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--- Steven Ayres <comwest@att.net> wrote: > Bottom line first: if you want the exhaust/heat > system to work right, > you need to keep *every bit* of it. > > The rear heat exchangers, far from the 'window > dressing' that someone > else calls them, are only unnecessary if you really > don't want heat in > the car and you'd prefer to run some cheapo > aftermarket exhaust designed > for another car. 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". Since stock exhausts are unobtainable new, 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. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~