Dynomax mufflers are of very suspect quality. The internal baffles tend to blow apart in a year or so and then they sound like absolute ass.
If you have the cash and can afford the borla, that's what I'd get. -josh --- Galen Bergthold <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is my experience w/the exhaust portion of your > question. Installed SS > TT cat back exhaust (w/venturi and 2nd resonator) > and Dynomax on 92 GTI 8V . > No problems, good product quality, the Dynomax is a > convetional looking > muffler w/chambered design, so the exhaust must pass > around flow directors > to exit the muffler. Overall sound is good, not too > loud, still free flowing > exhaust. > Installed a SS TT cat back exhaust (w/venturi and > 2nd resonator) and Borla > on 91 GTI 16V. Again, no problems, good quality, the > Borla muffler is a > straight through design, you can see directly > through the muffler from the > inlet to the outlet. Looking in you'll see a tube > perforated w/small holes, > the tube is surrounded by SS wool to dampen the > sound, minimum restriction > here. Overall sound is louder than the Dynomax, > almost too loud for me, > seems to work well on the car though. > I have to deal w/rust issues here, so SS made sense > for my application. > Also, I tend to keep my cars for quite a while. > HTH, > GBergthold > > >From: Steven Hauptmann <[email protected]> > >To: "A2-16v list (E-mail)" > <[email protected]> > >Subject: [a2-16v-list] 8v tt-camshaft and exhaust, > any BTDT > >Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:29:00 -0400 > > > >Anyone have any experience with the 8v GTI > cams/exhaust? > > > >From reading an "exhaust shootout" on an 8v Jetta > in Grassroots Motorsports > >a few months ago (they tested ~10 different > setups), I was thinking of > >going > >with the tt-exhaust due to good hp AND torque > increases as well as low > >weight and low cost, and figured I would get a > tt-cam while I was at it. > > > >I was wondering what you guys thought of the > exhausts for this car and if > >the Borla muffler could be worth the extra $100+ > over the Dynomax > >superturbo > >on the tt-exhaust. I'm sure it's a better muffler, > but could it really make > >much more hp, or just look better and last longer > (being stainless steel). > > > >I was thinking about the tt-266 and tt-268 cams but > not sure which would be > >better or if I should consider another company. tt > states that the 268 is a > >factory VW sport camshaft while the 266 is there > own recipe. > > > >I have sourced a dual outlet EM and downpipe from > an 8v Jetta so that > >should > >help as well. > > > >Thanks for the input, > >Steve Hauptmann > >South Carolina (rust not a significant issue here) > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >a2-16v-list mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > >For list archives, see listinfo link above. > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months > FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > _______________________________________________ > a2-16v-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > For list archives, see listinfo link above. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
