I guess some people want the clean look, kinda like removing the AC
compressor when disabling the ac system.

Courtney, find a friend with a MIG welder and get some nice aluminized J
bends.  Cut and weld to fit.

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Mike S
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: [T2] Exhausts that delete the heaterboxes completely on
aircooled Type IV engines?

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.