I picked up the hood scoop and the two fake hood vents from a 97 Impreza Outback Sport at a wrecking yard for $125 US. I took out the old Makita grinder and began surgury on the underside of the scoop. My legacy hood is not recessed to accept this sucker flush, but with all the undersides ground off, it only sticks up about 1/8" above being flush with the hood and it looks fairly nice. As it has a bigger footprint, it can be bigger than my hand-sculpted one that fits the Legacy, and still not have an ungainly too-tall-for-its -width appearance. I could gain a bit more airflow by enlarging the stock hood hole a little bit, but I am hesitant to take a grinder to a perfectly good rare hood. The interior will need a bit of streamlining to eliminate areas where pressure and turbulence can build up , but that should be pretty easy. If I enlarge the hood hole, then I will also drill a few holes and JB Weld a few bolts to the underside of this scoop. If I do not enlarge the hole then I will attempt to rely on a combination of silicone seealer and super duper mounting tape. I'll keep you posted.
On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a street rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly, a 3" hole all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down inside and force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through the packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows very freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was in my face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that it is rather loud.
Bill Robinson
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jason grahn
Hood Scoop and Glasspak
>>>On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a street
>>>rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly, a 3" hole
>>>all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down inside and
>>>force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through the
>>>packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows very
>>>freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was in my
>>>face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that it is
>>>rather loud.<<<
I learned a little something from an old-school hot-rod buddy of mine. He
says that if before you install it you pour some gas down the glasspak and
then light it on fire, you'll burn out all of the glass fibers; thus when
you install it, it'll have more of that throaty glasspak sound right off the
bat. Granted, I've never done it (i like my eyebrows thank-you-very-much)
but he swears by it.
-Jason
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>>>rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly, a 3" hole
>>>all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down inside and
>>>force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through the
>>>packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows very
>>>freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was in my
>>>face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that it is
>>>rather loud.<<<
I learned a little something from an old-school hot-rod buddy of mine. He
says that if before you install it you pour some gas down the glasspak and
then light it on fire, you'll burn out all of the glass fibers; thus when
you install it, it'll have more of that throaty glasspak sound right off the
bat. Granted, I've never done it (i like my eyebrows thank-you-very-much)
but he swears by it.
-Jason
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mike p.
Hood Scoop and Glasspak
so how do you think an 18" by 2 1/4" one would sound on a turbo
legacy with 2 1/4" exhaust? louder than your 3" glasspak and exhaust?
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "jason grahn" <jgrahn555@h...> wrote:
> >>>On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a
street
> >>>rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly,
a 3" hole
> >>>all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down
inside and
> >>>force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through
the
> >>>packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows
very
> >>>freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was
in my
> >>>face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that
it is
> >>>rather loud.<<<
>
> I learned a little something from an old-school hot-rod buddy of
mine. He
> says that if before you install it you pour some gas down the
glasspak and
> then light it on fire, you'll burn out all of the glass fibers;
thus when
> you install it, it'll have more of that throaty glasspak sound
right off the
> bat. Granted, I've never done it (i like my eyebrows thank-you-very-
much)
> but he swears by it.
>
> -Jason
>
>
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legacy with 2 1/4" exhaust? louder than your 3" glasspak and exhaust?
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "jason grahn" <jgrahn555@h...> wrote:
> >>>On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a
street
> >>>rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly,
a 3" hole
> >>>all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down
inside and
> >>>force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through
the
> >>>packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows
very
> >>>freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was
in my
> >>>face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that
it is
> >>>rather loud.<<<
>
> I learned a little something from an old-school hot-rod buddy of
mine. He
> says that if before you install it you pour some gas down the
glasspak and
> then light it on fire, you'll burn out all of the glass fibers;
thus when
> you install it, it'll have more of that throaty glasspak sound
right off the
> bat. Granted, I've never done it (i like my eyebrows thank-you-very-
much)
> but he swears by it.
>
> -Jason
>
>
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mike p.
Hood Scoop and Glasspak
so how do you think an 18" by 2 1/4" one would sound on a turbo
legacy with 2 1/4" exhaust? louder than your 3" glasspak and
exhaust? and by throaty, how do you mean, louder or just lower?
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "jason grahn" <jgrahn555@h...> wrote:
> >>>On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a
street
> >>>rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly,
a 3" hole
> >>>all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down
inside and
> >>>force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through
the
> >>>packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows
very
> >>>freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was
in my
> >>>face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that
it is
> >>>rather loud.<<<
>
> I learned a little something from an old-school hot-rod buddy of
mine. He
> says that if before you install it you pour some gas down the
glasspak and
> then light it on fire, you'll burn out all of the glass fibers;
thus when
> you install it, it'll have more of that throaty glasspak sound
right off the
> bat. Granted, I've never done it (i like my eyebrows thank-you-very-
much)
> but he swears by it.
