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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: maxfax on October 29, 2009, 10:59:45 pm
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VW 8v full header - $25 (Jonestown)
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Date: 2009-10-29, 10:31AM EDT
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I have a full header for any vw 8v. It a TT header, and yes it eliminates the cat on most apps becuse of its lenth. It is rust from sitting and it was on a car for a lil but other than that its fine. Any questions feel free to ask thankyou
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If I had a use for it I would buy it.
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how much would it be to ship it from there, to here? 97103?
just bought an 85 GTI and it has a cracked manifold. plus, i want a header.
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will it work on a 1.6 N/A diesel and would it help performance on it at all?
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I think it'll fit a N/A... I would imagine there might be some small gain.. How much it would be over the 8v dual outlet would be the question.. I have a toilet bowl enlarged to match the pipe diameter on one car, and the dual outlet on another and don;t see much difference between the two... I do however notice some difference from stock, especially on those long uphill grades...
ROR, how much you think that header weighs??? I emailed the guy about it, waiting to hear back..
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im not sure, i could call techtonics and figure it out though i bet.
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ok, so he wont ship to oregon. anyone wanna make a few bucks and pick up a header for me? i will make it worth your time with either cash, or VW parts... i want that header bad...
any takers?
buy it, ship it to me, make money/get parts. how much better could it get?
how far from you is it max? would you be interested in the deal?
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It's about a 45 min drive from me, but If we can make arrangesments for over the weekend I can stop at the Red Rabbit Drive In on the trip.. ;D.. IF nothing else my sister lives close to it, I can make her go get it and bring it along next time she's up this way..
I'm in the process of making arangements to pick it up.... I don;t think I wanna go though the trouble of having my exhaust chancged to try it, so you can have it for the $25 and shipping ROR.. If you find out a weight my zip is 17082.. Don;t think it'll fit in a flat rate box......
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yea, i figured it wouldnt fit. am i too late on the weekend offer yet? i kinda figure you might need to tape 2 boxes together to ship it. i know thats how they ship seats and stuff. a big box taped to a bigger box. im sure it wont be that difficult.
also, im not really in any huge hurry to get this, i dont want to rush you. if you pick it up for me, cool, but if you dont, then thats alright too. but i would appreciate it.
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I haven;t heard back from the guy yet.. ::) I shot him another email, so now we wait...
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thats weird. he was rather quick replying to me that he didnt want to ship. under a half hour later and i had a response.
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He got back to me rather fast the last few times too.. I shot him an email yesterday around 3:30pm letting him know I could get it last night ot today, or pretty much whenever... Sent him another about the same time today.. I'll wait and see.. He may have gotten caught up in something, I know all too well how that goes....
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yea, true.
and we are looking at a 23 pound header.
thats what TT says it weighs anyway. if the guy actually wants to sell the damn thing...
and i wonder if this is the mk1 or mk2 version? it didnt say. but for this price, who cares..
i have one of each car, so it will fit on something.
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ever hear back from that guy? or should i just forget about it?
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I emailed him again yesterday to see if he still had it, he got back to me today that he does.. I'll try again to set something up here...
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how much gas money you gonna need to make it worth your time? if i could get that thing here for under 75 bucks i would be pumped. i dont expect you to do this for free.
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I was planning on driving the VW so I won;t be needing any gas.. :P Or much diesel either.. Gotta love WVO.. Tenatively I think we are gonna set something up for Sunday afternoon.. THe guy has no phone so it could be interesting...
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haha. no phone? he must be seriously hard up for money. or homeless. but that wouldnt explain the speedy email replys. haha... im surprised someone over on that side of the country hasnt bought the header yet for that kinda deal.
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I figure it's something like that.. I'm supposed to email him tomorrow about 1pm and set up a time to meet him at some for store.. Maybe he is homeless?? I'm surprosed myself that no one has snatched it up yet, unless it is truely a piece of junk... I should know tomorrow hopefully...
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if its a piece of junk (you know what your looking at) please dont waste your time on it, unless you want it. cause i dont want it if its a piece of junk.
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Well, I mailed him Sun afternoon, no response till later that evening.. It worked out that I was going to be in the area today so FINALLY I managed to meet up with the guy.. Interesting character.. He and his petit ami roll up in the rattiest MK3 Jetta I've ever seen.. The resgistration and inspection had run out over a year ago... I think they could have been living out of it as the trunk and back seat were packed with clothes, sleeping bags, etc.. He apologized for being slow to get back as he relied on McDonald's wifi for service, and he'd been run out a few times for loitering...
AS he rooted though the trunk moving his various paraphenalia aside he found the header! It was indeed an 8valve VW header, looks like it was scored from a junkpile somewhere.. Cracks welded, and RUSTY... I opted not to support his crack habit and passed on it.. He did have a few other things to sell me if I was interesting, the first two being a bit less than legal, and the last only $10 more if I wanted his buddy to join :o.. I've met some very cool people through Criagslist, gotten some great deals.. But this one..... Nope, not so much...
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so, basically , he was a straight up tweeker? i really hate tweekers and that would have made me sick knowing he bought rock with the money he got from the header. wow, sounds like this guy was a real winner. im glad i didnt meet up with him. i probably wouldnt have been so nice. iREALLY REALLY HATE TWEEKERS...
thank you for trying, but im glad you passed on it.
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Well, I mailed him Sun afternoon, no response till later that evening.. It worked out that I was going to be in the area today so FINALLY I managed to meet up with the guy.. Interesting character.. He and his petit ami roll up in the rattiest MK3 Jetta I've ever seen.. The resgistration and inspection had run out over a year ago... I think they could have been living out of it as the trunk and back seat were packed with clothes, sleeping bags, etc.. He apologized for being slow to get back as he relied on McDonald's wifi for service, and he'd been run out a few times for loitering...
AS he rooted though the trunk moving his various paraphenalia aside he found the header! It was indeed an 8valve VW header, looks like it was scored from a junkpile somewhere.. Cracks welded, and RUSTY... I opted not to support his crack habit and passed on it.. He did have a few other things to sell me if I was interesting, the first two being a bit less than legal, and the last only $10 more if I wanted his buddy to join :o.. I've met some very cool people through Criagslist, gotten some great deals.. But this one..... Nope, not so much...
Hahaha that's priceless :D :D
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Definitely a tweeker.. I'm sure he was pertty tweeked when I got there.. Even if it had been decent I think I still may have passed.. I'm with you, I'm not supporting the habit....
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and the last only $10 more if I wanted his buddy to join :o..
was she fit??
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LOL..... THe thing is, neither one of them was a she......