I took the baffles out of my bubs. I'm one of those obnoxious people that really love the sound of a loud machine. Well... Its loud now! Almost painfully loud. With the baffles (Which were nothing but a long tube of corrugated metal) they seemed like they were too quiet for my taste, but now I'm actually wondering whether or not I've overdone it.
My delimma is two-fold. One, is there a way to tone them down just a little bit? like say maybe cutting the length of tubing on the baffle and then reinserting them using the old rivet holes?
And the second part of the delimma is whether or not missing the back pressure created by the baffles is going to be a problem with regards to harming the engine. I had it re-jetted when I had the pipes installed initially, but wonder if I should do it again after having taken out the baffles. I'm afraid of running it too rich and harming the engine that way as well (but don't really want to spend the money on doing it right now if I don't have to).
There's very little backfire, but some popping on decel. The popping is not very loud, but I was concerned that it may be sucking cold air back into the engine (which I'm told is not good).
So any thoughts on the subject would be appreciated! I know some of you have mucho experienco when it comes to pipes and baffles, so would appreciate the feedback.
