RE:16v exhaust options HELP

[Shannon Fenton <sfenton@telegroup.com>]

I have the full TT dowpipe no cat and straight Magni-Flow muffler on my 87 16V.
It did come with a resonator. Mine is just plain loud. I put on a Monza dual
baffled tip (48 bucks) this weekend and it did muffle it, rather lower the tone
but it is still louder than I would like. Im not real impressed with Monza's
quality i.e. pitted chrome, crooked and tore yellow electrical tape seperating the
chrome from the black shrink paint, the nice yellow painted insides have turned
black in two days of driving (could be no cat though). But for 48 bucks....I think
the reason mine is so loud is due to not having the cat and the straight thru
muffler. It cool around town but its annoying on the highway. I would NOT remove
the resonator because to my knowledge it smooths the exhaust pulses so as not to
sound like a poping funnycar. But I could be wrong. If I were you Id get a good
Borla muffler. More money but I think youd be really happy with it. Ive loved
everyone Ive ever heard on car....there was a vette (ZR-1?)at the autx in CO.
that had the pacesetters the when it coasted by it caused a spontanous erection!
Right Mannix.






Thank You for Your Time,
        Shannon Fenton
            Ext. 2712
            sfenton@telegroup.com



- ------------------------------
Date: 9/22/98 8:36 AM
To: Fenton, Shannon
From: Grid

First of all, I want to thank everyone who helped me out with my
muffler/header or downpipe questions.  Now I am at a crossroads and have
another question.  Since I'm keeping my stock pipes and not opting for a
complete system, should I cut out my resonator and find a resonating
tip?  Or should I leave in the stock resonator?  If option 1 is the way
to go, which brand tip should I look for?  And are they worth it?  So
far, I haven't found much in the way of selection on this nor have I
gotten a favorable response on the topic (resonated tips)  from the few
phone calls I've made to various contacts.  Please guys, help me out.
Since you're so knowledgable, I regard your opions highly.

till then,

Grid & Stew

- --
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to scirocco-L-request@scirocco.org,
with your request (subscribe, unsubscribe) in the BODY of the message.


- --
To subscribe or unsubscribe, send email to scirocco-L-request@scirocco.org,
with your request (subscribe, unsubscribe) in the BODY of the message.

------------------------------