urq downpipe threaded hole question

[JShadzi at aol.com]

If it was only $145 then you got a good deal, for that price making some mods is totally worth it, would have been good to see it first though before you got it coated (like you found out  =)

Keep on trucking buddy, if it was easy everyone would be doing it (ie: Hondas)

Javad

>Well, except for the ceramic coating, somebody is making them for TAP, if not them.  It's
>abundantly clear to me now that it isn't Audi.  I'm embarassed to say I didn't noticed the
>differences when I ordered it, even tho' there is a pic on their site.
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>http://www.tap1.com/usedparts/Moving_Sale/moving_sale_17.html
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>I was just browsing their site and saw that price and that it would be a bolt-on downpipe for
>my 4kstq, I just bought it on impulse.  Then since I just got my two-piece manifold back from
>Jet-Hot, I got the bright idea to have it shipped directly to them, so I called TAP back and
>have them route it to the coaters.
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>I already screwed up by not remembering that the urq downpipe needs modification to work
>with the two-piece manifold, so I suppose I'm screwing myself just a little less by having
>multiple reasons to need areas recoated.
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>I don't know what TAP will say, I'm not expecting much, but I guess I'm going to clean up
>the crappy-flow areas with a Dremel, add an 02 bung or two, dent it for the two-piece
>manifold, and ship the stupid thing back to Mississippi to touch up the areas that I will be
>jacking up.
>
>That downpipe, the crooked heli-coiled EM stud, the Coupe GT exhaust leak from some
>unknown location, and the 200q20v I bought turning out to have a loose and smoking turbo
>are all conspiring against me to really challenge me to keep up the spirit of this hobby.
>
>I'm going to keep on beating my head against these projects tho', as I'm determined to
>make all the past efforts turn into something at the other end.
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>I'm open to suggestions.  I guess that's my plan for the downpipe, and if anyone wants to
>cheer me up or say that the downpipe is still worth the money, I'm all ears.  It's supposed to
>be stainless.  I have been quoted $300 in the past for a used urq downpipe.
>
><sigh>
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>Ken
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>On 7 Apr 2003 at 1:25, JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
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>> Wow, is that a new part that TAP manufactures adn sells? I won't ask how much $$. Should
>> someone tell the that a 1.5" hole saw costs about $5??
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>> Yes, you'll need to weld in an O2 bung, not sure what TAP expects people to do with cars that
>> came equipped with 02 sensors?? You could locate it down in the front of your cat if you really
>> wanted too, theoretically not as good a spot but definitely acceptable.
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>> HTH,
>> Javad
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>> In a message dated 4/6/2003 10:15:30 PM Pacific Daylight Time, auditude at cox.net writes:
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>>     Hi Javad,
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>>     Thanks.
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>>     I'll add that if it's got no holes at all, it's from TAP. :-(
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>>     http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/quattrophile/lst?.dir=/TAP+urq+downpipe
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>>     Word to the wise: If you ignore suggestions to avoid a vendor, then certainly don't drop
>>     ship
>>     parts you buy from them directly to the ceramic coaters.
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