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samwise68 · 01-09-2008, 06:00 PM

i know what you mean.

He almost deserves an award for unifying the whole board into one thread.

....almost.

-Sam.

Jim_PA · 01-09-2008, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JAKES 68GMC

I agree with Sam, but this thread is really amazing.

And some reason I keep coming back to read more.

It's like a fish tank. You have no idea why you keep watching, but you can't stop.

**70cst** · 01-09-2008, 06:30 PM

I am going to start a thread that ask, "What are the best ear plugs for a loud truck?"

72BLUZ · 01-09-2008, 09:42 PM

buy some cheap mufflers and gut them!!

**El Jay** · 01-09-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim_PA

It's like a fish tank. You have no idea why you keep watching, but you can't stop.

Or a train wreck.

**special-K** · 01-10-2008, 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by 70' GMC

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What is this glass packs???

Today at school I was talking to a buddy of mine, we started talking about power, and he told me if I added power it would mess up the frame or warp it, then he said that I have to have an "A" frame, and he told me I have a box frame.

Can someone shed some light on this??? PLEASE!!!

Yes...glasspacks.
You can add power.I`ve seen these frames take close to 1,000hp.The "A frame" is the type of suspension your truck has.Our frames are channel,not box.It`s known as a ladder-type frame.

Are you still waiting for the best and loudest answer?I see the "I keep getting tickets" thread hasn`t been started yet.

70' GMC · 01-10-2008, 01:50 AM

So what type/kind of glass packs are they???

jott_06 · 01-10-2008, 02:06 AM

they are the type that has fiberglass in them

Really though i doubt anyone is gonna be able to tell what brand they are anymore seeing as how most glasspacks look the same other than maybe the color that they are painted or not painted. I had glasspacks with 2 inch pipe on my 77 for a while because it was cheap but they eventually started to cackle so i went to my local muffler shop and had 2 1/2 inch duals with Force street strip chambered mufflers put on it dumping in front of the axle and it sounds very good. Its not real loud at an idle but when you open it up its much louder than what the junk glass packs were. No offense to anyone that has them but i think glasspacks are starting to be the muffler of yesterday. Or at least where i'm from. Everyone is going with chambered mufflers because you get that deep throaty roar instead of a loud cackle. Just my $.02

-JEREMY-

marcuspboldt · 01-10-2008, 03:51 AM

Drag an old hood around behind our truck. That will make your truck really loud!

**special-K** · 01-10-2008, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by marcuspboldt

Drag an old hood around behind our truck. That will make your truck really loud!

yer killin me

They are bullet glasspacks.They are generic.

Robert1970C20rstbukt · 01-10-2008, 05:22 PM

Did you make sure the alternator is full? That'll help make it louder.

The shorter the glasspacks are, the louder it'll be. Usually you can find 'em in 12's, 18's, 24's, and 30's. I have 18's on my truck with dual 2 1/4" pipes that are 45'ed behind the rear tires and it's loud enough for me. It rumbles at an idle and it really talks when I put the hammer down. If you like the sound leave it alone, that's what i'd do.

DavesRide · 01-10-2008, 06:28 PM

Put some turn up's that run into the cab and "floor" it until you can't smell it anymore. Then invite all your dead friends to join you with all the noise. Yeah that's cool.

**70cst** · 01-10-2008, 06:38 PM

Rumor has it that if you use the new graphite impregnated, teflon coated muffler bearings in your exhaust...it will add at least 30db of sound.

streetstar · 01-10-2008, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by 70' GMC

Attachment 327188

What is this glass packs???

Today at school I was talking to a buddy of mine, we started talking about power, and he told me if I added power it would mess up the frame or warp it, then he said that I have to have an "A" frame, and he told me I have a box frame.

Can someone shed some light on this??? PLEASE!!!

Those are indeed glass packs.

Your buddy at school needs to take a basic auto shop class. I have owned several big block powered trucks -- one that made in excess of 500 hp and 600 lb/ft of torque --- its frame was ok.

"then he said that I have to have an "A" frame"
agree 100% with this one --- i have plans to build one myself on a small plot of land i have above Manitou Springs, CO. Its gonna be awesome! Log planks outside and nothing but cedar inside -- just like a tiny ski lodge !

but alas, he probably was talking about A-arms -- don't worry about those, your truck already has them. They are what your spindles attach to.
You actually have a C cross section frame (not to be confused with a c-notch), and not a box frame (unless its a full-tilt custom)

I hope i have helped ...... just a little bit

edit: Special-K answered this 5 or 6 responses back, so i guess i just wasted about 120 words that could have been better spent dispensing words of wisdom on how to put up chicks .... and their moms.

**El Jay** · 01-10-2008, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by 70cst

Rumor has it that if you use the new graphite impregnated, teflon coated muffler bearings in your exhaust...it will add at least 30db of sound.

Where can I get some?
Also, I'm almost out of blinker fluid. Where can I get a decent deal on that?
Well, I gotta get outta here & get to bed. I'm gonna drop my tranny tomorrow in the A.M. so I can pull the clutch & have it granished.

**special-K** · 01-11-2008, 01:32 AM

An A-frame would be nice with a loft.But you`d want a quiet truck up in the mountains.You don`t want your neighbors timing you from the bottom.

Walts_restoration · 01-11-2008, 02:04 AM

nobodys came up with self dispensing quarter sticks? self lighter, and they just drop out the back. Only problem is you gotta keep it above 50mph otherwise your gonna need new tailights...quite often because it cracks them and you lose all your blinker fluid, and apparently thats a health hazard nowadays.

Wasted Income · 01-11-2008, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by El Jay

Where can I get some?
Also, I'm almost out of blinker fluid. Where can I get a decent deal on that?

Here:
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=10

and here:
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...&products_id=6

bryanw1968 · 01-11-2008, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by green724x4

I am of the current young "z71" generation, and I dont really like the stocker with duels and cats sound. For me the sound of a lumpy cam and open headers is cool at idle. I liked loud but affter passing my friends little v6 firebird, right next to his house ya quiter is better. He go a call as soon as we got to my house. 1 mile away. At least my parents couldn't hear me open up my pipes. I run dynomaxx turbo mufflers and they are real quite until wot and then they rattle like glass packs.

I always wondered what the dynomax turbos sounded like. If I ever get tired of my welded race muffs I might consider those. So when you say "rattle" do you mean raspy or loud or both?
Thanks,
B

willis0107 · 01-11-2008, 10:01 AM

just drill 1/2" holes in your exhaust pipe all the way to the back not only will it be loud but it will sound awesome

bryanw1968 · 01-11-2008, 10:31 AM

Screw it, just pull every bit of exhaust off including the headers. Get a fire extinguisher and fire it up!

Kidding, out of all the options people are listing I don't know how you're going to be able to pick one

If it were me I'd run the smallest glass pack just for tone through the smallest length of pipe possible.

marcuspboldt · 01-11-2008, 10:37 AM

Fill your tail pipes up with water every night before you go to bed, must park truck facing south, eventially whatever muffler(s) you have will rot out and violla yer loud dude.

Thank you, Thank you, No really it was nothing,

thank you,

thank you,

Oh flowers that's too much!

thank you,

thank you.

c10addict · 01-11-2008, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Walts_restoration

nobodys came up with self dispensing quarter sticks? self lighter, and they just drop out the back. Only problem is you gotta keep it above 50mph otherwise your gonna need new tailights...quite often because it cracks them and you lose all your blinker fluid, and apparently thats a health hazard nowadays.

I set off a couple of those a few years back during the Carlise all truck nats in the hotel lawn... Talk about drawing attention... I ended up in handcuffs that night....

Timing is everything...

JAKES 68GMC · 01-11-2008, 03:13 PM

Still coming back for more...

**El Jay** · 01-11-2008, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wasted Income

Here:
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...products_id=10

and here:
http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main...&products_id=6

Hey, thanks, W.I.
I guess you know where I'll be sending my next paycheck.

01-09-2008, 06:30 PM	#153
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,374	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? I am going to start a thread that ask, "What are the best ear plugs for a loud truck?" __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder!

