80q exhaust options

["Andrew M. Steere" <merkur@ttlc.net>]

My father's 1990 80 quattro is suffering from a severe case of Swiss cheese 
exhaust system. At 110k miles, it's time for a replacement.  I've been 
surfing around and found the Stebro stainless system. Are these worth the 
$600 outlay? Are there any real performance gains (aside from the corrosion 
resistance of stainless)? My dad's looking to get a little bit more out of 
the fairly gutless engine, but doesn't want to go hog wild with it.

Any other good options out there?

--Andrew Steere
Dover, NH
88 Merkur XR4Ti
90 Audi 80q from time to time

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