b4black
12-23-2003, 04:03 PM
OK, how about a real thread for the new board! :albert:
I picked up a 84/85 stock downpipe a while ago. They are very different, but very similiar at the same time. :stupid:
The silver pipe is from the '83. The other with the braided top is an '85:
http://home.flash.net/~rjgeorge/images/exhaust/DP%2083%20vs%2085.JPG http://home.flash.net/~rjgeorge/images/exhaust/DP%2083%20vs%2085%20tops.JPG
Basically everything below the braided section is the same. But the tops are very different. They cannot be directly swapped. But the '83's top is less complicated than the '85. Anybody that can make a Hot Air DP should be able to make a '83. We just need to find a vendor willing. I think 2½" is plenty and can still use the stock elbow. I believe a 3" would be overkill and wouldn't work with the stock elbow.
Somebody claimed Keith Mease made them a 3" DP with an integral elbow for an '83 (but they were still waiting for delivery), but I can't figure out how it would bolt up. There are four bolts - one is INSIDE the elbow. Another is so low, I don't think it can be removed with the turbo installed on the engine. :beiss:
I picked up a 84/85 stock downpipe a while ago. They are very different, but very similiar at the same time. :stupid:
The silver pipe is from the '83. The other with the braided top is an '85:
http://home.flash.net/~rjgeorge/images/exhaust/DP%2083%20vs%2085.JPG http://home.flash.net/~rjgeorge/images/exhaust/DP%2083%20vs%2085%20tops.JPG
Basically everything below the braided section is the same. But the tops are very different. They cannot be directly swapped. But the '83's top is less complicated than the '85. Anybody that can make a Hot Air DP should be able to make a '83. We just need to find a vendor willing. I think 2½" is plenty and can still use the stock elbow. I believe a 3" would be overkill and wouldn't work with the stock elbow.
Somebody claimed Keith Mease made them a 3" DP with an integral elbow for an '83 (but they were still waiting for delivery), but I can't figure out how it would bolt up. There are four bolts - one is INSIDE the elbow. Another is so low, I don't think it can be removed with the turbo installed on the engine. :beiss: