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5/1/10, 11:55 AM
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Maybe if it was made for a carb, but all I ever hear are people having problems after converting to a carb setup. I'd just rather not have to deal with any problems like that. 
5/1/10, 01:53 PM
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Super windy out today. 20mph winds with 36mph gusts. Makes washing your car real fun. 
5/1/10, 02:40 PM
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Breezy here too. I just finished washing mine. The spray kept coming back at me. It seems the wind would always pick up when I would use the hose! But at least it is 80º out there!
5/1/10, 02:45 PM
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Same here. Had a few inches of snow that last few mornings. But the storm is blowing out. Might be 60's in a day or two but at least sunny enough to wash. But - those temps require rubber gloves with 45deg well water to boot!
5/1/10, 02:46 PM
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My problem is all the pine needles and pine cones blowing off the trees. You almost need to wear a helmet. 
5/1/10, 02:48 PM
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5/1/10, 04:01 PM
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At my grandma's old house there were pine trees that made pine cones the size of 2 liter coke bottles. Now those things just plain hurt when they fell and hit you
5/1/10, 04:12 PM
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What kind of pine are yours?
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5/1/10, 04:50 PM
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Just killed a scorpion in the living room. Should have gotten pics but you really couldn't tell what it was after I stepped on it. Dang thing was as long as a finger. It was in some laundry my wife was taking to the laundry room and when it crawled on her hand she freaked out and threw everything. I hunted it and found it under the couch.
I hate those **** things. Haven't had one inside in about 5 years.
I hate those **** things. Haven't had one inside in about 5 years.
5/1/10, 05:44 PM
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btw Jim, how do you like your KR's? Are they too loud? Do you ever keep the throttle 'easy' because they're obnoxious - like in a neighborhood or with a cop around? I don't like drawing attention to myself - defeats the sleeper thing.
Although I wish the Bullitt was a tad louder, the tone is perfect! I've learned from playing several guitars & tube amps that great tone beats volume every time (incl as far as audience appreciation). I've read that the KR's keep the Bullitt tone - just louder, but I've also read they pop too much between shifts and/or deccerlation.
Plus a huge part of the Bullitt tone is hearing the engine whine with the CAI when above about 4k. Are the KR's so much louder that you don't hear the engine as much?
I watched a youtube this morning on a dyno and it was way loud at WOT, and between every shift it was popping quite a bit - but the guy had long tubes also whereas I have the stock manifold & Bullitt H-pipe.
Appreciate your comments.
Although I wish the Bullitt was a tad louder, the tone is perfect! I've learned from playing several guitars & tube amps that great tone beats volume every time (incl as far as audience appreciation). I've read that the KR's keep the Bullitt tone - just louder, but I've also read they pop too much between shifts and/or deccerlation.
Plus a huge part of the Bullitt tone is hearing the engine whine with the CAI when above about 4k. Are the KR's so much louder that you don't hear the engine as much?
I watched a youtube this morning on a dyno and it was way loud at WOT, and between every shift it was popping quite a bit - but the guy had long tubes also whereas I have the stock manifold & Bullitt H-pipe.
Appreciate your comments.
They have no drone ever, I have tried to find it and it's just not there. IDK if that will change with you having a different h-pipe, but I doubt it.
As for the poping. Yes they do pop especially when they are cold, it can be quite loud. But that only lasts till the end of my street and we are the second house on the street. By that point they are warm enough and car car it out of "fuel enrichment" that the poping becomes more of a burble. This is my favorite part of the mufflers I love down shifting coming to a stop and hearing the mufflers burble. It just makes the car sound like a muscle car.
I wish I had a way to get a good recording for you of my car.
As for the CAI, I could hear my C&L with the stock mufflers & the GTA's quite a bit more. With these mufflers it is harder to hear. But I think that the sound of the mufflers is worth it, my CAI is also harder to hear because I have a custom Outerwears cover on it. I don't miss the sound of the CAI one bit.
I hope this all helps you make a decision, and GOOD LUCK.
I think mufflers is the hardest mod to make, trying to find one that you like can be quite time consuming and you tube is far from helpful. This is my third set...
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5/1/10, 06:53 PM
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As you probably know, Ford engineers really tweaked the Bullitt exhaust tone to closely match the movie sound track. Which is a blend of nice 390 V8 glass pack tone at idle and lower rpm's, but an opened up GT40 tone at higher revs that was dubbed. The 08 design is a blend of the open CAI w/matching hoodliner, intake resonators, H-pipe with a washer with a hole in it, special chambers in the mufflers, and packed tips. One of the engineers involved wrote that for the glass pack tone of the equation, getting the 281 to sound like the 390 was like making a clarinet sound like a tuba. LOL
But the GT40 tone comes in when I'm hammerin' 20/30 mph turns on twisties in 2nd & 3rd at 4.5k - 6.5 redline, and its the engine sound (both accel and de-cel) that creams my pants. It is hot! I don't really hear the exhaust much at those revs.
The Bullitt burbles on de-cel from 3 down to 2k but too quiet. I really like that aspect of the KR's. I get some popping. But good to know the excessive popping I've heard on the KR's is just while its running rich. Heard one on the dyno the other day (lousy recording) and it popped pretty loud every time he shifted bringing it up to speed.
I was going to buy a back up set of the GTB's (someday in the future when mine wear out they'll probably be unaffordable/unavailable.) But I may try a set of KR's for the same purpose - preserving a set of GTB's - yet having some fun with a bit more volume. But I don't want to draw too much attention to myself.
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