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On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 20:40, Jim Adney wrote: > On 9 Oct 2005 at 11:38, Ben Mungkornpanich wrote: > > > As Bob already mentioned, they eliminate the rear heat exchangers, which means > less heat, but that is seldom a problem for most of us. The bigger problem is > the hoses that bypass the air to the lower heat exchangers. Those always manage > to wear thru or fall off within a year. > > The OE mufflers really can't be beat for durability and quality, but they ARE a > bear to install. Good ones even incorporate equal length header pipes, but they > don't all have this feature. Here is the inside of a stock VW muffler. http://classicvw.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3239 -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~