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Yarkle Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: the Hills of Western Maine
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: What year peashooter exhaust for 74 thing? |
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K, I looked in the stcikies and i cant find this specifically adressed. I like the look and the sound of the peashooters. What year fits? Most of the sites ive seen list them by year, so do i say 74 beetle? 71 beetle? |
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yellow73kubel Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 789 Location: Columbia, SC
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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Any 1300-1600 exhaust will fit on the engine. Use a 71-73 (I think that is the year range) if you don't have the EGR system, 74/Kalifornia exhaust if you do. You can usually tell by the extra hoses and fittings on the intake manifold.
Are you sure you want peashooters on a Thing? They hang well below the bumper, have no protection (ask me now I know ), and look a little odd. But if you like the sound, it'll work.. |
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Yarkle Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: the Hills of Western Maine
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I like the sound and the price...Ive done enough offroading in my life so I dont need to do it in my thing, so im not to worried aobut the ground clearance. Its a toss up whether the odd look of the peashooters is visually cooler than the thru the bumper exhaust...
thanks for the info! |
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Fun 181 Zu Geil!
Joined: October 20, 2006 Posts: 1003 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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Yarkle wrote: |
Its a toss up whether the odd look of the peashooters is visually cooler than the thru the bumper exhaust... |
This...
vs. this?...
Not much of a toss up in my opinion. Having the exhaust exiting through the bumper is one of the Thing's coolest attributes. But, to each his own I guess. _________________
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Yarkle Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: the Hills of Western Maine
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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The biggest draw with me is the sound...hey, you are in connect-i-cut? I'm in Maine, got any spare stuff you want to part with? email me a list of anythign you have spares of, cuz my newly acquired thing needs alot! |
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Big Luni Samba Member
Joined: December 29, 2003 Posts: 427 Location: Hartford, CT
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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I'm digging the dual air cleaner setup on that yellow Thing in the photos...
As for the pea shooters, with a good number of Thing-specific exhaust systems finally on the market (and some of them are actually affordable), It seems a shame to put pea shooters on a Thing. It looks ghetto, though it's sort of correct in one respect: I can tell you from personal experience that by the early 80's, once your original exaust went, even the VW dealers would install pea shooters on Things.
I would think that the sound of the '74 repro-stock systems available from CIP1 and GMW come close to the sound of pea shooters, but while I've had one in a box waiting for my Monza muffler to crap out, I've never heard one in real life. _________________ I'm All About My Fetti! |
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norcalmike Samba Member
Joined: May 14, 2005 Posts: 4784 Location: Marina, CA
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Fun 181 Zu Geil!
Joined: October 20, 2006 Posts: 1003 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 9:39 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like you can't get a new stock exhaust for a 74 at JBugs. That link reads "CURRENTLY OUT OF PRODUCTION!!! CALL FOR AVAILABILITY" _________________
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dagimp Samba Member
Joined: July 30, 2008 Posts: 282 Location: Philly
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:21 am Post subject: |
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Yarkle wrote: |
Well, I like the sound and the price...Ive done enough offroading in my life so I dont need to do it in my thing, so im not to worried aobut the ground clearance. Its a toss up whether the odd look of the peashooters is visually cooler than the thru the bumper exhaust...
thanks for the info! |
As for ground clearance, I had a pea shooter exhaust on my Thing and you have to worry about backing into curbs. Ask me how I know... On a rusty exhaust (and in Maine, it will rust) it doesn't take much to pop a weld or dislodge an exhaust gasket on a curb. _________________ Buck
1973 Orange VW Thing, "Otto". |
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Captain Spalding Samba Member
Joined: February 19, 2005 Posts: 2519 Location: . . . in denial.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:45 am Post subject: |
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Fun 181 wrote: |
Having the exhaust exiting through the bumper is one of the Thing's coolest attributes. |
I concur. A whiz-bang custom exhaust might be some justification for not having the exhaust exit from the bumper. But pea shooters have an "I don't give a crap about this car" air about them. IMHO. |
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yellow73kubel Samba Member
Joined: August 17, 2008 Posts: 789 Location: Columbia, SC
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:23 am Post subject: |
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Hey, its your Thing, do what you want to do (hmm, there was a song about that wasn't there ).
As you can tell, most consider the peashooter to be a less than desireable choice for the Thing, but its not like you are cutting apart the car or anything. Put it on there and drive it. Just be sure to keep in mind that the tailpipe is there when backing up. |
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Fun 181 Zu Geil!
Joined: October 20, 2006 Posts: 1003 Location: Connecticut
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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yellow73kubel wrote: |
Hey, its your Thing, do what you want to do (hmm, there was a song about that wasn't there ). |
Not the original, but neither are pea shooters.
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vw moses Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2012 Posts: 213 Location: independance,louisiana
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:30 pm Post subject: |
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i love it-thanks! _________________ Youtube@vw moses
73 thing-gone
66 beetle-gone
62 beetle-gone
57 beetle-gone
convertable-beetle-w/bugspray & screamer dist.(019) gone
"Where There's a Will There's a Way"
63 one of a kind beetle. 57 dash,double rear window--sweet! |
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Bashr52 Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2006 Posts: 5666 Location: On an island in VA
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:35 am Post subject: |
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Putting the exhaust back through the bumper cutouts was a must for me when I built my exhaust.
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rrankin Samba Member
Joined: November 10, 2004 Posts: 287 Location: Austin Texas
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:22 am Post subject: |
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I have an actual VW Logo pea shooter muffler on my Thing... It's rusty and the heat riser has developed a leak.
It was nice to have an actual VW muffler on the back, but I'm not putting a pea shooter back on it. To many burned/ bruised chins... it's in the way for oil changes and it's hot most of the time.
I want a quiet muffler - while I do love that VW Wheem sound, I can do without it for a quiet muffler that exits through the bumper.
I'm thinking one of the repo OE style 74 mufflers...
-Rob _________________ '74 Thing [Fritz]
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Yarkle Samba Member
Joined: August 03, 2009 Posts: 1218 Location: the Hills of Western Maine
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jjrannauro Samba Member
Joined: June 30, 2011 Posts: 217 Location: MEXICO
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
My Thing has a Beetle exhaust, since I had already spent a lot of money in the restoration of my car and since the exhaust was still in good shape, I just took the car to the exhaust shop and I ask to customise my Beetle exhaust. It was a lot cheaper than a new Thing exhaust.
Here some pictures before/after
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[email protected] Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2003 Posts: 510
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:02 am Post subject: dual air cleaner |
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I am also digging the dual air cleaner setup, anybody have an idea where I good get one? |
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NOVA Airhead Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2005 Posts: 5221 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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When I bought my car it had an EMPI Monza style exhaust. Sounded terrible and looked bad. One of the first items I changed. Replaced it with a stock set up from TTS.
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Would not want anything else and as mentioned you save your shins. _________________ Ghia Owner Emeritus |
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Wildthings Samba Member
Joined: March 13, 2005 Posts: 50353
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 9:07 am Post subject: |
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Mine has a bug exhaust with shortened pea shooters. Works well enough for me. |
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