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Originally Posted by scary driving
You're in Brazil! There's like thousands of VW gurus over there (like more per sq mile than most places). Those guys might be able to help you out with your issue and might even find a buyer for your old exhaust. On the other hand, if you have a respectable tig welder, you might want to consider opening up to add absorbing material to the muffler. Although the "damage to valves" might be a stretch, you don't want that much heat accumulated on the engine. Overheating will be a problem with restrictions on the exhaust. If it's too restricted, it could be the equivalent of having a clogged catalytic converter.
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Brazil is a vast country with 200 million people, without geographic or demographic homogeneity and I am not near such VW experts mechanics that I would trust. I believe I can find someone with a Tig welder but what absorbing material could be added to the muffler case? You're talking about glass packs?
With a clogged cat converter, I thought there would be more restriction than the equivalent of a a 1" diameter pipe passthrough, wouldn't there be?
It seems like you disagree with Joe Bob from Knott's Berry Farm about being able to compensate for a the 1" opening by richening the mixture. I don't understand how you can say damaging valves is an exaggeration while also say overheating is an issue...you can do much worse than damage valves with general overheating.
Wouldn't I see the temp rise on the engine temp gauge if it were overheating the exhaust ports or generally overheating?