I tried to post this in the proper section but it won't let me. I'd like a little quieter exhaust than what came on my car, which appears to be a 3" Magnaflow. What are some good options that are currently available? A friend said not to go bigger than 2.5" to get sufficient backpressure. Is that correct for these cars? Thanks, Mark

87 Quest Goes all the way up every time with radio power. On rare occasion  it will go all the way down. It stops at various height on the way down. Could this be slipping from worn nylon gear therefore no fix or could it be repaired?    Thanks

Looking to offload my automatic transmission that was original to my 88 conquest.  I hate to get rid of any sq parts, but this is taking too much room up in my garage.    It had 98k on it when I removed it.   Overdrive band works great (which is the common one to start slipping on these cars).  I will say that on very cold days, I noticed some slipping between first and second until the car warmed up.       It is the transmission shown in the auto to manual swap thread here:

I have an '87 TSi that had quite a bit of work done to it when I was in high school and not much for the past 20 years. I am slowly bringing it back to a more driveable status.  At the time, I had an engine rebuild done and balance shafts were eliminated during the rebuild. Because I didn't do the work, I really don't know what went into their removal.  In my older and more refined age, I'm thinking I might prefer the smoothness that they once offered.  I still have the balance sh