The packing could stand to be replaced, but I don't think that it will get me anywhere close to 96db. I've looked at the other Pro Circuit silerncers, but no guaranty of 96db and $300, it aint gonna happen. I got hassled by the warden last winter, no tickets but a sterm warning. I had to stop running my LT250R and had to de-tune my 400ex to a stock pipe. I'm working on quitening the LT, but the Banshee is new to me. I wanna run it on the ice, but balls out on the track its gonna be noisy. I can mod a set of stock silencers I guess and de-tune, was just wondering it they'd bolt right up, and what the general consensious was.