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tperazzo
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Joined: October 20, 2008
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Location: Huntington Beach, Ca
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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:46 pm Post subject: Quiet muffler recommendations |
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My buggy has a mostly stock 1641 engine with and 1 1/2" header system. After the flange on the header I want to fabricate a small muffler section and tail pipe. My goal is to keep it as quiet as possible. Wimpy, I know, but my kids are little and they haven't learned to appreciate loud things yet. I can always bolt the stinger on if I want loud! Any recommendations on generic mufflers that are known to work well on VW engines? Also don't want something huge back there. Any recommendations, are appreciated.
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clonebug
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Location: NW Washington
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Super Trapp is the way to go.
Noise is tuneable to whatever you want, As is powerband
If I run 6 discs it is super quite. If I run 14 discs it has a nice rumble and barks a little when hard on the throttle.
If I want real noise I can take the end plate off and run it straight thru.
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ECRAB3
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Joined: October 01, 2008
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Location: New Orleans, La.
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That cheap ol Empi baja exhaust is very quiet. And when you want loud, just like you stated, bolt on a pretty chrome stinger and back to the noise 
Here is what the single quiet pack sounded like on my 1600...
Needless to say I missed the dual pipe sound and went back to it. My little girls said they didnt like it quiet either  Good luck!
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Yessong
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This set up (On my Sterling Kit car) kind of sounds like an old Porsche:
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167luckycharm
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Location: Kauai Hawaii
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I followed Murzi's lead and installed a Hayabusa muffler on my 1776cc engine yesterday. Had to do some fancy pipework to make it all fit within the confines of the rear bumper but it worked out nice. I took some pics after it was finally painted today. I had to take it for a short ride yesterday and it sounds nice. Took it apart last night and prepped the tubing for today's paint job. The Hayabusa mufflers were from ebay ($20.00 plus shipping for both mufflers) and the 2"od 180, 90, & 45 degree elbows were from another ebay seller. I only used one muffler and it was enough to silence the exhaust, making the straight-cut cam gears sound louder. I like it!
Here's a link to a youtube video...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyueweW7lCY
Aloha!
John
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