mk2 backbox

[jammac]

i know you can fit a mk2 16v backbox with a mk2 8v with no probs. and vice versa

so........ will a mk3 16v backbox fit on a mk2 8v system without having to modify?

cheers all

[Horney]

I think the hangers are in different places and the pipes different lengths.

Nick

[Agreeable Slick]

ER..... i always thought the pipe bores were different too, so you would need a tapered sleeve to get the boxes to fit when swapping them from 8v to 16v or vice versa.

[nealey]

ER..... i always thought the pipe bores were different too, so you would need a tapered sleeve to get the boxes to fit when swapping them from 8v to 16v or vice versa.

they are different, iirc there is about 5mm in it

[Agreeable Slick]

thought as much, can remember 16v being about 52mm, and i thought 8v were 48mm or summert.

[jammac]

oooo ok i had my eye on a 16v exhasut on ebay....for my 8v


ill prob leave alone then. sounds like to much aggro to "make it" fit

thanks anyways

[JC]

yeah, leave all the 16v's ones for me 

[russ-vdub]

id just get a full 16 system.. increases exhaust gas flow which cant be a bad thing

[Agreeable Slick]

It can when all of the other engine internals are the same.