WAS: Alive but whining NOW: Mixed year car exhaust

[gr8hunter1 at comcast.net (Jacob Hawes)]

I found a new noise today. Well actually it's a noise I've heard ricers 
make but it's different when you're sitting on it. Coming back from TT 
with a short shift kit and new mount rubber the rattling cat threw a 
hair ball out the bottom of the muffler. So I am definitely replacing 
pretty much the whole thing. Also the radiator cap (I think) chose this 
time to fail and now stranded it outside a muffler shop (after getting a 
quote) with about a liter less coolant waiting for the weather to cool down.

I would like to stick a new muffler on and put a pipe in place of the 
cat but I don't weld and I doubt a mechanic would do it even temporarily 
so it doesn't ruin a perfectly decent muffler in the next two weeks. Any 
suggestions on that front?

I'm still clueless on what exhaust (all the way from block to tail pipe) 
will fit this car. Just that a 2" muffler might be a temporary stop gap 
to save my ears.

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	--Jacob Hawes
Cars:
	'80 Scirocco mk1 "Tuyere"
Sharp pointy things:
	18" HI Kobra "pillow knife"
	17.5" HI Ang Khola Villager "camp axe"
	~48" Custom XVII longsword. unnamed
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Greg Pallett wrote:
> Stainless is stainless.  It won't rust.  It will outlast the rest of 
> the car - esp. if it's a mk.1
> Aluminized is just a steel pipe with an aluminum coating.  It can/will 
> rust at some point.  (but it's cheaper)
>  
> As for what's quietest, well, exhaust sound/tone is a matter for great 
> subjective debate.
>  
> GP