exhaust options

[ryanruggles at uniserve.com (Ryan Ruggles)]

Cool.  That's what I thought and I do have the good manifold and downpipe.
But what are my choices for good mufflers?  How are the stock 16V mufflers
for performance?  I like the look of the two pipes at the back.


Ryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Southerland" <jsoutherland16@comcast.net>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>; "Ryan Ruggles" <ryanruggles@uniserve.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: exhaust options


> My advice is keep the stock manifold and DP. My experience with headers is
> if it's not a 4-2-1 header, your gains are minimal-read not worth the
> trouble- over the stock manifold. Some say even the 4-2-1 header does not
> provide a large gain with stock bore, street driven motors. Most of the
data
> I've seen shows no real gains low in the rev range, where you need it the
> most on the street. If the unknown header is 4-1, you can also have
fitment
> problems and flexing that leads to breakage. The noise levels -at the
> engine- are slightly higher with headers, and even the best headers can
have
> problems on a daily driven car. I will never run headers on another DD.
The
> gains on the street did not impress me enough to justify the headache.
> Remember this is all my opinion now.   Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Ruggles" <ryanruggles@uniserve.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:46 PM
> Subject: exhaust options
>
>
> > I am putting a new exhaust on my rabbit Gti with a 1.8l JH with a weber
> > redline throttle body.  Here are my options:
> >
> > 1)  Use my current 4 to 2 manifold and downpipe and just adapt it to 2"
> from
> > the flex pipe back w/ no cat (82)
> >
> > 2) I can get a header from a wrecker for $10-20 and then make a 2"
exhaust
> > ofter the header, but then I have to remove the manifold that has been
> there
> > since the beginning of time and then find a gasket for the header of
which
> I
> > don't know the make.
> >
> > 3) Also I need options for the best mufflers.  I have a 2 &1/4" thresh
> > mufffler I could use but it is for my toyota 4x4 so I'd rather not.  So
> what
> > kind of mufflers fit/perform for this set up.
> >
> >
> > Which is better to go for, the manifold setup or the unknown header?
> >
> > Peace
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> > PS: looking at buying my second 16V Roc :)
> >
> >
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