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 Mad Manx
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| posted on May 4th, 2005 at 10:20 PM |
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Is anyone running a rice muffler?
Hey I was wondering if anyone can tell me how one of those "performance" stainless steel ricer mufflers sound on a vw? You know the ones with the 3
inch irrigation pipe tips:thumb. Im not after looks I just want a rust free system with a good note (to hide my tappet noise lol)
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blutopless2
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 07:44 AM |
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you talking nb or ob?
see.... air and water do mix 
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Marineboy
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 10:10 AM |
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Check out this post,
http://www.aussieveedubbers.com/forum/viewthread.php?tid=38617#pid349572
Have a look at the MotorBike pipes I have on my Manx..
There Cheap (Secondhand) and they have a GREAT note/Sound...
There is a Pic there...
Hey By the way, What is a 'Ricer' anyway...???
I have heard this term recently, is this slang for Jap parts and cars..?
Do I thin have a 'Ricer Engine'... Hmmmm
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Andy42
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 10:35 AM |
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its a term given to jap cars and owners buy people who are jelous of the performance etc the jap cars have :vader
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VWENVY
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 11:00 AM |
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... i would say its a lesser known racist term, so it slips under the radar!! :duh |
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Kimbo
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 02:04 PM |
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... originally came from "Rice Burners", a term used by Harely riders for bikes that were of Japanese origin
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Chewy
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 02:20 PM |
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I heard it came from rotory engines and how they looked like a rice cooker...
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BiX
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 02:56 PM |
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you might find a large round muffler to low on your car. i run a 2 inch straight through sports muffler, and that is very loud 
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
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Mad Manx
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| posted on May 5th, 2005 at 04:03 PM |
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I have baja headers so clearance wont be a problem. I did consider a s/h motor bike muffler..... How do i check to see if the internals are ok?
- '71 Kombi (Died 24/11/05 ) - '65 manx (smick)
-'63 beetle (bent) -'73 Singlecab (new to the stable)
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