Re: headers

[Slim <falzsf@home.com>]

I plan on going to a two litre engine in the future do you think the 2" will still be
good for that?

Thnaks again!

Scott Williams wrote:

> Slim wrote:
>
> > Ok sounds great what year of car should I look for, or just order the 16V
> > scirocco exhaust manifold?
>
> You've got an 8v, don't you? The 16v downpipe won't fit. What you want is a dual
> outlet downpipe from an early Scirocco or Rabbit. I forget which exact years have
> your manifold but mine came off my 81 shitrocco parts car. Should you pick one up
> without the O2 sensor built in, then you'll need to buy a Techtonics downpipe with
> a boss welded onto it.
>
> > Geeezzz I live in canada and will probably have to
> > wait for the techtonics down pipe but I suppose the wait will be well worth it...
>
> Yeah, I've got this exact combination. It definitely works!
>
> > Does that down pipe bring the two pipes to one large dia pipe? SInce I
> > still have stock from the TEST PIPE (i took the cat out) back... I will like to
> > go to a bigger dia eventually not for awhile./
>
> The version that I have ends in a 2" collector. As I recall, there is a 2.25"
> version available but it will do nothing extra on a 1.8l and may actually hurt the
> bottom end. I spoke to Darrell Vittone about this last year and he even told me
> "don't bother" on my worked 2.0l 8v. -not worth the trouble for such a little gain.
> Only the 16vs show significant gains with the 2.25" version.
>
> > Thanks for all the help dude!!!
>
> Ya, mon!
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> Scott F. Williams
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> Hotrod Rabbit GTi
>
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