[Vwdiesel] Exaust

[Tad]

Just what do they "inspect" anyway?  Out here (Oregon) we only have
emissions testing (and barely that for a diesel, and only if you're
registered in a metro area), they don't give a damn about anything outside
of the emissions system.  Heck, they don't even care about my missing
muffler. :)  Basically all they do is plug in to the computer and check for
readiness codes (post-96).

I wonder how many of the rattletrap POS cars I see on the road would be kept
off by some kind of inspection.

On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 6:49 AM, Bryan Belman <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I just took my 82 Westy with 1.9na diesel for NJ inspection and was floored
> to
> find out they have DROPPED inspection for all diesels older then 1996.
> They just said scrap the sticker off and you are on your own from now on.
> Just
> changed the inspection law as of 8/1/2010
>
> I am sure I will get pulled over one of these days for not having any
> inspection
> sticker on my car at all so I printed the notice out of then state DMV web
> sight
> to keep in the glove box.
>
> Pretty crazy for NJ.
>
> If there is no computer to tell the good folks that are employeed by the
> state
> to work there what could be wrong with your car, they send you home.
> wow.
>
>  Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
> 92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
> 82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
> 70 Type 1 stock Beetle -- Not running :<(
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net>
> To: William J Toensing <toensing at wildblue.net>; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Sat, September 4, 2010 1:05:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Exaust
>
> There's a lot of whistle.  The only problem with straight pipes I have
> encountered, is harmonics. It's fairly easy to get a weird harmonic inside
> the cabin that just thrums.  Outside isn't bad, but inside is not nice.
> I've had straight pipe on my 81 Jetta, the front seats were fine, the rear
> seat area had an exhaust harmonic that was unbearable.  Weird thing was, it
> wasn't loud in the front at all.  Had to put a resonator in, that fixed it.
> Were this my decision, I would install a free flowing muffler right away so
> I wouldn't have to monkey with it later.  A dynomax on my 97 Passat tdi
> works well, there is some whistle, but no reverberating cabin noise at all.
>
> An absent muffler is not legal.  The person looking at it, needs to see a
> muffler, even if it is a glasspack.
> -james
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]
> > On Behalf Of William J Toensing
> > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 9:39 PM
> > To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> > Subject: [Vwdiesel] Exaust
> >
> > In replacing an exhaust, I think what I would try would get a flex pipe
> > sized to the exhaust manifold or header, then run a copper straight
> > pipe sized to the outlet of the  flex pipe & run without a muffler.
> > Then if to noisy, splice the exhaust pipe with a straight thru or
> > Hollywood muffler. Should be able to do that for far less than $150.
> > Previous discussion on this subject said a turbo would quiet the
> > exhaust enough to be legal. Whether this would work on a NA diesel I
> > don't know. Has anyone tried this? Comments.
> > Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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