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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: sk8boy73 on 04 March 2010, 11:48

Title: s/s manifold
Post by: sk8boy73 on 04 March 2010, 11:48

hello people
i have a s/s manifold for a mk2 16v, will this fit my mk3 16v?
also when you fit a s/s manifold do you need a solid front engine mount?
cheers
john

Title: Re: s/s manifold
Post by: Wayne on 04 March 2010, 11:49

I am 99% that will not fit.

Title: Re: s/s manifold
Post by: FlySpeck on 04 March 2010, 23:17

the mk2 16v was a 1.8 mate, the mk3 a 2.0 obviously, dont think the port sizes or the spacing are the same. might be wrong, but im sure they are different.

check gsf for both parts oem, if the part number is the same, the part is the same...

Title: Re: s/s manifold
Post by: Paul86S2 on 04 March 2010, 23:49

The Mk2 16v manifold will phsically fit onto the MK3 ABF head, spacings are the same not 100% sure on the port sizes but they will be close enough if not the same.
The problem you will have is the MK3 ABF engine has a taller block (18 or 21mm I think) so the manifold wont be high enough and will in most cases foul on the bottom of the bulkhead. The end fitting on the manifold will also be wrong to mate up to your cat.
There are various ways to make it fit (change the end fitting, add some extra tube in, modify your bulkhead, also I have read some talk of cutting down the rear engine mount to angle the engine backwards slightly).
Most st/st manifolds don't have a flexi built in so you stand the chance of cracking them which is why some people use solid front engine mounts to reduce the engine movement to help prevent cracking.

Paul

Title: Re: s/s manifold
Post by: thai-wronghorse on 05 March 2010, 07:11

Certainty not worth all that time and effort thrown at it.

Title: Re: s/s manifold
Post by: sk8boy73 on 05 March 2010, 10:32

cheers paul
didn`t think about the bore size!
dose seem a lot of work,
anyone got mk3 ss manifold they want to swop :wink: