which one

Do a search on Tri-mill and A1.  You can't use all VW T1 exhausts as some will hit the rear valance (and most don't want to hack and notch that out).  They can be ceramic coated for extra cost.  Stainless sure is nice - Try Vintage Speed in Taiwan. They can do custom location of the tail pipe.

http://shop.vintagespeed.com.t....12/category.1318/.f

There's a few variables to consider:

1.  size of engine

2.  how much you want to spend

3.  style of exhaust

Tri-mill don't sell over here Vintagespeed are OK but I found this in Chine

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-B...;hash=item4d1322d140

It seems the same.

Ron, Engine is 2332cc and 1835cc/Only as much as it's worth, some people like to rip you off/Solong as it's quite enough without loosing performance, it is a sports car not an off roader. Yea Ron I'm building 2

I would like to know what you think of the Stainless one from China @ $297.93 ?

Well, only 2 days left before first body arrives, I will take pics to

Robb

Robb:

That Chinese S/S exhaust has exhaust pipes way too small for your 2332.  A 2332cc engine should be looking at 1-1/2" to 1-3/4" diameter exhaust pipes (minimum) to the heads and a header collector output of around 3".  Putting that small system on either of your engines will severely restrict the exhaust and make the car run like a slug.

I'm not hung up on either A-1 or tri-mil, but there must be someone in Europe building collector exhaust systems that will fit VW Beetle sedans.  If they fit a sedan they'll probably fit a Speedster (or at most need a little tweaking).

Otherwise, Tri-Mil, A-1 or Berg systems are all pretty good and would work well in BOTH of your cars.

Read this for more info:

http://www.geneberg.com/cat.php?cPath=15_445

As Gordon said, tubing size will depend on the engine and it's powerband. On a 2332, 1 1/2" primary tubes will only go to about 5300rpm, 1 5/8" will go to 63-6400rpm and 1 3/4 will go to 7300. If the engine is designed to rev to 5500 or 6000rpm with power then 1 5/8" is the proper size. It's really important to size the exhaust to the size and powerband of an engine; too small and it will fall flat and choke before it's peak, and if it's too large the engine will be down on torque in the bottom end/midrange, affecting where we spend most of our time on the street (and mileage will be down as well). Too large on a bigger engine isn't so bad, but on anything sub 2 liter it's critical.

This info comes from a header size chart taken from the Feb 2012 of Hot VW's-

Well thanks Gordon n ALB, I didn't go for the Chinese one, I thought it was to small to, I'm gona make my own now, i was looking for a design and found one by mistake on here, a guy had one built from an exhaust guy for his Spider, 4 boxes, I now gotta go buy some more tubing cos my headers won't be big enough 1-1/2, I'll try for 1-3/4 if I can get it bolted in, I got loads of time, I'll have to get my Hot VW's mag out again hahaha. I really appreciate this, my brain isn't what it used to be.

Unless your 2332 is a monster I'd go with a 1 5/8" header.

Be careful building your own system.  You can leave quite a few hp on the table with a poorly constructed collector.  Another option would be to just buy a header and built the rest yourself.

Yeah, getting the exhaust gasses from the heads to the collector is only half the problem - the other half is stuffing one or two decent mufflers under there and creating the pipe contortion to connect everything.

My Gene Berg system (1-5/8" exhaust pipes) gives me great power for a 2,110cc, but the collector and both mufflers (left and right) hang down below the rear valence.  Fine if you like the look, ugly if you don't, but great torque and a very nice growl under power.

Thanks guys, the one I saw on here was this on from Kaintuck     https://www.speedsterowners.com...bring---type-exhaust

It's like the manufactured ones.

http://www.turbothomas.com/porscherange/356/index.php

I'm nearly confident in which one

Or should I stick to more conventional ones ??