I can now confirm that I have secured an exclusive dealership for Australia for the Genuine A1 exhaust range . I have been trying for over 4 years and now can reveal that I will be stocking the entire range of these headers that are made in the USA from 16 gauge steel tube .

These headers will fit all type 1 , early type 2 , type 3 and the late type 4 engines .

Headers will be available in raw , ceramic , black ceramic , and stainless steel in sizes of 1 1/2" , 1 5/8" ,and 1 3/4" .

I will be stocking the header only as the Mufflers that are made by A1 are a little too noisey for my liking , so you will have to get a custom tail pipe/muffler made to suit your needs .
Prices are yet to be determined , however they should be close to the following estimates

Raw headers $ 360
Ceramic coated $ 410
Black ceramic $ 410
Stainless steel $ 540
Type 4 stub pipes $ 200 set
Type 4 header Raw $ 430
Type 4 caramic $ 490

orders will be taken at this time via the website or by phone , thanks ROD, , 02-42729920 .

Hi Rod, will you be keeping all styles i.e. sidewinder, step headers, and the standard A1 type ?

Good prices.

Craig , I will endevour to keep all of the original sidewinder styles for either the flanged heater boxes or the full J tube style for type 1 2 and 3, the lowdown racing headers for the type 1 only , and the type 4 headers . I will not be stocking the old skool headers with the 1/3 slip joints as there are better options on the market than this style . However the old skool style and all mufflers can be purchased by request in either raw ceramic or stainless , ROD.

Hey rod, has the container arrived from the us yet? Just checkin to see if the sandwich plate to run the oil cooler off the oil filter mount has arrived.
Cheers, josh

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Here are some pic's of the type 1 sidewinder exhaust stsyem shown with different mufflers . This is the ceramic coated header and the stainless header in the other pic . ROD .

Hey Rod,
Excuse my ignorance - but I thought the muffler was an integral part of the exhaust system and the muffler was tuned to the back pressure the system. I didn't think you could hang any old muffler off it.
Can you please let me know if I'm wrong.

Karmann141 , It is actually up to the tuner to tune an engine to suit the particular combination . The mufflers that are supplied with the headers are way too loud due to the lack of length . I will post a pic of my own car and the custom tail pipe that bolts to the headers and runs around the engine with 2 mufflers installed at different locations . The system is very quiet for the power it makes and is tuned to suit . I have tuned many engines and a simple muffler change can alter the air/fuel ratio , ROD.

Rod's right re the sound !

Here is the sound of the A1 1 3/4 lowdown system with the A1 (magnaflow) muffler on my little 1915. They are loud, as its clearly heard over the top of a rotary doing a burnout within metres of the camera while I'm 1/4 of a mile away !!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pH8XY78pYjo 

Any pics of your muffler setup Rod ?

Nice looking systems Rod

It's got pickup CT ! Loud too.....

All headers are here and will be on display and sale @ the VW Nationals next weekend . The prices are a bit different from my estimations and are as follows ,
Raw headers all sizes and all styles $ 330
Ceramic in all sizes and styles $ 385
Stainless with stainless flanges $ 510
Sorry the type 4 systems didn't make this order and will be here by the end of July , ROD , 02-42729920 .

Great News as I need a new one !

Do you have primary pipe length measurements for the sidewinder vs lowdown ?

Cheers.

Rod have you got the stainless lowdown in 1 5/8 ?

Cheers

What grade stainless steel is used?
The 'copy' type I bought years back from another supplier went dark brown in no time and a magnet stuck to them easily. Be great to get good quality true 304 s/s headers...

hi rod, where r the pics of your system posted. regards greg. ps which set up would be best for k ghia

hi rod, where r the pics of your system posted. regards greg. ps which set up would be best for k ghia

Sorry guy's I have been a bit busy ,
Craig the 1 5/8 merged pipes are 38" from the head flange to the collector flange and the Sidewinder is 43" .
Reub , the markings on the outside of the pipe is 304 grade . These are not polished , just plain stainless .
Greg , I will get some pic's soon , but will need to get it on the hoist for good pic's . The engine size and power will determine the header diameter , ROD.

Cheers Rod

So CT are you going to buy one ????

Hi

I put a dual pass 2 inch muffler on my sons bug and its quiet acceptable noise wise, it was one Westi made up for me.

In this photo you can see the U turn he made using a doughnut.

Steve