Cherry Bomb was rear muffler dimensions anyone?

[drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

Brian, I ran the car most of last summer with a straight pipe on the back, 
and although it's quiet enough at idle and light load, when you're into 
it, it attracts a little more attention than I would like, especially when 
I'm driving through a built up area.  The engine also makes a little more 
noise up front because I'm running a steel A3 downpipe which bolts 
straight to the turbo, unlike the cast elbow that your engine has (which 
does quite a good job of both restricting the exhaust and quieting engine 
noise under the hood.)

I'm looking for some moderate muffling to take the rough edge off the
exhaust (that makes it sound like a mini-mack truck when you walk on it)  
without dampening the flow.  Of course, if I can't find something cheap to
fit under there, I will revert to the straight pipe again.

Drew

On Sat, 26 Apr 2003, Decker wrote:

> Hi Drew;
>     I just now realized that you were going to install the muffler on a two
> and a half inch exhaust system behind a Diesel Turbo, why a muffler ???? For
> over a year I have been running my 1981 VW Rabbit Turbo diesel 1600 with a
> two and a quarter inch pipe my muffler man built from the yoke that attaches
> to the down pipe and exits out just behind the drivers side rear tire. It
> has no muffler but it cant wake my neighbors and doesn't attract the law.
> Diesel exhaust isn't as loud as gas and with the turbo a straight pipe is
> quieter than most any gas exhaust that isn't board stock
> Brian Decker
> 1979 Scirocco
> 1981 Rabbit PU with 1600 turbo diesel
> 
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