Date:    Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:38:53 -0500
From:    Aaron Pearson <aarondpearson@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject: stoked with new muffler

this is definitely the best upgrade i've ever done.  boulder muffler put
in
a stainless magnaflow, to replace the aging stock vanagon muff.  it
sounds
righteous, and i feel like i got a couple extra horses out of the deal.

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You probably did if it was a higher flow muffler.
I recently did a similar thing. A new stainless steel muffler made
locally for the waterboxer that is very well made, very shiny :-) and
has a higher flow than the original. Immediately I noticed the van rev
out a little easier (and not because the original muffler was clogged -
it wasn't, it had just reached it use-by date after 15 years ) and just
a little more grunt seemed to be available.
Price was about the same as OEM which is still available here in Oz but
with the aftermarket one, the ss tailpipe came with the package, not an
extra at additional cost as was the case with the original VW one (and
it wasn't as shiny either ;-) 

Cheers,
Steve O
NSW Australia
'92 Transporter WBX Kombi
'00 Transporter Double Cab
'03 Transporter Double Cab (work truck)
'07 Passat Variant TDI
'78 Land Rover Series 3 109 soft top ute (ex-Aust.Army)