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Subject:Re: [T2] Exhausts that delete the heaterboxes completely on aircooled Type IV engines?
From:Mike S
Date:Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:18:15 -0500

At 07:57 PM 1/22/2009, courtney hook wrote...
>Are there any aftermarket performance/nonperformance exhausts that
>delete the heaterboxes and just run a header pipe from the exhaust
>ports out to the back of the van? I would think maybe a Porsche 914
>exhaust? It seems there is nothing to do this and remove all the
>heaterbox crap. Anyone come across a system?

Why? If you don't want to hook up all the heater stuff, don't. What
harm do the heater boxes do just sitting there? Actually, used that
way, they may give a slight performance increase vs. plain pipes, by
keeping the exhaust hot and flowing, and pushing that heat further away
from the engine.