BusDepot mufflers are around $110 + shipping...  The shop I was at did the
work in about 45 minutes.  The $100 price tag included the installation of
the headers and the modified muffler...  Sure, I didn't save that much maybe
thirtybucks...  The key here is I didn't have to do the work...  The shop I
was at did it.

This is also an option if you are travelling and in a pinch without time to
order the right muffler.

Michael Blackburn

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Blake C. Thornton
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 10:42 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Alternative mufflers in place of OEM etc..

I'm a bit confused.  Why go through all this trouble when busdepot has
mufflers for $80 or so.

blake

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Michael Blackburn wrote:

> I decided the price of the VW muffler was a little much for me to stomach
> last summer...
>
> I ended up at a pretty good muffler shop that suggested an alternative to
> the stock arrangement. (I had a 1987 2.1 Westy) I ended up needing the
> header pipes and ordered them  from Bus Depot.  But, the only other part
> needed was a muffler.  The shop used a standard '5" Dodge Can' and welded
> the exhaust flange from the old muffler onto it.  The Dodge can is a
little
> shorter than the stock VW can, so an extra long tailpipe was welded on to
> make the tailpipe look stock.
>
> The muffler just clamped into one of the muffler clamps since it was a
> little short.  But, overall it worked quite well, sounded, and ran just
the
> same.  Well, a little better since the exhaust leak was gone.  I think the
> total cost of the muffler, welding, and installation was about $100.
>
>
>
> Michael Blackburn
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
> Of Marshall
> Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 1:13 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Alternative mufflers in place of OEM etc..
>
>
> Hi Volks:
>
> I wonder if any of you have experience using a generic muffler in place of
> the stock.
>
> I'd think that the inlet and outlet sizes need to be the same as stock,
and
> the body of the muffler should be about the same shape/dimension as the
> stock.
>
> Suppose the above parameters were met in a generic muffler - could it be
> used?
>
> TIA,
>
> Marshall Ruskin
> 84 Westy 1.9 litre
>
>
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