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SV: [T3] mufflers
Hey all!
This morning I talked to a muffler dealer here in Sweden, specializing in
stainless exhaust systems. http://www.rakaror.o.se
(sorry - the site is all in Swedish, but you«ll get the hang of it...)
He didn't have any T3 mufflers (yeah, big surprise...) but was willing to
consider making up a series of them IF he could be assured a sale on at
least, say twohundreds, of them to a price at approx $280-300 plus
shipping..
Anyone willing to start a muffler business...?
Maybe it's possible to interest RMMW, Bill & Steves, T3 detectives or any
other dealer on this?
The mufflers they could fabricate would be welded and somewhat different in
looks from the original muffler (not "stamped", pressed, in the same style)
but OK in fit and function. Sorry bone-stockers ;-)
P.S. The DO have mufflers for the 411/412!
Another thing - recently someone mentioned stainless heat exchanger tubes
for T1/T2. Where were those to be found? Anyone have a link, name or number?
Sincerely
/Karl-Olov Sandin
73 Squareback FI, Sweden
-----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
Frn: Steven Carpinter, ExpoQuip Hire [mailto:expoquip@ihug.co.nz]
Skickat: den 10 augusti 2000 09:57
Till: Greg Merritt; type3@vwtype3.org
mne: Re: [T3] mufflers
I have a stainless stock muffler and tailpipe (i.e. everything but the
heater boxes) on my '64 - it was made in New Zealand for it and has a very
sweet sound - I've turned down offers of $NZ500 for it. ($US250).
Will probably outlast the car!!!
Steven Carpinter
----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Merritt <gregm@vwtype3.org>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 6:06 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] mufflers
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Herman Haustein wrote:
>
> > Is this good , I seem to remember that stainless has bad heat
conductivity
> > (i.e. losses heat slowly)
>
> One of the main functions of the exhaust system is to carry heat
> energy away from the engine. (The main function is to carry away the
> exhaust gases, of course, and another purpose is to manage engine noise.)
> A thermally insulating exhaust would, as I understand, generally be a good
> thing, as it would do a better job at carrying that heat all the way to
> the tail pipe instead of letting it "leak" into the engine compartment.
>
> Note that performance folks often insulate their exhaust with
> "header wrap" cloth, a thermal insulator.
>
> Oh, if only somebody had made a stainless Type III stock exhaust!
> (Oh, if only somebody still made them at all, out of any material...!)
>
> -Greg
>
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