[urq] Stebro Exhaust

[Brandon Rogers]

Although pricey, I think the stock rear unit is great.  Sounds and looks
just right.  PO had installed something or other once upon a time, I
switched back to stock.  Much better....

Brandon
'84 ur, cat, no center resonator, stock rear

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin Pajak" <martin at quattro.ca>
To: <MikeDes156 at aol.com>; <urq at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:31 AM
Subject: RE: [urq] Stebro Exhaust


> The only problem I have with "new" Stebro is quality.
>
> 1) crush bent pipes
> 2) questionable fit etc.
>
> The company used to make high quality units back in the late 70s and early
> 80s.
> I used to have their old muffler on my Scirocco and it was a work of art.
> However the new stuff (probably under new managment) is not up to par,
> especially considering the price.
>
> >From what I hear TAP no longer carries Scorpion and they have stopped
making
> units for Ur-q.
>
> Anyone know 100% for sure??
>
> What I ended up doing on my car is replacing the rear box with a genering
> free flow SS box of same dimensions... it fit great and sounds just as
> good... being SS I'll probably never have to worry about it again, and I
get
> to keep the nice stock SS mandrel bent pipes...
>
> HTH
> Martin Pajak
>
> http://www.quattro.ca
>
> 1983 Audi Ur-quattro (305,000 km) Winter Special
> 1985 Audi Ur-quattro (195,000 km) Euro spec. mit 3B ;)
> 1982 Audi Coupe Quattro project
> 1986 Audi 4000 S Quattro (445,000 km) with 5 bolt pattern RIP
> 1982 Audi Coupe Turbo (475,000km) RIP
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: urq-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:urq-bounces at audifans.com]On
> Behalf Of MikeDes156 at aol.com
> Sent: March 24, 2004 8:09 PM
> To: urq at audifans.com
> Subject: Re:[urq] Stebro Exhaust
>
>
> When I purchased my 83 a couple of years ago, it had the original exhaust
> system. The muffler itself had a hole in the bottom of it so I ordered
only
> the
> rear muffler from Stebro up in the "Great White North". I had to call them

> again after a couple of weeks went by, but after three weeks it arrived.
It
> fit
> OK, but I had to get the donuts and new hardware from the dealer (no big
> deal,
> but it would have been nice if it was included, or if they let you know
> you'd
> have to get it yourself). Then a few months later, after a huge New
England
> snow storm, I decided I could drive down a four mile long back road that
> wasn't
> plowed and had a "Road Closed" sign in front of it. "Humph, I have an
Audi,
> who
> needs roads", I thought. The only problem was when the road connected to
the
> plowed road, I had to crash through a pile of snow/ice at the end of it.
> That's when my center pipe cracked. I ended up ordering that from Stebro,
> and
> again, I had to give them a couple of calls before they finally sent it. I
> also
> added a test pipe in place of the cat. (I'm still testing it.) All in all
I
> like
> the Stebro exhaust, but not the service. I thing Blufergnugen stocks
stebro
> too.
>
> Mike Desi
>  83 "Gobi" 900459
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