Re: Exhaust interchangeability (MKII)

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

be careful there is a differnce.  My 16v conversions
exhause for a rabbit wouldn't fit under a 16v
scirocco.  There was no way to get it in there without
making it rattle.

--- Mark Peele <type53@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Alex Ting <alext@nu2u.net> wrote:
> > 
> > ok, so I understand that an earlier exhaust
> > ('82-'84)
> > is slightly different from the '84 and up
> > exhaust......
> 
> technically, it's the 84.5 & up that are different
> (space saver spare).
> > 
> > But, would an early pipe (from the cat back)
> > actually > fit on the later cars?
> 
> it's the cat back that's different (actually, the
> center pipe may be the same)
> 
> > I'm sure you couldn't fit a late exhaust on an
> early
> > car because
> > of the difference in the spare tire well.  But are
> > there any other 
> > differences in the shape, especially the over axle
> > piece?
> 
> Maybe - I don't have my VW exhaust catalog with me.
> > 
> > The whole reason I'm asking is because I'm putting
> > the turbo
> > on my '83, and switching the exhaust from the 2"
> > eurosport to
> > a 2.25" with no resonator and a hollowed out cat. 
> 
> > I want to be able to transfer the 2" to the '86
> > (stock exhaust),
> > otherwise, I'll have to sell a perfectly good 2"
> > eurosport pipe.
> 
> hmmm, don't know. potterman can give the specifics,
> nobody knows this stuff as well as him . .. 
> 
> HTH
> 
> 
> =====
> Mark Peele
> 1981 Scirocco, 1982 Scirocco, 1978 Scirocco, 1987
> Golf GT
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