Muffler Adaptation Questions
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:54 pm
To keep my wife's sensitive nose happy while near our running Bus, I put a stock crossover pipe and a catalytic converter back on it.
However, I could not use a stock muffler as it would have interfered with the "custom" trailer hitch (for my bicycle carrier) I had made while the Bus was sporting one of the quiet extractor systems.
The muffler I ended up using was from Tractor Supply and is supposed to be for an IH tractor! It is basically a "glass pack" design and I'm tiring of its noise.
So, I'm looking for a quieter option that will fit in the available space. I found this dual-inlet single-outlet muffler for a fuel-injected Beetle on thesamba:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1247128
Do you think I can successfully "plug" one of the inlets and use only the other? (And how do I tell an inlet from the outlet?)
Or, is it possible to consider shortening a stock muffler somehow?
However, I could not use a stock muffler as it would have interfered with the "custom" trailer hitch (for my bicycle carrier) I had made while the Bus was sporting one of the quiet extractor systems.
The muffler I ended up using was from Tractor Supply and is supposed to be for an IH tractor! It is basically a "glass pack" design and I'm tiring of its noise.
So, I'm looking for a quieter option that will fit in the available space. I found this dual-inlet single-outlet muffler for a fuel-injected Beetle on thesamba:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... id=1247128
Do you think I can successfully "plug" one of the inlets and use only the other? (And how do I tell an inlet from the outlet?)
Or, is it possible to consider shortening a stock muffler somehow?