There is obviously not enough discussion of mufflers on this site and Britt could surely use another thread on this.
So, the question is:
Can someone please detail the installation of those newfangled muffler needle bearings and/or the roller muffler and list the benefits of each.

Well, let the arguments begin


And, just so it's not OT, which muffler is best for making a completely bone-stock smogged 1.8 feel (and sound) like a ferrari while on jackstands?

Open pipes (no muffler)

If you want it to "feel" like a Ferrari...it's the "muffler" (silk scarf) you wear around your neck that'll do it....

Load this onto your iPod, put headphones on, sit in your car, hit play.

http://www.farzadsf1gallery.com/f1_sounds/412T2.wav

Believe me its going to be a lot closer to sounding like a real Ferrari than any muffler bolted to a 1.8.

Mufflers are old schools. What we need are exhaust amplifiers not exhaust mufflers.

HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET A RECORDING OF BETTY'S 1.8 FROM THE LAST AUTOCROSS?????

"HOW IN THE HELL DID YOU GET A RECORDING OF BETTY'S 1.8 FROM THE LAST AUTOCROSS?????"


Like I keep having to TELL everybody... it's stock.... I swear......