[Vwdiesel] exhaust sound

[MLightner]

Loren wrote:

>Mines' an '85 TD and the exhaust and muffler are all pretty nice size
>and still like new.  Most of the reason I haven't replaced it with a needed 
>2.5".  (That plus I haven't driven anything other than Dad's pu since I'm 
>working all the time.  The system looks heavy and at least 2".  It's fairly 
>quiet too.  A bit too high of rpms even compared to my Rabbit but nothing 
>I recall as making me wonder about noise, etc.
>     Loren


This all looks like factory-original and in great shape, I'd guess about 2" diameter on the piping also.  Hmm, maybe it's just the acoustics of the cove I live in.


Brian Decker wrote:

>When I was running a Rabbit pickup with a Jetta 1.6 turbo diesel I
>just ran a 2.5 inch straight pipe. The turbo seems to do a pretty good job
>of making the exhaust sound reasonable. It was a little loud when I was on
>it really hard but if you ever heard a new Harley by comparison it is really
>quiet as a kitten. The turbo really spools up fast and you have lots of
>power with a 2.5 inch straight pipe.

I think I may try that when I'm ready to upgrade to 2.5"

Thanks guys,

Mike