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On Wed, 2005-02-16 at 20:32, James Montebello wrote: > > None of the aftermarket exhausts, including the ones > designed for the T-3, include these bits. With hoses > properly arranged so the fan blows directly into the > "big HEs", I get enough heat I can't sit in the car > with it on full blast and all the windows closed. To > me, that's good enough. It may not generate as much > heat as the full OEM system, but I've never even seen > the full thing, I haven't needed it to date, and can't > imagine anyone living in anything but Artic conditions > ever needing it. Granted, it doesn't get into > negative temps where I live, and rarely even gets > below freezing, but I'd say the "small HEs" are NOT > necessary for the heat to "work right". For some of us, above freezing is a good day. > Since stock > exhausts are unobtainable new, They are out there. http://classicvw.org/gallery/album03 Those are early ones, but the late ones are out there. > if you really think you > need them and your current system is shot, it's either > play roulette on the classifieds/Ebay trying to find a > decent NOS/used set, or do without. > > All that said, I wouldn't remove them just because > they're there. Leave them on if you have them, but > don't worry about it if you don't unless you're trying > to win at a car show. > -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~