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October 08, 2012, 06:09:30 pm

monomer

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WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« on: October 08, 2012, 06:09:30 pm »
Trying to do this on the cheap. My rabbit's exhaust has been missing for years now, Just got it running. The only piece I have the the toilet bowl section/ down pipe.


I'm tempted to buy a tectonics, but it's just out of my price range.
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Reply #1October 10, 2012, 12:56:05 pm

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Re: WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2012, 12:56:05 pm »
darn.  just cut one in half to take to the scrap yard.
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Reply #2October 11, 2012, 05:04:08 pm

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Re: WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2012, 05:04:08 pm »
Trying to do this on the cheap. My rabbit's exhaust has been missing for years now, Just got it running. The only piece I have the the toilet bowl section/ down pipe.


I'm tempted to buy a tectonics, but it's just out of my price range.

any local exhaust shop worth a damn should be able to do a FULL EXHAUST SYSTEM for under a couple hundred bucks..

straight pipe is even cheaper..
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Turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.

Reply #3October 13, 2012, 12:24:19 pm

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Re: WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2012, 12:24:19 pm »
Trying to do this on the cheap. My rabbit's exhaust has been missing for years now, Just got it running. The only piece I have the the toilet bowl section/ down pipe.


I'm tempted to buy a tectonics, but it's just out of my price range.

any local exhaust shop worth a damn should be able to do a FULL EXHAUST SYSTEM for under a couple hundred bucks..

straight pipe is even cheaper..

Yeah, and it'll be uglier then the stock exhaust. Most won't install without a cat in place.


I've found a header and a autotech exhaust locally used for cheaper then $200.



I'm set, thanks everyone!
-1983 Rabbit LX 1.6/1.9 VNT build


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Reply #4October 13, 2012, 01:33:22 pm

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Re: WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2012, 01:33:22 pm »
Trying to do this on the cheap. My rabbit's exhaust has been missing for years now, Just got it running. The only piece I have the the toilet bowl section/ down pipe.


I'm tempted to buy a tectonics, but it's just out of my price range.

any local exhaust shop worth a damn should be able to do a FULL EXHAUST SYSTEM for under a couple hundred bucks..

straight pipe is even cheaper..

Yeah, and it'll be uglier then the stock exhaust. Most won't install without a cat in place.


I've found a header and a autotech exhaust locally used for cheaper then $200.



I'm set, thanks everyone!


Uglier than stock?  Apparently you've never seen what someone who enjoys building exhausts with the proper tools.  I use a local shop who does beauty work with SS.


Reply #5October 14, 2012, 11:01:49 am

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Re: WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2012, 11:01:49 am »
I'm a machinist at a factory that makes SS exhaust pieces.

Shame it's just muffle baffle and manifold oem parts.



A custom SS exhaust if far out of budget.
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Reply #6October 14, 2012, 11:07:48 am

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Re: WTB: Mk1 exhaust
« Reply #6 on: October 14, 2012, 11:07:48 am »
I'm a machinist at a factory that makes SS exhaust pieces.

Shame it's just muffle baffle and manifold oem parts.



A custom SS exhaust if far out of budget.

Can you take advantage of your knowledge and your job? Like raid the scrap bin and make something?