Re: A2 Downpipe in A1 Chassis

["Mawster Chadwick" <mawster.chadwick@home.com>]

get some headers possibly... go for the gusto!

Luck,

Chadwick


----- Original Message -----
From: "Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>
To: "T Berk" <tberk@mindspring.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: A2 Downpipe in A1 Chassis


> Tosha,
>
> No, it will not fit. If you had them laying side-by-side it would be
> obvious. The A2 style exhaust goes OVER the steering rack in the car and
the
> A1 style goes UNDER the steering rack. That makes almost and S shape to
the
> A2 down pipe which will not clear the firewall.
>
> I guess you could cut out the firewall and weld in some new sheet metal,
but
> you'd probably lose your center consol. :)
>
> Later -- Craig Williams
> 1981 Scirocco S 2008cc 16V (As seen in 01-2001 Sport Compact Car)
> 1991 Passat Wagon 2.0 16V (For the Wife & baby)
> 2000 Saab Viggen (20 psi, Turbo charged monster)
> Northern California, USA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 11:07 PM
> Subject: A2 Downpipe in A1 Chassis
>
>
> >
> > There are no stupid questions, right?
> >
> > What happens if I swap the A2 dual downpipe (86 GTI donor) along with
> > it's 1.8L engine
> > into my 1981 Scirocco? My front sway bar goes around the FRONT so it
> > won't bang any down pipe.
> >
> > Any reason I don't want to use it? Any reason I have to go with
> > something from TT? Any reason an early A1 downpipe/manifold won't mate
> > up
> > to the 1.8L, 10:1 engine with it's hydro valves?
> >
> > tia,
> > TBerk
> >
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