

| Subject: | Re: Performance Exhaust for Vanagons (clarification) |
| From: | Rob Wright |
| Date: | Sat, 13 Mar 1999 08:09:40 -0600 |
Will this system work on air cooled models?and if so does it eliminate the crossover pipe? TIA Rob Wright 82 westy KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > OK let me clarify the clarification. The exhaust system I sell is made by S&S > headers in Arizona, USA. I am a dealer for them and sell their stuff at a > discount. The performance exhaust system for the Vanagon consists of a 4 to 1 > header ($160) which attaches to your stock VW Vanagon Catalytic convertor. On > the early 1.9l header there is a provision for the oxygen sensor in a similar > location as the stock exhaust (the 2.1l oxygen sensor goes in the cat so there > is no provision for it in the 2.1l header). You can then either bolt your > stock Vanagon muffler and tail pipe up to your cat or you can get a "turbo" > muffler that replaces the stock muffler and tailpipe ($120). So these pieces > are totally interchangeable with the stock stuff. You can get the turbo > muffler and bolt it to the stock exhaust system or get the performance header > and bolt the stock cat and muffler up it to. > These pieces come with the necessary gaskets and hardware for installation. > No welding or anything like that is necessary, it is totally bolt up. > The prices for the header and muffler are the same price for the 1.9l Vanagon, > and the 2.1l (which includes the Syncro) $280. The parts come with a one year > warranty. > Specs are: 1 1/2" diameter steel pipes(16 gauge), with thick CNC plasma cut > flanges. > As for noise pollution, I am sure that the more freer flowing turbo muffler > has a different sound than the stock muffler but it is below DOT standards for > noise so it is not loud. > I guess that answers all the questions I got so far. Sorry about the > bandwidth. > Ken Wilford > Van-Again > John 3:16
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