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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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packing from my big gun, from last year, the race tools repacking, i must say that they dont put hardly any packing from the factory in, there was wayyyyyyy more left in it this year....

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Old Feb 12, 2008 | 08:29 PM
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Cool. Did it sound much different after re-packing? (quieter, deeper tone, etc)
 
Old Feb 12, 2008 | 08:51 PM
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yea you can really tell with more packing, but like i said bg factory hardly puts any packing in it to start with, so im sure if you repacked it would be more quiet.
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 12:26 AM
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Uggh...I need to do mine....2 years and not one replacement....Eric got a good packing source?
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 01:50 AM
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Looks like something I had to eat on an Outward Bound course years ago!
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 09:12 AM
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www.racetools.com mine new packing should be here today when i get home from work, im sure muzzy sells the kit too, cause you have to drill out the rivets if i remember someone correctly.
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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can always get the stainless steal packing that will outlast everything else on the market.
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 01:21 PM
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but 60$ compared to 20$....
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 01:29 PM
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and if it outlasts the fiberglass 10 times over? i do wonder how the stainless sounds in comparison
 
Old Feb 13, 2008 | 11:25 PM
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ok i got it all back together, quiet core in, new packing, and i must say, that the quiet core is not so quiet... its for sure louder than the vortex insert...

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