Split_Pin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 11:14 pm
The Audi's exhaust I blowing quite a bit now. Its 21 years old so has had a good innings.
New ones aren't available for the 1.8 and the pompous prick at a local exhaust fabrication place sent me packing with my scrap. Clearly they only want to work in Golf Rs and Mercedes AMGs.
I think the 2.0 exhaust is similar behind the downpipe and it's quite cheap from Ebay. It's worth a shot.
Word on the web is mibbie the
2.3 exhaust is the one to go for. So I dug out the parts list to see what the scores on the doors were:
The 1.8 ADR exhaust appears to be 4 sections manifold (2) + cat and pre-silencer (26) + middle silencer ((2)) + rear silencer ((3))
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Starting at the rear ((3)), there are no less than 6 listed with suffixes N,M,B,A,R,D although M can be forgotten about as it appears to be a replaced by B.
895 253 609 N = NG = 2.3 E / 5 cyl / 2309cc
895 253 609 M / 8G0 253 609 B = ABK = 2.0 E / 4 cyl / 1984cc
8G0 253 609 A = 1Z, AHU = 1.9TDI / 4 cyl / 1896cc
895 253 609 R = ACE = 2.0 E 16V / 4 cyl / 1984cc
8G0 253 609 D = ADR = 1.8 / 4 cyl / 1781cc
Looking to the middle ((2)), there are 5 (note, there's an 893 prefix and 8G0 prefix on first and third in the list)
893 253 409 D = NG
893 253 409 B = ABK
8G0 253 409 D = 1Z, AHU
893 253 409 P = ACE
8G0 253 409 F = ADR
Now looking at what joins them together ((2A))
893 253 139 A = NG 55mm
893 253 139 = ABK, 1Z, AHU, ADR 50mm
893 253 139 C = ACE 60mm
but looking at the other connector ((1))
357 253 141 A = NG, ADR 55mm
191 253 141 F = ABK, 1Z, AHU 50mm
893 253 139 B = ACE 60mm
It appears there are three sizes of pipe: 50, 55 & 60.
There's this
https://www.audi-cabrio-club.info/forum ... ?tid=33071 which links to this
https://www.audi-cabrio-club.info/forum ... ?tid=32492 and random Audi bloke on the German internet says a middle and rear from an NG will fit as a pair behind the cat section.
Who is your local "exhaust fabrication place"? I'd try another.