I chopped up my exhaust.

[SequoiaGLX at twcny.rr.com (SequoiaGLX@twcny.rr.com)]

I'm posting this to the list too because I think it might be important for people to know who are thinking of using a local performance shop to build their exhaust.  Sort of a "buyer beware"...

I needed to replace the tailpipe and muffler on my Eurosport on my 'roc, so I ordered another muffler from Eurosport and decided to have a local performance shop make me a mandrel bent tailpipe.  Mind you, this is a shop that actually builds very competitive funnycars, competing in NHRA on a national level (Burkart in Utica, NY).  I asked several times if he could bend pipe with a true mandrel.  Several times the answer was yes.  Then the pipe came out and it had bends in it that look like the one in the middle pipe laid out on your hood on that website.  I was p!ssed, that one section of pipe with two bends cost me $30 and I still had to weld the hanger on.

If you think that bend was bad you should see the cheap exhaust I put on my old crap Ford work truck.  It welded it together out of generic pieces bought locally that have the "bendy straw" bends in them, several corrugations on the inside of the bend.  That slightly flattened bend has got to be better than that! 

John K. Gates
--
'97 Jetta GLX - daily driver
'85 Scirocco Flash Silver, waiting for my new house/shop for a complete
teardown/buildup sometime soon...

----- Original Message -----
From: tomc <tomc@satx.rr.com>
Date: Friday, July 30, 2004 9:45 am
Subject: I chopped up my exhaust.

> Hi All, 
> 
> Well I broke my header a few weeks ago at an autoX event, I think it's
> been leaky for some time. So, I decided to free-flow the exhaust a
> little better since I needed to remove the header to have it mended
> anyway. Total cost?  About $50 in parts and a 6-pack of Shiner 
> Bock to
> get the header welded. You can see my 'ahem' handywork at
> http://www.tom-c.com/exhaust.htm or you can get to it from the 
> bodyworkpage. Also, I did some updating and now have an "all 
> browser friendly"
> photo album.
> 
> We seem to have an autoX summer hiatus for two months so I need to get
> some more work done, more body work and removing more weight, I still
> have the heater box and fan yet to remove. I bought a passenger side
> door and a rear hatch from Patrick when he was parting those cars way
> back in April so I need to get them put on, I'm deciding if I want to
> put Lexan instead of the glass in the doors.
> 
> Maybe if I'm lucky, I'll get real race springs and shocks before the
> next event too.
> 
> That's the updates so far on "The Project" hope everyone is having a
> great summer.
> 
> TomC
> '79 "The Project" Scirocco 
> http://www.tom-c.com
> Now with improved all browser friendly photo album.
> 
> 
> 
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