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Old 06-16-2004, 05:25 PM   #15 (permalink)
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^^ NO, read the HTA again... A muffler with the baffles removed is a 'gutted muffler'.

Any muffler that does not have baffles to begin with is a straight through muffler. Thats what straight through means, there is no exhaust diversions(baffles).

Harley's don't have straight through mufflers, they have straight pipes with no muffler or resonators at all...

Sounds like you're confusing 'straight pipe' with 'straight through muffler' theres a BIG difference in sound, since most straight through mufflers have a good amount of glass packing to absorb sound.

For the record, I drove my car around the block with no muffler at all(when I was changing mufflers) and it was nowhere near as loud as a harley, the cat muffles a bit, and the extra length of piping dampens the noise quite a bit.


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