on the wrap that comes on the baffle? what's its intended purpose?
I'm getting the Bassani headers put in this week and was thinking about pulling the baffles too. Think it will be loud???
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