How to make a '74 1.8L sound less like a VW bug, Would this necessitate a muffler change? Muffler modification? Exhaust tip? Options

[mjsdt914]

Looking to improve the sound of my '74 1.8L ... make is less like a VW Bug ((

[wonkipop]

buy a ferrari?

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some kind of sport muffler i suppose.

but being serious. 914s do not sound like beetles.
beetles had twin outlet pea shooter mufflers that produced the chirping sound that beetles have. 914s have the bus sound - no chirp.

what you really mean is how do i make my 1.8 not sound like a bus, when it is a bus engine---
more or less.

there were versions of the original muffler that VW porsche sold back when the cars were new. looked the same on the outside but the internal baffling and chambering was different. i had one on mine when i first bought it back in 89. it was marked with stamping on it. had a deeper tone. it rusted out 20 years ago.

good luck finding one, but its the sort of thing that might pop up on ebay.

these days i run an SS "quiet" muffler i picked up 20 years ago here in aus.
originally for a bus. i reworked the inlet flanges for the 914. you have to cut them off and weld them back on upside down. thats all a 1.8 muffler is. a bus muffler with the inlet pipe flanges welded in upside down when compared to a bus or a 412.

thats a tip for you guys thinking of buying a standard dansk repro muffler.
most listings for the dansk have a rrp almost twice as much for the 914 item as the bus item. if you are handy with a welder and a grinder you know what to do. but it won't change the sound. which you either like or you don't.

......leaves you with one choice - get a custom ss sport muffler.

there is a mob in south east asia making them if i remember right. forget the name of the company. would have to look them up. but i think they made a muffler that could be fitted to the 914 4 cylinder.