Exhaust swap
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Looking for OEM
Literally done 1/2 a mile since fitting and all I ask is for something of original spec that's in good nick.
No cost, just that whoever wants it sorts out the swap at their time/expense. I've even got a local specialist that could do the work and would do it at mates rates for me.
It's the one from Heritage Parts that's about £600-700 BTW and I'm in North London.
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Just wondering if it's because you'd all rather keep the original, or maybe the particular one I've got isn't desirable? Or even if the idea of the swap sounds like a scam or too good to be legit?
I'd be really grateful if anyone could give me some proper honest feedback please! I'm thick skinned, you won't offend., I really thought I was offering a good deal but maybe I'm not!
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1987 Alpine White 1.8 Clipper Cabriolet
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I've probably done 500 miles on it (dry weather) since I fitted it a couple of years ago when I finished my build.
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I've been half heartedly looking at exhausts, but won't need one for a while yet.
Plot is I got a new Bosal set up (middle section and back box) fitted about 15 years ago, just before the car went off the road.
Upshot is it's still virtually new as a result and because of that I'd intended to keep it… trouble is when I cross referenced the part numbers last year I discovered the back box was infact for a '76 to '82 1.6 GTI and not correct to my '83 1.8 (middle section is the right one), so looks like I had my eye wiped by the garage back when I wasn't just so up to speed on such things
… and back to the point - the incorrect one I have is a round profile, the correct one shows as you say to be oval if you check with Bosal.
The correct back box appears to be no longer available and that may well have also been the case all those years ago, hence the incorrect one being fitted.
They're presumably specced / sold as different items, for different models for a reason?
I'm maybe wrongly assuming the 1.6 and 1.8 have no physical differences insofar as the underbody routing of the exhaust is concerned so will fit one another in the physical sense?
If so, is the difference in the two then to do with how they perform / flow / pressures maybe?
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They are very specific about the chassis numbers that each runs from and to, presumably also for a reason.
I put a Bosal system on the MK2 (1.8 8v Digifant), was hard enough trying to track down all the sections, took quite a while… after a cursory search it's looking like the MK1's might be even harder.
If you're not keen on stainless, they're definitely a high quality alternative and were maybe even OE.
Some numbers for the 1.8 to help any search (just to add to the mix, there are cat / non-cat versions, the ones below are the latter) -
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