In a message dated 14/08/2004 10:07:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

if your  going to keep the van for several more years then think  about
stainless.  frank will correct me if i am wrong but, i think to  get a
stainless muffler from him you have to by a 2.1 muffler and changed  to the
2.1 aluminum engine mount bracket.  thats because his stainless  mufflers
aren't round they are sort of  square.

    Well, not exactly.  This is how "stories"  other than the truth get
started.  The _STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel  Mufflers_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)  are indeed square BUT are made to fit in the exact same space
and  the OEM mufflers for both the 1.9 and 2.1 Vanagons.  The story about
changing the aluminium engine carrier is so that you can use the entire 2.1
stainless steel exhaust system on the 1.9 engine as there are currently no
stainless steel header pipes or j-pipes made for the 1.9 system.

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
_BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
camping event, Almonte, ON, June 09 ~ 12, 2005
'87 Westy, '90 Carat &  Lionel Trains
Member: _Vanagon List_ (http://www.vanagon.com/) , _LiMBO_ (h
ttp://www.bcn.net/~limbo/) , _IWCCC_ (http://www.westfalia.qc.ca/)  & _CCVWC_
(http://www.ccvwc.ca/)
Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in  the Ottawa Valley
_STEBRO/Vanagon Stainless Steel  Mufflers_
(http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/stebro.htm)
_Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
or  http://frankcondelli.com