[Vwdiesel] mufflerectomy

[Doyt W. Echelberger]

I'm running my 85 Jetta TD with a straight pipe, and what Loren sez is true
of my car, also. If I had it to do over, I'd probably put a small
silencer/glasspack about the middle of the system, to soften that
BRRRRAAAAAPPPPP that I get when I wind up through the gears with a heavy
foot. Or maybe just put a deflector on the tail pipe, to direct the sound
toward the ground.

You can hear the straight pipe a block away when you get on the pedal, but
from inside the car it isn't very noticeable. The sound is blasting out the
tailpipe, at whatever is behind the car.....that is where you hear it. That
may be where to soften it.

Doyt   in Ohio   USA

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At 09:28 AM 6/16/2003 -0700, you wrote:
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>I probably missed this when it's been talked about before but....
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>On my newly acquired TD (circa '86), if I run a muffler-less exhaust, will
>it be too loud for my neighbors or will it be similar to a TDI (increase
>in the turbo whistle, but not increased engine sound)?  I know the turbo
>acts like a muffler to an extent, but I want to try some stuff...all w/o
>totally ticking off my neighbors (nice suburban subdivision).
>
>Mikey
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