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• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:33:35 -0800
  ...The first welds to fail were at the joint from exhaust downpipe flange to downpipe. Ironically, these were done by a pro fabrication shop...
• Part# Air-intake behind panel
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 15 May 1997 17:56:00 +0200
  ...251 129 533 manufacturer code KYS This is only a 40cm snorkel which goes into a oval downpipe into a knee with the airfilter...
• Re: Replacing Muffler
  Historical mailing list - Jon Schaer
  Sun, 11 Jan 2004 22:18:10 -0500
  ...Loosen the bolts at downpipe flanges a little to modify sheebang position (if needed) and release any downpipe preload, then retighten. Anyone have muffler...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 15:36:12 -0500
  ...With a "factory" made > downpipe, one might stand a better chance of at least cobbling > together an exhaust to allow a trip to the...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:04:50 -0700
  ...On the Mk3 (and later?) VW put those flex bushings between manifold and downpipe flange for a reason as they did with their "toilet...
• Re: Exhaust leaks, need ideas
  Historical mailing list - Dennis
  Tue, 27 Sep 2005 10:10:06 -0400
  The blower/bubbles technique revealed that I had the same problem with my audi 80 downpipe flange. I used a beltsander to true it.
• Re: Vanagon exhaust diameter? + Custom exhaust fabrication questions.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:15:05 -0700
  ...I have also referred to this as the "downpipe". Anyhow.... I cut off the flange, that bolted to the manifold, from the Jetta downpipe...
• for sale:Audi 5cyl Turbo motor, intercooled, for engine swap
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 16 Jan 1999 20:40:01 EST
  for sale: '86 Audi 5000 5cyl Turbo motor, intercooled, watercooled/oil cooled turbo, MC code, w/turbo, oil cooler, harness, exhaust downpipe, ECU. also...
• Urgent: Eurospec muffler parts wanted!
  Historical mailing list - Hermann the German
  Wed, 1 Aug 2001 17:40:21 +0000
  The downpipe on my Eurospec is cracked and beyond repair. Does anybody know where I can get the part? Overland Parts does not want...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 7 Feb 2014 12:53:51 -0800
  ...I aligned and mounted the muffler-cat assembly first then built the join between downpipe and J pipe. On the muffler brackets I made...
• Price of a DV exhaust manifold?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:25:36 -0700
  ...I may go with a DV exhaust manifold/downpipe for my VanaJetta 2.0. Feel free to pmail. Thanks! Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 JettaWesty...
• Tighten my exhaust manifold?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 16 Dec 2016 09:56:58 -0800
  ...the studs? the motor is an inline vw ( ABA) with dual downpipe manifold. I'm "remote" and I can see and hear some exhaust...
• Re: Exhaust solutions for inline convert
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 27 May 2012 00:09:33 -0400
  ...If you look close the dual outlet manifold and twin downpipe is really a 4 into 2 into 1 design just like some header...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 11:15:17 -0800
  ...My goal, in part, was to help others; I wanted to use OEM downpipe bushing. But keeping that portion of downpipe unmolested wasn't...
• Re: SA Vanagon exhausts
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 08:25:59 -0800
  ...That double downpipe off the exhaust manifold looks like it adds a whole 'nother dimension of pain and suffering to servicing the CV joints...
• Jetta Engine Swap: Cat Position? PICS.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 9 Dec 2011 11:35:32 -0800
  ...The primary pipes I originally made finally died. (no mystery) Got a slightly used '02 - '03 Jetta downpipe for $50. Image: http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: Turbo Diesel Purchase
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 29 Oct 1996 06:50:51 +0000
  ...The turbo was offered in the rabbits for a year or two around '83, but a downpipe from a '80-'84 Jetta Turbo will...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:32:13 -0800
  ...Current primary is from an aftermarket Jetta downpipe-cat assembly. Material looks similar to the OEM primary material under shield. Image: http://tinyurl.com...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Feb 2014 10:58:38 -0500
  ...I aligned and mounted the muffler-cat assembly first then built the join between downpipe and J pipe. On the muffler brackets I made...
• Re: Swap update: Dasher Manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Mon, 11 May 1998 10:47:44 -0400
  ...It's the type that requires spring clamps to mount the downpipe on. All I have to work with for the downpipe is the...
• engine I4 swap done, get more power????
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Sat, 20 May 2000 07:23:01 -0700
  ...It has the good GL exhaust 4-2-1 style manifold and mandrel bent custom downpipe into a dynomax muffler. The van runs great...
