Re: Synchro Scirocco

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

no, actually he said it was a turbo 5cyl right?? With a turbo, the bigger
the better. If you could fit 12" exhaust, you get better performance! :) Of
course there is a point of diminishing returns, and I'd guess that 4" is
the best diameter, even considering the extremely well backed race teams.

At 01:20 PM 8/28/98 PDT, you wrote:
>
>>
>>> The exhaust came straight off the manifold, through the firewall,
>>> through where the passenger's seat would be if there was one, and out 
>>> the back, through the rear hatch, with exhaust diameter of probably 
>4" 
>>> all the way back. 
>>
>>FOUR INCH EXHAUST?!?!  Good God!  Why even bother.  That's HUGE. 
>>Everyone reading this take a second and put thumb to thumb, forefinger
>>to forefinger and take a look at how fuckin big that is.  I think I'll
>>convert my Rocco to 4" pipes.  (I will, however, run them under the 
>car,
>>not through it.)  That's 52% more pipe over what we've got now and no
>>cat or muffler.  Sounds like a winner.
>>
>>>     Basically, it requires refabrication of the whole car. This one 
>>> was just Scirocco sheetmetal. Everything else was made from scratch.
>>
>>Speaking of sheet metal, anyone got a good hood in the area?  (I'm in
>>Texas.)  I need one, preferably Martian Red.  I'd take a left fender 
>and
>>door, too, if you had extras.
>>
>>Dan
>>'86 8v red martian
>
>
>uuuhh, I'd discourage a 4" exhaust pipe... Contrary to popular belief, 
>you do need a certain amount of backpressure to scavenge the exhaust 
>correctly. I'm not real sure of the sizes for a 16v, but I think a 1.8 
>8v likes a 2" or 2.25" exhaust unless its REALLY tuned, then you could 
>go to 2.5" or maybe larger... 
>
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