Re: Some more 2L conversion ?'s

[Neal Tovsen <ntovsen@piper.hamline.edu>]

I can definitely say that the exhaust pipes on my car are stainless, and
original as far as I can tell. The muffler went last year, and at the time
I didn't know any better than to get an OEM Bosal muffler (which really
isn't too bad, actually, but expensive). The old muffler came off VERY
easily. No rust. This spring, I gutted out my clogged catalytic converter.
When I undid the clamp between the midpipe and the cat, the two slid apart
with no trouble whatsoever. The amazing part is that I live in Minnesota,
and the car was originally bought 130,000 miles ago at the dealership
where I purchased it! It was obvious that the car had been well-cared-for,
but no amount of babying will keep a crappy exhaust that clean in MN.

Needless to say, I'm totally sold on stainless exhaust systems from now
on! It is worth paying double or even tripple for a good system like that.

Neal

On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Riley McDowall wrote:
> This thread has gone around the block a few times in the last couple
> years... I maintain that on Canadian 16v cars at least, the stock exhaust
> system is mandrel-bent 2.25" stainless steel.  Neither the muffler nor the
> resonator are stainless, but the tubing is.  This may or may not be true
> for American cars, but every Canadian 16v I've looked under has had a
> stainless steel exhaust.  For that reason, there's not much point in buying
> the whole TT system unless your exhaust has been replaced with something
> inferior at some point in the car's life.


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