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NOVA Airhead Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2005 Posts: 5221 Location: Richmond, VA
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:42 am Post subject: |
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hank0306 wrote: |
anyone have a stock 74 muffler system? I have the empi, it's loud, but functional....Sam W, insulate that oil line from the heat. Mine burned through on the 210 freeway in la, thought I caught on fire the week after putting the new motor in, thanks to my oil pressure gauge I shut down before my engine dumped two quarts of oil...went to stainless to avoid future meltdowns... |
I have a stock '74 muffler on my car. In my opinion its pretty loud for a stock muffler but much quieter than the Monza set up the PO had on the car.
If you have ever heard a Beetle or Ghia muffler without the tips on that is what the stock '74 muffler pretty much sounds like. _________________ Ghia Owner Emeritus |
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mondshine Samba Member
Joined: October 27, 2006 Posts: 2769 Location: The World's Motor Capital
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 7:58 am Post subject: |
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hank0306 wrote: |
anyone have a stock 74 muffler system? I have the empi, it's loud, but functional....Sam W, insulate that oil line from the heat. Mine burned through on the 210 freeway in la, thought I caught on fire the week after putting the new motor in, thanks to my oil pressure gauge I shut down before my engine dumped two quarts of oil...went to stainless to avoid future meltdowns... |
A real VW brand exhaust system (1974) will be nearly impossible to find and very expensive.
I bought mine at the VW dealer parts department and spent about $100 for the 3 piece set......that was almost 30 years ago, in 1983! Today, the sky's the limit.
It's louder than a standard Beetle but not by much.
Good luck, Mondhsine |
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vw moses Samba Member
Joined: April 17, 2012 Posts: 213 Location: independance,louisiana
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i got the tri-mill and can't talk to my wife while going down the road it's so loud--so sad--looking to get a tuck away muffler type also some rust coming from under the ceramic coating--all my neighbors hear me! _________________ 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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