>
> -Jason
>
>
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legacy with 2 1/4" exhaust? louder than your 3" glasspak and
exhaust? and by throaty, how do you mean, louder or just lower?
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "jason grahn" <jgrahn555@h...> wrote:
> >>>On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a
street
> >>>rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more importantly,
a 3" hole
> >>>all the way through. A lot of glasspaks actually neck down
inside and
> >>>force the exhaust through the packing material. A trip through
the
> >>>packing material on my muffler is strictly optional. It flows
very
> >>>freely, but some people (such as the Canadian Mountie) that was
in my
> >>>face a couple of weeks ago) suffer from the misperception that
it is
> >>>rather loud.<<<
>
> I learned a little something from an old-school hot-rod buddy of
mine. He
> says that if before you install it you pour some gas down the
glasspak and
> then light it on fire, you'll burn out all of the glass fibers;
thus when
> you install it, it'll have more of that throaty glasspak sound
right off the
> bat. Granted, I've never done it (i like my eyebrows thank-you-very-
much)
> but he swears by it.
>
> -Jason
>
>
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b.lam@usa.net
Hood Scoop and Glasspak
Hi Bill, hows going, Do you still remember me???
Thanks for your turbo flange that I use it on my 3" turbo back
Brullen exhaust and it works really really well!!
I would like to see hows your hood scoop doing, I just looking for
the scoop from my local junkyard and a frind of mine who works at
body shop that keeping an eye on me!!! You just a step in front of my
hood scoop project, but anyway, once you finish it post some pics to
show us!
Enjoy!!!
Ben
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "William D. Robinson" <vultureboy@m...>
wrote:
> I picked up the hood scoop and the two fake hood vents from a 97
Impreza Outback Sport at a wrecking yard for $125 US. I took out the
old Makita grinder and began surgury on the underside of the scoop.
My legacy hood is not recessed to accept this sucker flush, but with
all the undersides ground off, it only sticks up about 1/8" above
being flush with the hood and it looks fairly nice. As it has a
bigger footprint, it can be bigger than my hand-sculpted one that
fits the Legacy, and still not have an ungainly too-tall-for-its -
width appearance. I could gain a bit more airflow by enlarging the
stock hood hole a little bit, but I am hesitant to take a grinder to
a perfectly good rare hood. The interior will need a bit of
streamlining to eliminate areas where pressure and turbulence can
build up , but that should be pretty easy. If I enlarge the hood
hole, then I will also drill a few holes and JB Weld a few bolts to
the underside of this scoop. If I do not enlarge the hole then I
will attempt to rely on a combination of silicone seealer and super
duper mounting tape. I'll keep you posted.
>
> On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a
street rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more
importantly, a 3" hole all the way through. A lot of glasspaks
actually neck down inside and force the exhaust through the packing
material. A trip through the packing material on my muffler is
strictly optional. It flows very freely, but some people (such as
the Canadian Mountie) that was in my face a couple of weeks ago)
suffer from the misperception that it is rather loud.
>
> Bill Robinson
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Thanks for your turbo flange that I use it on my 3" turbo back
Brullen exhaust and it works really really well!!
I would like to see hows your hood scoop doing, I just looking for
the scoop from my local junkyard and a frind of mine who works at
body shop that keeping an eye on me!!! You just a step in front of my
hood scoop project, but anyway, once you finish it post some pics to
show us!
Enjoy!!!
Ben
--- In BC-BFLegacyWorks@y..., "William D. Robinson" <vultureboy@m...>
wrote:
> I picked up the hood scoop and the two fake hood vents from a 97
Impreza Outback Sport at a wrecking yard for $125 US. I took out the
old Makita grinder and began surgury on the underside of the scoop.
My legacy hood is not recessed to accept this sucker flush, but with
all the undersides ground off, it only sticks up about 1/8" above
being flush with the hood and it looks fairly nice. As it has a
bigger footprint, it can be bigger than my hand-sculpted one that
fits the Legacy, and still not have an ungainly too-tall-for-its -
width appearance. I could gain a bit more airflow by enlarging the
stock hood hole a little bit, but I am hesitant to take a grinder to
a perfectly good rare hood. The interior will need a bit of
streamlining to eliminate areas where pressure and turbulence can
build up , but that should be pretty easy. If I enlarge the hood
hole, then I will also drill a few holes and JB Weld a few bolts to
the underside of this scoop. If I do not enlarge the hole then I
will attempt to rely on a combination of silicone seealer and super
duper mounting tape. I'll keep you posted.
>
> On the subject of glasspak mufflers, I have a 3" exhaust with a
street rod type bullet glasspak with 3" openings and more
importantly, a 3" hole all the way through. A lot of glasspaks
actually neck down inside and force the exhaust through the packing
material. A trip through the packing material on my muffler is
strictly optional. It flows very freely, but some people (such as
the Canadian Mountie) that was in my face a couple of weeks ago)
suffer from the misperception that it is rather loud.
>
> Bill Robinson
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