miked617
Go Kart Newbie
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Car(s)
- 21 VW GTI
Now I need a spacer and I'm golden.
Anyone have issue with the fitment between the midpipe and stock catback? The midpipe side seems really loose. I might have to buy another coupler or whatever it's called.
Did you move muffler forward?
In general yes, on the mk7 gti, I don't know.Is it proven to help?
Got it installed. I have the 17' GTI sports (LSD...)
I followed this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTiQ1PEs2eM
I ran into a few issues. One being with the LSD, I couldn't pull the down pipe out by itself. I had to take the heat shield off like they did in the video. My heat shield was different and it used a T30ish star bit and 4 small screws. It's pretty difficult to get them out as I was doing them all by touch and couldn't see how many or where they were.
Once OEM downpipe was out, the MAP downpipe went in easily...
2nd issue, the downpipe didn't fit. I'm not sure why but I was unable to have both the downpipe bolted on and get the vband to the turbo to sit flush. It took hours and with two people but it would not fit. The downpipe, hangers, mount, etc. all looked striaght. When it was bolted flush, there was a 10 degree alignment issue and 1/2 a cm height problem. If looking from rear to front of car, the right side of the hanger hole needed to be expanded by a 1/2 of a cm. So I enlarged the hole to allow the downpipe to sit higher. After that, it went on smoothly. Getting the heat shield back on was a pain and I lost a screw... it's stuck somewhere in the LSD housing/support structure. I was a little disappointed in the fitting but not sure if it was the pipe itself or the GTI Sport model.
Few things I learned, it's a lot easier if your car is farther off the ground. The VBand can appear to be on and not be on elsewhere. To sure to double check both sides of the lip to make sure it's covering the flanges. I also needed to pull the muffler forward and then I tightened the band.
It took like 5 hours and of it, 1.5 of it was dealing with the damn heat shield and 2 more was getting the MAP downpipe to fit and ultimately filed/drilled.
Any questions, let me know.
Been driving since Tuesday and I haven't gotten a CEL yet with my GESI cat dp.