new glasspack...more throttle to take off

[ranger-93]

Yesterday I took off my flowmaster 50 series and pipes out the back to replace it with a glasspack and put a side exit on. All is done and sounds good but from a dead stop it seems like I have to give it more gas before releasing the clutch to take off than from when I had the flowmasters hooked up. Do I need to regap the plugs for any reason or change anything that I'm not thinkning of or am I having to give it more gas because of less backpressure due to a more open muffler? I know I should probably take it to a shop that tunes it and have it tuned but I don't have the money for that right now so maybe theres something else I could do to help. Im not sure. Any help or ideas would be great.

 

[Tbars4]

...What happened is you lost low end torque...

...This happens when you increase the size of your pipes or increase the flow due to a non restrictive muffler...

...This topped with your 35's and running 3.73's must really be tough to drive around?

 

[ranger-93]

...What happened is you lost low end torque...

...This happens when you increase the size of your pipes or increase the flow due to a non restrictive muffler...

...This topped with your 35's and running 3.73's must really be tough to drive around?

Its not too bad but it was a previous show truck so gearing didn't really matter and the guy before obvisouly didn't care about the gears and i don't blame him...it was a show truck and was used for just that SHOW. But i am still able to manage 13 mpg if im not running up the rpms real high. Thinking this is because the previous owner put a lot of ignition and timing work under the hood and it performs well for stock gearing with a lift and tires. I plan to at some point downsize to 33's from 35's but don't know when. I know you said i lost low end torque but after i get going and hit the gas it feels like it pulls the same as before...just taking off feels different. anything i can change for better take off????