[Vwdiesel] exhaust systems

Frank G. Pival hold at drizzle.com
Mon Jan 16 10:20:02 PST 2012 

Even Kramer on Seinfeld tried cooking when he left some food on the 
engine to thaw.
There is even a whole cookbook called Manifold Destiny about using your 
engine heat to prepare your dishes. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifold_Destiny_%28cookbook%29
> The only thing I ever did was the "silver dollar dinner" (what we called them in Boy Scouts) on the muffler but I remember at the time having visions of making an "oven" of sorts on the exhaust, and wrapping a crock pot crock with coolant lines for a slow cooker, but I suppose with coolant at 190 degrees, it would sure take a long time to get anything cooked. 
>
>
> But, really, the pork chops were quite tasty, and it was nice having something hot and ready when I arrived.  No exhaust smell, since it was on top of the muffler, and wrapped in 3 layers of HD aluminum foil.
>
>   
> Dave Cook
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Bryan Belman<dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> To: Dave Cook<davevw at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] exhaust systems
>
>
> OMG, that is sooo funny.  my b-day is wednesday, so I will ask the wife for it.
> ha ha ha
>   
>   
> 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 Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
>
> From: Dave Cook<davevw at yahoo.com>
> To: Bryan Belman<dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] exhaust systems
>
>
> Ha ha, that might be true.  It would be more of a slow cooker.  
>
> My girlfriend at the time gave me this book for Christmas:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002N2XG36/ref=pd_lpo_k2_dp_sr_1/185-3223762-7585804?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=lpo-top-stripe-1&pf_rd_r=1B3ZMXZR3KVPTNCXNNR9&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=486539851&pf_rd_i=0375751408
>   
> Dave Cook
>
> From: Bryan Belman<dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> To: Dave Cook<davevw at yahoo.com>; VW Diesel Group<vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] exhaust systems
>
>
> Stop, that is silly talk.  Our diesels don't get hot enough for proper cooking temps.
> And the black sooty aftertaste, emm emm.
>   
>   
> 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 Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
>
> From: Dave Cook<davevw at yahoo.com>
> To: VW Diesel Group<vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] exhaust systems
>
> Dad's old Passat (which is leaving this afternoon!) had the exhaust replaced with a bit larger pipe a couple years before it was wrecked.  Sounded almost exactly the same.
>
> I think when i get the motor installed in the bus, I am just going to drive it to a muffler shop and
>   have a pipe bent straight down and back from the turbo.  I might try to have them shape the bend such that I can set foil-wrapped food on it to cook a meal as I drive!  That or I'll weld a little platform on top of the pipe.  (I did that once on the way to a campout-wrapped pork chops, potatoes and carrots in 3 layers of heavy duty foil and wired it to the muffler.  Turned out awesome, the chops were fork-tender and the potatoes were cooked.)
>
>   
> Dave Cook
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Bryan Belman<dieselwesty at yahoo.com>
> To: "LBaird119 at aol.com"<LBaird119 at aol.com>; "vwdiesel at vwfans.com"<vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 10:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] exhaust systems
>
> I just had a 2" exhaust fabricated from front to back.  had them ream out the dump bucket bracket and weld to that, then bend 2" pipe to go all the way back.
> cost me $100 more then I was figured and I could have gotten the techtonics 2" exhaust system for about the same money but would have had to install myself and tough with NO lift.
> I did a timing belt swap and lots of pre winter maintainance just before having the exhaust replaced.
> I have not felt a difference but when I went to start the car the day after doing the time belt change I looked at the advance cable and "son of a gun" it was 1/2
>   way out, so I know my timing is off, I set the timing without FIRST making sure the cable was pushed all the way in.  ARG.
>   
> So, I am hoping after finding time to reset the timing this week that I will feel more value to the power of the engine after getting the new strait pipe installed.
> the sound is great, no need for a muffler at all.
>   
>   
>
> 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 Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)
>
> From: "LBaird119 at aol.com"<LBaird119 at aol.com>
> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Sent: Monday, January 16, 2012 2:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] exhaust systems
>
>
> In a message dated 1/15/2012 6:52:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, 
> pila47 at yahoo.com writes:
>
> I  was underwhelmed w the performance difference and wondered
> about all the  positive info I had read on "uncorking" the
> exhaust on these little  diesels. 
> Just recently I had occasion to put in a new timing  belt and
> water pump.  After I had set the timing and went for a  drive
> the difference I felt was enormous.  It was like a whole  new
> engine in there!  I can only surmise that the timing was off
> a  bit, perhaps due to a stretched belt?  Having never set the
> timing  before on this engine I can't really
>   say. But I am way
> pleased w how the  truck now performs and sounds.  It was a bit
> pricey but I'm now a big  fan of techtonics exhaust systems. 
> One last note is that the 2"  exhaust actually measures one
> and 7/8" I.D.
>
>
>
> Difference on a TD can be huge.  On my 1.5 Rabbit, 2" back  really opened
> the top end and extended the torque curve but not much otherwise, maybe  a 
> little mpg.  2 1/4 on the 1.6 pickup did nothing through most of the  range
> but
> bottom end was unstallable!  Didn't gain any mpg as I recall.  Jake had a
> 2"
> Techtonics on his 1.6 TD Rabbit and I finally convinced him it needed 
> 2.5". 
> He welded up a 2.5" mandrel bent system and was hugely impressed with
> the improvement.  He'd been previously impressed with what the 2"  system
> did for him.  His 2.5 went from the turbo rather than just
>   the 
> spring-clamp
> donut as the 2" did. 
> When we put the TD in the pickup, it  never got anything but 2.5 from the
> turbo back so I couldn't compare.
>    Loren
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