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Old 06-16-2008, 09:59 AM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tasdrouille View Post
On a side note I replaced the muffler on the TDI with a straight pipe when the muffler broke off. It did not make a noise difference at all. But then again the turbine itself makes a pretty good job at muffling already.
There's a company that makes aftermarket turbo kits that install way down the exhaust system; they pull the muffler and let the turbo serve that function. The noise is about the same. They skip the intercooler, too: ten feet of turbo pipe dumps a fair amount of heat from the compressed charge.
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