Date:         Thu, 3 Nov 1994 18:05:02 -0600 (CST)
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From:         dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu (Sami Dakhlia)
Subject:      Re: Which muffler is best?

>I need to replace the muffler on my 71 bus and was just about 
>sold on the 'Monza'/4-tip job advertised everywhere ($40-$70).  

AAaaaargh! I paid $105 at the Bus Boys.

>It had the cleanest looking pipe arrangement, for one thing.  
>However, salesman at local VW place pooh-poohed the system (at 
>least he was honest).
>
>Any good muffler experiences out there?

Don't get the ones from the Bus Boys. They had cheap, non-heat resistant
paint, which smelled awful and burned away, letting the muffler be
covered with rust within a week. 

They are not legal in California, at least not on my fuel injected, EGR
equipped, 75 bus.

It's sometimes painful to work on your engine, 'cause those 4 protruding
tips are HOT!

There is a bump in my bumper and so the muffler almost touches it: at low
idle, it vibrated against the bumper, which makes a lot of noise. 

-- 
Sami Dakhlia
Dept. of Economics
Washington-University-in-St.Louis	In theory, communism works. In THEORY.
dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu				-Homer Simpson