• NVC Seattle WA STOLEN CABRIOLET!!! APB!!
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 22:04:47 +0000
  ...Its Tornado red, Black TSW REVO Wheels 17", Bilstein sports, HR race springs, 2.0l 16v Engine, TT stainless exhaust system, race downpipe, crystal...
• Re: List of vanagon engine conversions that fit below the stock engine
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:59:47 -0800
  ...Straight bolt-in with the stock diesel parts and can use an Audi 80 exhaust manifold / downpipe for a resonance-free exhaust. This is...
• wvo pnw
  Historical mailing list - Dan W.
  Thu, 22 Feb 2007 06:50:16 -0800
  ...I really want to fabricate a heat exchanger that utilizes exhaust heat from the manifold/downpipe, but it seems regulagating the heat would be...
• Re: replacing loooong coolant pipes
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 18 Feb 1998 10:56:12 +0000
  ...retention, and those muffler shop pipes Tell you what - locate copper downpipes at a specialty building supply house (about 2.5" OD), have the...
• Re: exhaust leak fixed (?)- inspection passed!
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:26:15 -0700
  ...Local muffler shops use that cheap pipe, and don't make tuned dual downpipes. To be good it has to be mandrel bent, and...
• Turbodiesel vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 7 Apr 1996 23:05:10 -0600
  ...block; any difficulty with oil return lines, oil feed lines or downpipe to muffler? 3.How important are the oil squirters that spray the...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:59:31 -0800
  ...I would make marks, then remove > cat and downpipe, tack the parts in basement, mount and check fit, repeat > as needed. A real PITA...
• Complete I4 engine conversion kit for sale!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 12 Sep 1999 22:01:59 -0700
  ...with injectors and fuel lines, intake and exhaust manifolds, 2 into 1 downpipe, cruise control linkage with vacuum pot, sensors, extra injectors and wire...
• diesel gas conversion exhaust manifold
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Ratto
  Mon, 6 May 2002 12:44:23 -0700
  ...You just bolt it on and get an exhaust shop to make a downpipe for it to connect to the stock muffler. I plan...
• Re: I4 conversion exhaust - some comments
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 9 Mar 2008 10:10:50 -0700
  ...I think I know the downpipe you are speaking of. On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Robert Keezer <warmerwagen@yahoo.com...
• WANTED: Exhaust Manifold
  Historical mailing list - Jack Lockamy
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:46:55 -0700
  ...If anyone has a used exhaust system that may have been replaced with new equipment....I would be interested in the flanges and downpipe...
• Re: Custom exhaust repair questions. PICS
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:17:43 -0700
  ...I would move to a log 2 to 1, and >>> put a flex section in, then worry about stabilizing a single tube >>> downpipe instead...
• FREE heads and engine cover
  Historical mailing list - John Runberg
  Mon, 29 May 2006 23:14:21 -0400
  ...for sale, including diesel conversion parts (with a cabrio intake and A4 exhaust + downpipe), jump seats in great shape and some smaller stuff. john
• Rabbit Vanagon Manifolds
  Historical mailing list - Erik O
  Tue, 5 May 1998 17:18:56 -0400
  ...I want to add a 4-2-1 exhaust manifold/downpipe to my GTI powered Westfalia and need to know exactly what will fit...
• Speaking of heat and rubber.. CV boots?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:49:54 -0700
  ...The Inline Tuners tell me that about 30" is the correct length for the primary 'runners' on the dual downpipe manifold that is the...
• Exhaust solutions for inline convert
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 26 May 2012 14:22:06 -0700
  ...Stock twin downpipe manifold doesn't foul motor mount but it's uncomfortably close. So besides Don Hanson (who's sent me a ton...
• Re: Cat question again
  Historical mailing list - Geo Hahn
  Wed, 19 Apr 2000 07:50:56 -0700
  ...They drill a little hole in the downpipe (upstream from the cat) and measure back pressure. The hole is welded shut when they are...
• Re: SA Vanagon exhausts
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:50:27 -0500
  ...That double downpipe off the exhaust manifold looks like it adds a > whole 'nother dimension of pain and suffering to servicing the CV joints...
• Re: Dasher Exhaust Manifolds for $70
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:43:52 -0800
  I don't suppose there is a downpipe/connecting pipe that would bridge between the Vanagon muffler and the ('81?) Dasher manifold? -Dana- KENWILFY...
• What kind of metal is this? (Jetta exhaust part for my conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 1 Apr 2008 15:05:19 -0700
  ...Its' the "Y" I cut from the Jetta downpipe: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/temp%22y%22pics There appears to be corrosion inside, but maybe...
