Classic-looking tailpipes

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I bring this up whenever someone asks for an exhaust with a 'stock' sound. (You said 'velvety', so I'm guessing that is sort of what you meant.)

If there's anything like a consensus here, it's probably for the A1 Sidewinder - an extractor '4-into-2-into-1' design that gets great performance out of our engines for the price. But one drawback is it's a little loud under acceleration.

I left a little performance on the table and opted for a more 'classic' look and sound - a Vintage Speed all-stainless exhaust specifically made for VW-powered replica Speedsters. The pipes are pretty close to what stock 356 pipes looked like, but this isn't a tuned header system.

Here's what it looks and sounds like:

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@Sacto Mitch posted:

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I bring this up whenever someone asks for an exhaust with a 'stock' sound. (You said 'velvety', so I'm guessing that is sort of what you meant.)

If there's anything like a consensus here, it's probably for the A1 Sidewinder - an extractor '4-into-2-into-1' design that gets great performance out of our engines for the price. But one drawback is it's a little loud under acceleration.

I left a little performance on the table and opted for a more 'classic' look and sound - a Vintage Speed all-stainless exhaust specifically made for VW-powered replica Speedsters. The pipes are pretty close to what stock 356 pipes looked like, but this isn't a tuned header system.

Here's what it looks and sounds like:

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Do you have heater boxes or j-pipes ?

@Sacto Mitch posted:

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I bring this up whenever someone asks for an exhaust with a 'stock' sound. (You said 'velvety', so I'm guessing that is sort of what you meant.)

If there's anything like a consensus here, it's probably for the A1 Sidewinder - an extractor '4-into-2-into-1' design that gets great performance out of our engines for the price. But one drawback is it's a little loud under acceleration.

I left a little performance on the table and opted for a more 'classic' look and sound - a Vintage Speed all-stainless exhaust specifically made for VW-powered replica Speedsters. The pipes are pretty close to what stock 356 pipes looked like, but this isn't a tuned header system.

Here's what it looks and sounds like:

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Thanks @Sacto Mitch, I like the way that sounds, I should record mine and listen on the computer to sort of "normalize" the audio for closer apples-to-apples comparison.

I'll consider that for future cars, but I actually just had a new exhaust installed.  I guess I should've mentioned something "like" a Cherry Bomb accessory patched in as an adapter right before the tailpipes.  In terms of velvety sound, what I mean is the difference between stock and cherry bomb, for example at 1m35s:  https://youtu.be/P4grV6KWMjM?t=95 .  Doesn't have to be cherry bomb, I just mean something of that nature.

Wow.....    That's a LOT quieter than my Berg system.  No wonder I'm going deaf!

Sean:  Yes, you do seem to be a little deficient in terms of length and diameter.

Although, as you said, the size does increase when things get hotter. 

@Sean Seena posted:

I'm curious to know if there's some "Cherry Bomb®" equivalent for these cars.  Well, I'm looking for the velvety exhaust note that it produces, but it probably also makes it louder... 😣

I have this exhaust on Little Red, and I couldn't be more pleased with its somewhat throaty sound and good performance with my 1776.

https://www.jbugs.com/product/3414.html

There's these EMPI ones -

EMPI

Chrome Tips

Part Number: 16-9535-0

MSRP

39.51

Chrome Tapered / Baffled Tips

Part Number: 00-3693-0

MSRP

55.71

@Bob: IM S6 posted:

Sean:  Yes, you do seem to be a little deficient in terms of length and diameter.

Although, as you said, the size does increase when things get hotter. 

And like most men, I'm prepared to pay to remedy the situation!

@WOLFGANG I saw those and was initially turned off because they're tapered, then realized that the taper wouldn't really be visible.  So perhaps they'd work:

• EMPI 3693 in chrome, at Jbugs as well.
• EMPI 3693 in stainless steel.

But the other ones pictured in my OP, those seem to be so common, I would think they're a well-known part?  Perhaps I need to go to one of the builders (Vintage Motorcars / Vintage Speedsters / Beck / Intermeccanica)?

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BTW, @thedak , heater boxes.

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Here is my Vintage Speed Sebring exhaust.  Have a listen and a look.