01-09-2008, 09:42 PM	#154
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01-10-2008, 01:50 AM	#157
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01-10-2008, 02:06 AM	#158
jott_06 Camaro Club Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: ohio Posts: 472	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? they are the type that has fiberglass in them Really though i doubt anyone is gonna be able to tell what brand they are anymore seeing as how most glasspacks look the same other than maybe the color that they are painted or not painted. I had glasspacks with 2 inch pipe on my 77 for a while because it was cheap but they eventually started to cackle so i went to my local muffler shop and had 2 1/2 inch duals with Force street strip chambered mufflers put on it dumping in front of the axle and it sounds very good. Its not real loud at an idle but when you open it up its much louder than what the junk glass packs were. No offense to anyone that has them but i think glasspacks are starting to be the muffler of yesterday. Or at least where i'm from. Everyone is going with chambered mufflers because you get that deep throaty roar instead of a loud cackle. Just my $.02 -JEREMY-

01-10-2008, 03:51 AM	#159
marcuspboldt Registered Abuser Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ft.Worth Texas Posts: 1,001	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? Drag an old hood around behind our truck. That will make your truck really loud!

01-10-2008, 05:22 PM	#161
Robert1970C20rstbukt Registered User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Beeville, Texas Posts: 1,943	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? Did you make sure the alternator is full? That'll help make it louder. The shorter the glasspacks are, the louder it'll be. Usually you can find 'em in 12's, 18's, 24's, and 30's. I have 18's on my truck with dual 2 1/4" pipes that are 45'ed behind the rear tires and it's loud enough for me. It rumbles at an idle and it really talks when I put the hammer down. If you like the sound leave it alone, that's what i'd do. __________________ RJD 1984 Chevrolet C30 welding truck 454/SM465 1977 GMC C15 pickup 350/TH350 1970 Chevrolet C20 pickup 350/TH400 1970 Chevrolet K20 Suburban 454/TH350 1969 GMC 8500 478M V6/5 spd winch truck Last edited by Robert1970C20rstbukt; 01-10-2008 at 05:25 PM.

01-10-2008, 06:28 PM	#162
DavesRide Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Garageless, Missouri Posts: 408	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? Put some turn up's that run into the cab and "floor" it until you can't smell it anymore. Then invite all your dead friends to join you with all the noise. Yeah that's cool. __________________ R.I.P ESLL Even as the body dies the spirit lives on in the people you touched

01-10-2008, 06:38 PM	#163
70cst Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: New Madison, Ohio Posts: 21,374	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? Rumor has it that if you use the new graphite impregnated, teflon coated muffler bearings in your exhaust...it will add at least 30db of sound. __________________ A husband can be right...or...A husband can be happy. 67-72 Chevy and GMC Trucks...The Classic Truck for the Classic Folk. 1970 CST Two tone green, 402BB, 400 Automatic, Tach, Buckets, AC, AM-FM, Tilt, GM CB, GM 8 Tract, LWB, etc JOHN 17:3...The better side of "LIFE" Remember: Everyday is a good day...Some are just gooder!

01-11-2008, 01:32 AM	#166
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? An A-frame would be nice with a loft.But you`d want a quiet truck up in the mountains.You don`t want your neighbors timing you from the bottom. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

01-11-2008, 02:04 AM	#167
Walts_restoration Real Projects never die Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Lawrence, kansas Posts: 1,508	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? nobodys came up with self dispensing quarter sticks? self lighter, and they just drop out the back. Only problem is you gotta keep it above 50mph otherwise your gonna need new tailights...quite often because it cracks them and you lose all your blinker fluid, and apparently thats a health hazard nowadays. __________________ Ill put it this way, ive got a few lawn ornaments My name tag says Ryan KansasTwister On other forums

01-11-2008, 10:01 AM	#170
willis0107 67lwb Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Centralia Mo Posts: 180	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? just drill 1/2" holes in your exhaust pipe all the way to the back not only will it be loud but it will sound awesome

01-11-2008, 10:31 AM	#171
bryanw1968 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Leander, Texas Posts: 850	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? Screw it, just pull every bit of exhaust off including the headers. Get a fire extinguisher and fire it up! Kidding, out of all the options people are listing I don't know how you're going to be able to pick one If it were me I'd run the smallest glass pack just for tone through the smallest length of pipe possible.

01-11-2008, 10:37 AM	#172
marcuspboldt Registered Abuser Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Ft.Worth Texas Posts: 1,001	Re: How do I make the truck loud??? Fill your tail pipes up with water every night before you go to bed, must park truck facing south, eventially whatever muffler(s) you have will rot out and violla yer loud dude. Thank you, Thank you, No really it was nothing, thank you, thank you, Oh flowers that's too much! thank you, thank you.

01-11-2008, 03:13 PM	#174
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