• Re: FS Vanagon mirrors $10 each
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 24 Nov 2004 18:31:58 -0800
  ...I told them I wanted a bell-coupling on my downpipe just like the factory exhaust. I got an exhaust welded to the muffler...
• Re: Quick fix exhaust job
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:40:30 -0400
  ...I'm getting rid of the single downpipe and replacing the manifold with a nice AEG-code high flow piece. Can I just bring...
• Need good exhaust manifold, '82 Vanagon Diesel
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 13:06:06 -0400
  ...Mine is okay except my downpipe is trashed, and I can't seperate the two. It's all been hacked up pretty bad, someone...
• Re: Quick fix exhaust job
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 30 Mar 2014 06:23:06 -0700
  ...that will prove to be a good system...My original single downpipe was mounted that way and you can see in the photos that...
• Re: On exhaust cracking,vibration and noise(not short)for converted vgons
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Fri, 28 Sep 2001 13:26:51 EDT
  ...The second arrangement was to use a 88-92 G-J exhaust manifold and a smaller 2" downpipe was settled for. I got rid...
• Re: Turbodiesel vanagon conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 20:13:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The oil return line and downpipe will need some degree of fabrication. > 3.How important are the oil squirters that spray the bottom of...
• Re: I4 Happenings in turbovans land
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:45:34 -0700
  ...On the Mk3 (and later?) VW put those flex bushings between manifold and downpipe flange for a reason as they did with their "toilet...
• Re: Diesel Engine Swap
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Sat, 26 Jul 2003 17:30:45 -0700
  Sure that will work and fit as long as you have the unique Vanagon engine parts like the manifolds and downpipe, etc. The '80...
• Re: Exhaust solutions for inline convert
  Historical mailing list - Jason
  Sat, 26 May 2012 18:14:12 -0400
  ...50 degree. > > Stock twin downpipe manifold doesn't foul motor mount but it's > uncomfortably close. So besides Don Hanson (who's sent me...
• I have a 1.9L TDI engine for sale - COMPLETE!
  Historical mailing list - Fast Forward
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 18:23:51 -0800
  Volks, I just took possession of a 1999 Jetta TDI engine - complete with engine, wiring harness, ECU, throttle assembly, intercooler, exhaust downpipe and turbo...
• VW Turbo Diesel Engine On Ebay
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 26 May 2000 09:43:42 EDT
  ...The engine would be great for a Vanagon diesel swap as the turbo downpipe angles away from the engine mount on the Vanagon. Also...
• Re: Exhaust Bushing Inner Weave Premature Failure
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 8 Feb 2014 10:50:46 -0800
  ...I would make marks, then remove >> cat and downpipe, tack the parts in basement, mount and check fit, repeat >> as needed. A real PITA...
• Re: Speaking of heat and rubber.. CV boots?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Wed, 20 Oct 2010 07:51:34 -0400
  ...is the > correct length for the primary 'runners' on the dual downpipe manifold that > is the best one for the ABA motor..30" and...
• How to tell if it is stainless steel pipe?
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 30 Dec 1998 17:46:49 -0500
  I just bought some Dynomax 2 1/2 tubing to use with the new downpipe (describer in a previous post) in a free flow...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Re: Diesel Vanagon Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:08:25 -0800
  ...I'm pretty sure the 1.6 NA diesel Vanagon engine downpipe bolts right up to the exhaust manifold. Regardless, yes! I do recall...
• Re: Eurovan engines...was: Re: Which is it?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Dec 2003 08:18:05 -0800
  ...The greatest hp gains have been changing to the dual-downpipe manifold, an improvment over the earlier single -pipe design, and changing to Motronic...
• Position Cat In Line With Vanagon Body? Heat Questions. Pics.
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:36:14 -0800
  ...2525202.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7JliLll2MOw/TxDW4uGk3LI/AAAAAAAAAPc/5H2cWgu8S6k/s720/Downpipe%252520to%252520Cat%252520%25252090.jpg If 90˚ bend (not shown) about 4...
• Re: Source for Stainless Exhaust Hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:17:24 -0400
  ...We switched to mild steel exhaust header to downpipe nuts, and we use nord-locks for locking as they are the best solution for...
• Re: WANTED: Exhaust Manifold
  Historical mailing list - Matt Sim
  Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:25:15 -0400
  ...If anyone has a used exhaust system that may have been replaced with new equipment....I would be interested in the flanges and downpipe...