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Old Sep 23, 2000 | 11:42 AM
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How do you "break" glasspacks?

I know i'm geting question happy.

What does this mean and what will breaking the glass do?

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Old Sep 23, 2000 | 04:16 PM
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What the hell are you talking about? It's fiberglass inside of glasspacks. It's not like you can actually break it.
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Old Sep 23, 2000 | 05:58 PM
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That's why I used the "'s. I don't really know, I've just always heard the term and wondered why.
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Old Sep 24, 2000 | 09:27 AM
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Yeah, don't worry about them breaking. Get a glasspack and you won't regret it.
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Old Sep 25, 2000 | 02:59 PM
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what is meant by that is blowing them out or burning them out
When you get your glass pack, before you put it on run gasoline through it. Then drive it in the ground so it stands up.
The throw a burning match down inside of it. This will cause the galss pack to sound more like a glasspack sooner!
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Old Sep 26, 2000 | 12:21 PM
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Thats also called blowing them up. Let it break in on its own... its not worth the trip to the hospital.

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Old Sep 27, 2000 | 12:28 PM
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run the for awhile get the mufflers hot. Then with cold water from a garden house out the water in the tail pipe. Let water get to muffler and turn off water. start car.
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Old Sep 27, 2000 | 06:56 PM
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That water hose trick is the one I've always heard about.
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