034 turbo back on 200q20v? (firtment, instead of an S4/6)

[robert weinberg]

the 034 200q20v turboback is proprietary to the 200q20v. i know this because 
they used my car to design the exhaust ;-)

i didn't buy it to keep it on the car because i was already angry at the car for 
pissing oil all over my garage and having to replace the cam and crank seals. 
not really the car's fault because the previous owner replaced the timing belt 
10k miles ago BUT did not replace the seals nor the waterpump and roller. putz!

but the notion of blowing another grand on top of the repair bill was 
prohibitive at the time. i do wish i kept the exhaust in retrospect though. not 
sure how much they want for the turboback now - this was in 2008.

see ya,
Robby





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From: "auditude at cox.net" <auditude at cox.net>
To: 200q20v at audifans.com
Sent: Fri, January 14, 2011 9:36:54 AM
Subject: 034 turbo back on 200q20v? (firtment, instead of an S4/6)

Referencing this thread from last month, has anyone installed an 034 turbo back 
exhaust on a 200q20v?  It's designed for a  C4 S4/S6, which from the Stromung 
discussions has a different tailpipe location from the 200q20v but is otherwise 
close enough.  


Is the tailpipe location issue the same as with the Stromung, or does 034 have 
some sort of a 200q20v-specific exhaust that I can't find on their website?  
Robby's post sounds as if there might be a variation specifically for the 
200q20v.

The 034 tailpipes look like they are slipped over the dual outlets of the 
Magnaflow muffler and welded directly to the back plate of the muffler body.  If 
there isn't already an accomodation for the 200q20v then it would be cool to be 
able to get the exhaust without the tips welded on (I'd still like to have the 
tips).  I noticed in the pics that the welds for the tips don't appear to be 
quite as awesome-looking (or at least not like the tiny perfect bicycle frame 
style welds) at the closeup pics of the downpipe welds at the WG merge joint, 
for example, so maybe they are put on at the end (of the process that is, ha ha) 
or manually or something.

One more question, which maybe I'll find a answer better on Motorgeek, but with 
all the revisions to the Stromung system to elminate drone, how does the 034 
system fare for exhaust drone?  It just has just the one muffler at the end.  
The 034 system seems less expensive than the Stromung prices I'd heard from 
earlier group buys.

I'm curious at the moment because there's another round of Stromung group buy 
going around and I'm asking myself the question about whether I want one for a 
200q20v.  In upgrading a 200q20v, I prefer the mods to be transferrable to an 
urS-car in case I get one someday (and if I do that I'll want the tips to look 
as clean/original/unmodified as I can get them, but I'm thinking I can't have it 
both ways).  


Speaking of that, does anyone have any pics of an unmodified Stromung on a 
200q20v?  I know Taka had one on his car but he had extended the tips, and I 
don't recall seeing how that looked.

Thanks,

Kenneth

robert weinberg centaurus3200 at yahoo.com wrote:

"the 034 turbo back for the 200q20v is about $1k plus installation, i believe. 
it 

is California legal. my guess is that they can use any cat with their exhaust - 
not just ones that will fit audi exhausts. hence the cats are cheaper."
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