Re: Some more 2L conversion ?'s

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

yea I can back that up every 16v I have seen has had
stainless pipe unless it had been replaced with cheap
aftermarket replacements(midas etc).

--- Riley McDowall <roog@home.com> wrote:
> At 10:45 am -0400 1/10/99, Bill Scarince wrote:
> >On my 16V ('88) it looks like the current pipe is
> 2.25 aluminized.   What was
> >the stock dia.?  If it was 2.25", is there some
> other difference in the TT
> >stainless system that improves performance?  Do the
> TT systems maintain that
> >resonator (pre-muffler) that the stock system has
> just after the cat?
> 
> This thread has gone around the block a few times in
> the last couple
> years... I maintain that on Canadian 16v cars at
> least, the stock exhaust
> system is mandrel-bent 2.25" stainless steel. 
> Neither the muffler nor the
> resonator are stainless, but the tubing is.  This
> may or may not be true
> for American cars, but every Canadian 16v I've
> looked under has had a
> stainless steel exhaust.  For that reason, there's
> not much point in buying
> the whole TT system unless your exhaust has been
> replaced with something
> inferior at some point in the car's life.
> 
> >Aside from headers, are there better alternative to
> the stock 16V Ex.
> >manifold?
> 
> Nope.  TT sells a "high-flow" downpipe that's
> essentially the same as the
> stock part, but if you call them and ask what kind
> of power gains you'll
> get from it, they won't make any promises.
> 
> >Cyl. Head
> >I'll have it off, so aside from an intake cam, are
> there any
> >recommendations on
> >springs, lifters, porting, polishing, other machine
> work?
> 
> If you're going to have the head off, and if it's
> got more than 100k on it,
> I'd think about rebuilding it at the very least. 
> New lifters, new cam
> chain, etc.  It's good peace of mind.  The springs
> will probably be ok, as
> will the valves themselves.  As far as head work
> goes, I'm a big fan.  Look
> into what a port job and valve grind will cost you
> and think about how much
> cheaper it'll be now, while the head is already off,
> rather than later.
> Even with stock cams you'll make more power, and
> when you upgrade your
> cams, you'll be making a LOT more power.
> 
> >Transmission
> >It'll be off too, so aside from seals, what do you
> say about aftermarket
> >differentials, gear ratio changes, etc.
> 
> Get yourself a Velocity diff kit!  It's less than a
> hundred bucks, and it
> makes a difference...
> 
> 
> 
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