Need help ASAP!

[NarcolepticFlea@aol.com (NarcolepticFlea@aol.com)]

As far as I know the cat's in working shape. It's $140 for just the downpipe and then you have to weld on the cat, plus an additional $10 for the O2 sensor hole I believe. Rick Alexander already offered to give me a hand with the manifold, not sure if he wants to get into welding and all that...Also, this is a car I bought for $700 that has seen a lot better days. As long as it runs well, I'm happy.

Dan
 
In a message dated 10/18/2002 3:53:32 PM Eastern Standard Time, jtoomasson@yahoo.com writes:

> If you can manage to keep your cat, the TT DP itself is like $120 I think.
> Sack up and do it - you'll be happier with the results.  :)
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <NarcolepticFlea@aol.com>
> To: <Shayrock@aol.com>
> Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 1:42 PM
> Subject: Re: Need help ASAP!
> 
> 
> > Well, just got my car from the garage. Here's the deal. The manifold has
> tons of hairline cracks in it so any work on the dp will cause it to
> crumble. The main problem does seem to be the downpipe afterall. I was
> quoted at $800, but he said that's because he only does factory exhaust
> replacement and suggested Midas or someone could possibly make a pipe. So,
> it seems like I have the manifold from Michael Abatzis taken care of, but
> now am in search for a downpipe. As much as I would love a nice TT one or
> something, I'm a poor college student. Just to doublecheck, the dp goes from
> the manifold to the rest of the exhaust right? The mechanic kept calling it
> an engine pipe and I want to make sure it's the same part, since $800
> compared to the $300 or so I've seen online seems hard to believe.
> >
> > Thanks yet again,
> > Dan
> >
> > In a message dated Fri, 18 Oct 2002  4:37:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Shayrock writes:
> >
> > >        Just replaced mine (8816v).  I Didn't even know it was cracked
> till I pulled the head off.  If its making alot a noise definatly look in to
> the down pipe. it usually fails at the flex joint and is replaceable with a
> nice piece from
> > > Techtonics for about 325 versus about 600 from the 
> dealer.
> > >
> > >        Shamus
> > >        8816v
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Scirocco-l mailing list
> > Scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l