Downpipe and exhaust help

[xxdansigxx]

RIght bought my mk2 with a stainless steel manifold only to find out that it was mild steel :@  anyway i now need to re-install the standard exhaust system but have a problem check the pics:



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Is this the right exhaust system for a mk2 16v golf...:






as you can see there is a roll bar in the way now how do i get the down pipe up there do i have to drop the suspension abit?? to get the right amount of room any help would be gr8 thanks..

[VapourTrails]

not sure u got the right part there mate. been awhile since i seen a 16v zorst but i was sure it had 4 pipes into one off the head no box in line.

[xxdansigxx]

well it looks like the same exhaust that was on my m8t's 16v the manifold i took off was a 4-1 system but it was made out of mild steel meaning that has broken due to the crappy metal lol

thats the reason why im putting the so called standard exhaust back on....

cummon somone must know what to do??

[VapourTrails]

8v is 4 to 1 too its not that part its the other end that dont look right, if the old one came out without having to shift anything the new one should fit right back in the same way id have thought. wheres rubjohnny when ya need him :S

[rubjonny]

dude, for a start you've bolted the manifold on the wrong way round, it shoul point forwards

The downpipe fits above the subframe & ARB there, so to fit you have to have the engine out or drop the subframe while holding the engine up.

Edit: Yep that is a std 16v system.  cos of the big box it makes fitting tight thru the gap, if you can lift it high enough u might be able to slip it in from behind (steady!) in if the engine is not fitted.

[Agreeable Slick]

Was going to mention the mani being ass about face.

[VapourTrails]

only one i seen didnt have the box there just a large bore pipe maybe cat/nocat version or not standard.

[xxdansigxx]

i know the mani is the wrong way around lol i just put it that wa so u could see it together lol quick job you know...

right so in other words i need to drop the suframe to get it in ?

[GaGti]

dude, for a start you've bolted the manifold on the wrong way round, it should point forwards

Rofl.......Thats creased me.... 

On a serious note though...VW clearly didn't design the exhaust system with maintenance practicability in mind 

[rubjonny]

yes you probably will have to drop the subframe a bit, with the engine in its the only way realy.