Slight increase in noise level, which makes sense, the engine is no longer being choked back. Like trying to breath with an old sock stuffed in your mouth. Nathaniel
On 1/18/07 11:43 AM, "Burdett, Jean-Pierre" <jp.burdett@SPOTWAVE.COM> wrote: > > Any difference in noise levels? Any other listees that use this setup > and comments? > > thanks > > JP Burdett | Product Marketing Manager > Spotwave Wireless Inc. > > Tel: 613.591.1662 Ext.297 | Fax: 613.591.8107 | Mobile: 613.294.8942 > 1 Hines Road. Suite 204 Ottawa ON. CANADA | K2K 3C7 > jp.burdett@spotwave.com | www.spotwave.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf > Of Nathaniel Poole > Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2007 2:37 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: More power > > For all the airheads out there running their stock exhaust, rip it off > now and get the muffler that bolts straight to the heater boxes ie. > German Supply part no. 071 251 053 E > > I swapped my US federal exhaust with crossover pipe, EGR and cat with > this unit, and the power difference is incredible. This van now moves > about as well as most other vehicles I've driven, which have been mostly > Japanese four bangers, but also including a 6 cylinder Nissan Quest > minivan. There is a big hill near my place that I drove up this morning, > and doing 50kph in third gear, I was able to ACCELERATE as I climbed it. > Not much acceleration, but in the past I had considered doing it in > second gear. > > I understand that in the US this setup is mandatory, tho in Canada it is > not. But if you are in the US, I would even suggest hanging onto the old > system and popping it back on when you go for smog testing. Maybe that's > a no-no, but when you consider the massive reduction in engine > efficiency that occurs with this setup, you will end up burning more > fuel and therefore producing more pollution. It makes no sense at all to > have this on the AC vans. > > I have never before experienced such a dramatic change in power with > such a simple modification. > > Nathaniel |
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