I'll fitting exhaust- side winder

aintgotitmusthaveit Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2006 · 15 Dec 2010, 8:04 pm

#817064

Hi guys I purchased a sidewinder exhaust.
Problem its the slip on type for the j tubes.
Problem is the flaired female is about 3mm bigger than the male!
Am I meant to assemble this with exhaust cement to take up the gap or have I been sold a faulty product?

1916baja Custom Title Time!

1,990 posts · joined Sep 2007 · 16 Dec 2010, 5:56 am

#817113

3mm? thats alot i know they expand with heat once running but i dunno about 3mm.... maybe just chuck it on there and fire it up and see what happens. Can't do any damage.

vwsteve karmann crazy

2,087 posts · joined Jul 2006 · 16 Dec 2010, 6:48 am

#817116

maybe cut a piece of flat 1 ml steel,fold it round and shove it in the join as well and then clamp the lot together, a bit of exhaust cement wont hurt but if the gap is too big the cement will prob blow out.

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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 16 Dec 2010, 7:49 am

#817119

Hi

Are they the real sidewinders or a copy set. The ones I fitted to my sons car were an extremely tight fit, they are genuine A1s.

Steve

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 16 Dec 2010, 10:41 am

#817132

The 'copy' set I bought from Classic VW was tight and exactly the same as my A1 set. 👍

Is it just larger at the end or all the way up the pipe ?

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1,473 posts · joined Dec 2007 · 16 Dec 2010, 11:40 am

#817141

Craig Torrens wrote:The 'copy' set I bought from Classic VW was tight and exactly the same as my A1 set. 👍

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aintgotitmusthaveit Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2006 · 16 Dec 2010, 10:29 pm

#817207

Guys I bought an exhaust off westi and it was a nice tight fit.
This thing is quite loose. Looks to me to have been over flared. Iagree that as the flair ends the tubes can engage but I have not fitted them to the block to see where they sit. I'll try it out this weekend and post some picks.

Bizarre Moderator The artist formerly known as blue74l

12,789 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 18 Dec 2010, 7:29 am

#817344

Have you been given a wrong set of J tubes??

I know you can get different exhausts - 1 1/2" 1 5/8" etc etc

Is it a 15/8" exhaust with 1 1/2" J pipes??

Futue te ipsum!!!

aintgotitmusthaveit Officially Full-On Dubber

295 posts · joined Jun 2006 · 19 Dec 2010, 9:10 pm

#817543

Ok I trial fit it today
Lost of clearance but thankfully the pipe buried itself about 1.25" resulting in it sealing where the pipe flairs back
Lots of ground clearance too
Thanks guys