RE: What can you tell me about your exhaust?

["Patrick Sherman" <patrick@volkswagen.org>]

yeah send me some info on the airbox mod..


Patrick Sherman
mailto:patrick@volkswagen.org
1997 VENTO VR6 / Tornado Red / 18K
"One cannot live on air alone....Add Water"

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
> Of Bryan Billings
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 1998 12:58 PM
> To: Patrick Sherman; jettaglx@igtc.com
> Subject: Re: What can you tell me about your exhaust?
>
>
> Patrick,
> 	Go with the remus exhaust but see if the Remus has measured
> its overall
> gains and losses.  I wouldn't recommend that you mess with the exhaust
> in a custom fashion due to the fact that there are so many mufflers with
> different results and no way to really test them.  You have to actually
> put them on your car and see.  I can tell you one thing no matter what
> you put on it can't be loud cause you loose to much backpressure.  Ask
> Tofer he herd my car at Boeing's X-cross.  It really sounded like an
> Italian car.  My first run back in to the grid I had 45 people around
> the car trying to figure out what I had under the hood.  The Ferrari 256
> owner came over and suspected that I had a Ferrari V-8?!!!. My brother
> told me that when I was racing the announcer said that he had never herd
> a VW sound like that.  It was loud and that ansa tip with one small
> glass pack (12") really gave a good impression of sound.  At 39-42k on
> the highway the car was so fucking loud I could not hear my BOSE. Cops
> could hear me a mile away. I then put the big muffler back in left the
> glass pack and ansa tip.  It still sounds Italian and it really defines
> the "SIX". I am happy with this setup and it cost $100.00 installed.
> Just remember first impressions may be deceptive cause that CPU adjusts
> over time.
> If you want a detailed instruction of the air box let me know. I will
> put something together.  I call it forced INDUCTION.
>
> Bryan
>
> Patrick Sherman wrote:
> >
> > Bryan,
> >
> >         Right now I am considering a remus exhaust. However
> this sounds like a
> > cheap alternative. Tell me all the details.. How much it costs and what
> > not.. I also have a airbath, and hrm. I might try that stock airbox back
> > in.. If I can figure it out..:)
> >
> > Patrick Sherman
> > patrick@volkswagen.org
> > '97 VENTO VR6
>