re: aftermarket exhausts

["Giller,Bruce C." <bgiller@domain.elided>]

Dave,
	I went with Stebro when I was replacing the stock center section on my
'86 Spider every other year.  The exhaust from the cat seems to wear
them out pretty fast.  The rear section was replaced when the old Ansa
rusted out.  The sound is much different than stock, throatier at low
rpms and with a slight F1 howl at higher rpms.

	I showed the units to my local Alfa mech. and he liked them (but not
the price).  He commented that they were well constructed, heavy gauge
SS used, and lots of support brackets in the right places.  Don't know
if he ever put a set on a clients car.

	Had one stress crack (just below the input pipe on the center section)
when only one bolt held the center section to the cat; my car is lowered
and tends to scrap quite abit.  I welded the crack shut easily with my
Mig welder and some SS wire.

	Bruce

	'73 GTV
	'86 Spider

> Hello fellow digesti.  I'm ready to pull the trigger on an aftermarket 
> exhaust for my 1991 Spider, and I'm curious to hear some feedback on them.  
> Ansa, Stebro, Borla, Daytona and others if available.  However- I really 
> prefer you not air any personal complaints here on the AD against any 
> particular vendor or individual.  It's the systems I'm interested in, how 
> they sound, if they were louder or different than you'd expected them to be, 
> if you were dissatisifed for any reason, quality of the fit-up, how long they 
> lasted, those kinds of issues.

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