Robert Lilley (vwvanman@MAILEXCITE.COM) said on the date of 4/28/98 4:57
PM

>Ways to increase power to a Wasserboxer engine:
>
>External Changes:
>
>Exhaust System:
> I have looked at several HP exhaust systems. I think that the stock
>design is the
>best I have seen, so far(I will have a custom exhaust made when I rebuild
>my engine).
> The main problem is that the HP exhausts DO NOT allow for the engine
>movement and
>will eventually crack, their pipes are thin, and the 4 to 1 collector is
>too short.
>
>The stock headers are bolted on solid to the engine and the muffler is
>bolted solid
>to the body.  Therefore they both DO NOT Move, BUT the engine does move,
>thus a problem.

     (Snip)

     A good arguement, but unfourtinately based on a falsehood.

     The Waterboxer exhaust system is completely rigid, and attached only
to the engine.  I can't even imagine what it would take to design a
system that could have a body-mounted muffler so close to the engine.

     That said, I'd like to say that my S&S exhaust system is wonderfully
designed, mounts a bit easier than the stock system, fits ten times
better than the Dansk system (based on stock) that I put on my last van,
and is *very* durable, having withstood a 20mph impact from a 95 Mustang
with minimal dammage.

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Bob O'Shaughnessy,         Columbus, OH
85GL
74 Bus (Dad's)
72 Wife, 94 Rabbit, 95 Cat, 96 cat

98 Kid (Robert F. O'Shaughnessy Jr. 4/15/98)
Still looking for the Bentley manual on this one!