RE : Exhaust Mod

["dion fields" <noid@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Is there a compelling reason not to remove the 'restrictor' 
> from the front section and replace with straight pipe?

Nils, 

by "restrictor" do you mean "resonator" ? it really doesn't do 
much restricting.  how much volume and resonance do you 
like inside your car from the exhaust ? i like my vehicles fast 
and loud ( you should hear my motorcycle ), but for street 
driving i put my resonator back on after only a couple thousand 
miles.  the noise made long drives very taxing.   sounded great 
in the twisties and at the autocross, though.

> I plan to keep the stock headers and install a new Ansa 
> center muffler.

Ansa's sound pretty good, but keep in mind that they do rust 
easily.  if it were my car, and i planned to keep it a long time,
i would go with a stainless system . . . oh wait, i did.   the
stainless route is more expensive, of course.

dion fields
los angeles
73 gtv


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