Muffler or no muffler

[farkman]

I finished the exhaust yesterday and took it for a quick spin. It isn't any louder at idle but above 2200 rpm it starts getting a louder, much more than before, but it's not deafening. So I'm going to keep it like this with no muffler or resonator. I can't wait to get the flex pipe I bought off of ebay so I can finally finish the downpipe.

Thanks again for all your help guys.

[farkman]

I finally got the downpipe finished yesterday. This one looks massive compared to the stock one (2.5" vs 1.75"). I can now hear the turbo spool up when I rev the engine to about 1400rpm with the car sitting still   . The car seems to be a bit faster, but not much. All in all though, it turned out pretty well. Now I'm considering installing an intercooler, but I would like to know if it would be advantageous on a nearly stock 1.9TD 1994 Golf.      

Peter

[Rat407]

I finally got the downpipe finished yesterday. This one looks massive compared to the stock one (2.5" vs 1.75"). I can now hear the turbo spool up when I rev the engine to about 1400rpm with the car sitting still   . The car seems to be a bit faster, but not much. All in all though, it turned out pretty well. Now I'm considering installing an intercooler, but I would like to know if it would be advantageous on a nearly stock 1.9TD 1994 Golf.      

Peter

What all did it entail to work out that down pipe?   I'm interested in something like that myself for the Jetta.

Thanks

[farkman]

Rat407

It involved lots eyeballing :lol: . Seriously though, you can't really measure things to perfection. I just estimated on how long a piece should be and cut it. Then you have to get all the angles right so the pipe doesn't touch anything else. I just taped the whole thing together (8 pieces in total) so I could make minor changes if need be. I then tack welded everything together and tried it on the car again to makes sure everything still lined up. And then I welded it all up and bolted it in. It took me about 50 hours all together to make it but I have a single car garage and a lot of time was spent moving things around so I could use a certain machine. If you wan't, I can e-mail you some pictures of it.

Peter

[Rat407]

Rat407

It involved lots eyeballing :lol: . Seriously though, you can't really measure things to perfection. I just estimated on how long a piece should be and cut it. Then you have to get all the angles right so the pipe doesn't touch anything else. I just taped the whole thing together (8 pieces in total) so I could make minor changes if need be. I then tack welded everything together and tried it on the car again to makes sure everything still lined up. And then I welded it all up and bolted it in. It took me about 50 hours all together to make it but I have a single car garage and a lot of time was spent moving things around so I could use a certain machine. If you wan't, I can e-mail you some pictures of it.

Peter

Not to bad then. I don't have a garage but can make due. It would be great if you can send some pictures. It would help give me a better mental picture to start with.  

Thanks

[texaseric]

Farkman,

Can you send me some photos of your fabrication? I'm doing the same for a 1.6TD I just dropped into a 1981 Caddy.

Thanks,

--eric ([email protected])