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 ((

[Brian Fuerbach]

I have a 1.8 and bought the car with a 2.0 Bursch exhaust system intalled. I wanted to try the stock repro Dansk just for an original look but could not stand the tinny sound. I switched back to the Bursch. Love the deep sound. Looking to get the new stainless version that was just released.

[wonkipop]

I have a 1.8 and bought the car with a 2.0 Bursch exhaust system intalled. I wanted to try the stock repro Dansk just for an original look but could not stand the tinny sound. I switched back to the Bursch. Love the deep sound. Looking to get the new stainless version that was just released.

i hope you got that dansk for a good price mate!


EDIT.
this is the mob in S E Asia i was thinking of but couldn't remember.
taiwan. pricey. don't know how good the product is durability wise.

https://store.vintagespeed.com.tw/914-1-7-1...stem-p180686509

system for a beetle is throaty.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfMASr0iURo

[Brian Fuerbach]

I have a 1.8 and bought the car with a 2.0 Bursch exhaust system intalled. I wanted to try the stock repro Dansk just for an original look but could not stand the tinny sound. I switched back to the Bursch. Love the deep sound. Looking to get the new stainless version that was just released.

i hope you got that dansk for a good price mate!


EDIT.
this is the mob in S E Asia i was thinking of but couldn't remember.
taiwan. pricey. don't know how good the product is durability wise.

https://store.vintagespeed.com.tw/914-1-7-1...stem-p180686509

system for a beetle is throaty.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfMASr0iURo

Vintage speed could be an option but the dansk is out. I got a good deal on the dansk through ebay and sold it to Ian Karr a couple of years ago, and yes still lost money.

[wonkipop]

I have a 1.8 and bought the car with a 2.0 Bursch exhaust system intalled. I wanted to try the stock repro Dansk just for an original look but could not stand the tinny sound. I switched back to the Bursch. Love the deep sound. Looking to get the new stainless version that was just released.

i hope you got that dansk for a good price mate!


EDIT.
this is the mob in S E Asia i was thinking of but couldn't remember.
taiwan. pricey. don't know how good the product is durability wise.

https://store.vintagespeed.com.tw/914-1-7-1...stem-p180686509

system for a beetle is throaty.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfMASr0iURo

Vintage speed could be an option but the dansk is out. I got a good deal on the dansk through ebay and sold it to Ian Karr a couple of years ago, and yes still lost money.

never seen a dansk up close and personal. suspect the metal they are fabricated out of might be thinner than originals back in 70s/80s?

"oem" one i have is a bus muffler i got hold of in the 90s and had been on a shelf for a while back then. folks liked sticking hot dog muffler systems on aus buses so no one wanted it. bonus = was stainless steel. not sure where it came from but think it might have been german made. with luck it might last me out. if i was in the market for a muffler i'd be taking a close look at the taiwan jobs. seem to be about $1000 aud from a vw specialist stockist here for the bus version - more or less identical. nice shape and it fits up into the same space as the factory system.

tail pipe diameter looks like it would give @Van B some satisfaction!
think i might have seen and heard one on a 356 i saw last year.
if it was it sounded good. had a bark to it. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)