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On 10 Oct 2005 at 12:29, Matthew Jones wrote: > > From: Russ Wolfe > > > > Here is the inside of a stock VW muffler. > > > > http://classicvw.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3239 > At our UK club AGM a fortnight ago I was talking to someone with a homemade > stainless muffler that he'd had made about 20 years ago. I asked if it crossed > over inside but he didn't know. It got me to thinking what the internals looked > like if I wanted a stock sytem SS muffler made. Now I know. Without having to > find a scrap one to dissect. I've often wondered if I could do something like this. It still looks like it would be a major job, however. > What is the 3rd horizontal tube, centre top ? I think of it as a kind of "crossover pipe", but I expected it to be perforated in the center section. Russ, didn't the outlet come out of the center section? If so, how does the exhaust get there? Is there a 4th pipe hidden in the background? > Was there any wadding in there ? I'd guess no, but even if there was some when new, it would all be gone rather quickly. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~