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VR6 decat on 8v?
« on: 15 June 2012, 14:06 »
will a VR6 decat pipe fit an 8v?
i no a VR6 exhaust fits an 8v from the cat back as i fitted one to my old car. but seen a full stainless system i may want and it has a decat pipe. is the cat flange that bolts to the downpipe the same on the VR6 as it is on the 8v? or is the cat bigger on the VR6?

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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #1 on: 15 June 2012, 14:11 »
sorry i have no idea but i am after an exhaust that will give my 1.4 a nice vrrroooom noise, and just seen your breaking a 1.4 any chance it had a back box upgrade? or is it all standard thanks.
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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #2 on: 15 June 2012, 14:17 »
sorry i have no idea but i am after an exhaust that will give my 1.4 a nice vrrroooom noise, and just seen your breaking a 1.4 any chance it had a back box upgrade? or is it all standard thanks.

thats gone now mate was scrapped a few days after i stripped it. i better get rid of that add. i do have loads of interior parts if you need any. all the plastics. i also have good engine bits if you want them really cheap. for spares or something. alternator, coil, distributor with leads, carb, rocker cover, good battery.  :wink: want rid of them asap so will let them all go very cheap all from a 1.4

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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #3 on: 15 June 2012, 14:19 »
im ok with things like that at the moment touch wood stays that way lol. Thanks tho man.
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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #4 on: 15 June 2012, 14:23 »
im ok with things like that at the moment touch wood stays that way lol. Thanks tho man.

no worries dude  :grin:

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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #5 on: 15 June 2012, 16:34 »
Im pretty sure the VR6 exhaust is a bigger bore to the 8v.

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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #6 on: 15 June 2012, 16:42 »
I no the exist is a bigger bore but the 8v uses a reducer off the car to make it smaller meaning the cat exit pipe is the same size on the VR6 and the 8v. So maybe the other end of the cat is the same to.

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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #7 on: 15 June 2012, 19:12 »
yes it will fit!!!! :smiley:
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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #8 on: 15 June 2012, 19:47 »
so does the VR use the same cat as an 8v then?

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Re: VR6 decat on 8v?
« Reply #9 on: 15 June 2012, 19:56 »
Im pretty sure the VR6 exhaust is a bigger bore to the 8v.

It is...

8v - 50mm
16v & VR6 - 55mm