has anyone taken the baffles out of there vance and vines short shot stagggerd? does it make a diffrence in performance?

 

You will lose low end and midrange power. If you wnat it a bit louder or deeper get some big city thunder baffles.

 

Thanks i think im getting used to the sound they dont seem that loud anymore. im thinking about getting a thunderheader but in the mean time i was thinking about taking them out thanks

 

I run my short shots without the baffles. Haven't noticed much difference in performance with them in or out. I had to take em out tho, couldn't stand that rattley sound on decel.

 

yeah i guess i might try it do you have any tips on how to get them out is it as easy as taking the screws out?

 

You'll have to pull the heat shields off to get at the screw that holds the baffel in the end of the pipe.

To gain some engine back pressure & low end torque... get a fender washer (slightly smaller in diameter than the id of your pipe), weld a short length of all thread (a bolt, that will fit into the baffle screw hole, with the head cut off) to the washer and inset it into the baffle screw hole with a nut on the outside.

You'll be able to "adjust" the back pressure & sound by rotating the washer from zero to 90 degrees.

I did this on my Fat Bob (stock exhaust w/o baffles, SE air cleaner, no fuel manager) except I used 1/4-20 x 1" long nuts (instead of all thread) with a bolt (instead of a nut) on the outside of the pipe. It sounds great and has enough torque to pull me down into the seat on hard acceleration, no pop... pop... backfire on decceleration or up shifting.

If you do this with those S.S. Stagered pipes I'd suggest drilling a hole in the haet shield for quick & easy adjustment of the washer baffle. Or run around for a while w/o the shields to see how the washer baffles work for you. Then maybe wrap the pipes if your squemish about putting a hole in your heat shields.

 

You'll have to pull the heat shields off to get at the screw that holds the baffel in the end of the pipe.

To gain some engine back pressure & low end torque... get a fender washer (slightly smaller in diameter than the id of your pipe), weld a short length of all thread (a bolt, that will fit into the baffle screw hole with the head cut off) to the washer and inset it into the baffle screw hole with a nut on the outside.

You'll be able to "adjust" the back pressure & sound by rotating the washer from zero to 90 degrees.

I did this on my Fat Bob (stock exhaust w/o baffles, SE air cleaner, no fuel manager) except I used 1/4-20 x 1" long nuts (instead of all thread) with a bolt (instead of a nut) on the outside of the pipe. It sounds great and has enough torque to pull me down into the seat on hard acceleration, no pop... pop... backfire on decceleration or up shifting.

If you do this with those S.S. Stagered pipes I'd suggest drilling a hole in the haet shield for quick & easy adjustment of the washer baffle. Or run around for a while w/o the shields to see how the washer baffles work for you. Then maybe wrap the pipes if your squemish about putting a hole in your heat shields.

 

that sounds cool i will give that a try.always good info on this site thanks again

 

I added home made baffels to my straight shots, gave me some extra back pressure and made the sound much deeper.

 

i actually took mine out last night, just took shields off took baffle screws out and pulled the baffles out with my fingers......pretty easy, then i took a sawzall and cut them in half and put them back in.