15Degrees
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I do seem to come across these odd situations with this race car and this is a classic, even for me. So I've never run the car in 4x4 trim for various reasons and now I want to. No worry's Ill refit it all he says. Its an easy job.
Famous last words
So I do and the damn downpipe touches the top of the propshaft metal doughnut housing. WTF
Much scratching of head, measuring and coffee later and it's still touching it. So I check my downpipe and its a Milltek that should fit the AWD car (so I'm told) The turbo is fixed so I cant move that up down or left or right either, the transfer box is fixed solid so I cant move that either so it has to be the downpipe is the wrong shape. Now this is where it gets interesting.
This is my downpipe:
SSXAU284
And here it is:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Milltek-A...823643?hash=item465a027e9b:g:B-oAAOSwnHZYRXMO
I then found this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332013073104?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Now can you see the kink in the second one? Where that kink is, is where it touches the prop on my straight Milltek. So I'm assuming the kink part will now miss it by about 10mm maybe more as it will sort of go up and over it.
Anyway ive bought the German one so will see when it arrives if I'm right. I hope I am and then ill sell my Milltek on here I do find it most odd though that all the other ones I've looked at seem to show a straight section there apart from that German one ive just bought.
Cheers
Mark.
Famous last words
So I do and the damn downpipe touches the top of the propshaft metal doughnut housing. WTF
Much scratching of head, measuring and coffee later and it's still touching it. So I check my downpipe and its a Milltek that should fit the AWD car (so I'm told) The turbo is fixed so I cant move that up down or left or right either, the transfer box is fixed solid so I cant move that either so it has to be the downpipe is the wrong shape. Now this is where it gets interesting.
This is my downpipe:
SSXAU284
And here it is:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Milltek-A...823643?hash=item465a027e9b:g:B-oAAOSwnHZYRXMO
I then found this one:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332013073104?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
Now can you see the kink in the second one? Where that kink is, is where it touches the prop on my straight Milltek. So I'm assuming the kink part will now miss it by about 10mm maybe more as it will sort of go up and over it.
Anyway ive bought the German one so will see when it arrives if I'm right. I hope I am and then ill sell my Milltek on here I do find it most odd though that all the other ones I've looked at seem to show a straight section there apart from that German one ive just bought.
Cheers
Mark.