For a while on the 81 aircooled Westy that I used to own I ran a custom dual exhaust that a local shop fabricated for me. It basically was just some pipes that bolted to the heat exchangers and crossed over each other behind the engine with some small glasspack "mufflers" attached. It didn't muffle much as the glass packing was never inserted so it definitely sounded very much like a Harley! VERY LOUD! Very cool at times such as shaking up the minivan matrons when picking up the kids at nursery school. Not so cool when trying to make a discrete early morning departure at the campground! My wife and mechanic always bitched about it so eventually I replaced it with a quiet muffler and left behind my Walter Mitty street racing dreams........ Funny thing though, the van was now so quiet that my wife now complained that she couldn't here me pull into the driveway anymore, she had gotten used to hearing me announce my arrival a mile down the road! The individual who purchased my van had no interest in the Harleyesque sound so the exhaust is still sitting in the garage. If anyone is interested, let me know..... Vroooom, Tony Anthony L. Mourkas Hampden, Maine, USA 1984 Vanagon Westfalia 1990 Passat GL (for sale) 1991 Jetta Eco Diesel |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.